Stafford, Ralph de (1301 - 1372)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 6
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1301-09-24
Death Date: 1372-08-31

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Audley, Margaret ( - 1348)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Audley, Margaret ( - 1348)

  1. Male offspring: Stafford, Hugh de (1342 - 1386) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Stafford, Joan de (d. 1397)
  3. Female offspring: Stafford, Beatrice de (d. 1415)

Primary Title

1st Earl of Stafford

Titles

  • 2nd Baron Stafford
    Assumed Before 1308-08-12
    Vacated 1372-08-31
  • 1st Earl of Stafford
    Assumed 1350/1-03-05
    Vacated 1372-08-31

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Steward of the King's Household, England 1340/1-1-6 1345-03-29
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1343 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Madeley, Staffordshire
  • Stafford Castle, Staffordshire

Lands

  • Essex
  • Kent
  • London (city-county)
  • Surrey

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1370-1371 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Stafford's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Stafford's Minstrel/s Stafford, Ralph de (1301 - 1372) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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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.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)