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Stafford, Edward (1535/6 - 1603)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1536-01-17
Death Date: 1603-10-18

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Stanley, Mary ( - 1609)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1566-11-23
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 12th Baron Stafford

Titles

  • 12th Baron Stafford
    Assumed: 1565/6-01-01
    Vacated: 1603-10-18

General Lands Note

Licence to enter lands 12 Aug. 1570 (death of mother); grant of licence 17 Oct. 1571

Details of Offices

Began Notes
MP, Oxfordshire 1554
MP, Staffordshire 1558
Justice in Eyre & Lieut, Staffordshire 1559 -5 -13
Justice in Eyre & Lieut of Parks, Duchy of Lancaster 1559 -5 -13
Lord Lieut, Staffordshire 1559 Possibly held office in this year
MP, Staffordshire 1559
Justice & Ranger, Staffordshire 1560 -9 -24
Commissioner of Musters, Staffordshire 1569 Held jointly
JP, Gloucestershire 1573/4
JP, Shropshire 1573/4
JP, Staffordshire 1573/4
Vice Admiral, Gloucestershire 1587
JP, Montgomeryshire 1591
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1601 -8

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Stafford Castle, Staffordshire
    Patrimony
  • Caus Castle, Shropshire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1570-08
    Divested: 1573
    Patrimony; sold to Sir Rowland Hayward, but retained possession until seized by Hayward's son-in-law Sir John Thynne in 1590

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset Lord Stafford's Men
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord Stafford's Musician/s
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Stafford's Musicians
Performance - Guildhall (2), Barnstaple, Devon Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Grimsby, Lincolnshire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Launceston, Cornwall Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Ludlow Castle, Ludlow, Shropshire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Fordwich, Kent Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Guildhall (2), Barnstaple, Devon Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Stafford's Players
Payment for Hall Rental by Troupe - Guildhall, Blandford Forum, Dorset Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis, Dorset Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Congleton (Unknown), Congleton, Cheshire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - Leominster (Unknown), Leominster, Herefordshire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Stafford's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Stafford's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Stafford's Musicians Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Musicians 1
Lord Stafford's Men Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Players Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Musician/s Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Caus Castle Shropshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981