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Edmund Stafford (1344 – 3 September 1419) was
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from 1395 to his death in 1419.


Origins

He was the second son of Sir Richard Stafford (born post 1301-d.1381) "of
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(1272/3-1308) of
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and the younger brother of Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford (1301-1372) of Stafford Castle). His father is stated in some sources to have been "Baron Stafford of Clifton", but no such title is listed in the authoritative ''
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''. His mother was Isabel de Vernon (d.1356), a daughter of Richard de Vernon (d.1323) (son and
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of Richard de Vernon of
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in Derbyshire, whom he predeceased) by his wife Maud de Camville, a daughter and co-heiress of William de Camville, 2nd Baron Camville (1268-1338), of Clifton Campville.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Edmund Stafford
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Career

Stafford attended Oxford University, graduating BA in 1363; in the same year he was appointed a canon of Lichfield. He obtained a BCL in 1369 and a DL in 1385, the same year he became
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. He also held the Rectorship of Clifton Campville, his family lands. Whilst dean of York, he was named keeper of the Privy Seal on 4 May 1389, keeping that role until February 1396.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 95 Later that year, he was appointed
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of England, holding it until 1399 when, on the accession of Henry IV, he was replaced. Two years later he again took up the role, appointed as part of a reaction against Henry's dependence on Lancastrians. He was replaced by
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in February 1403.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 87 Edmund continued to serve the King, trying petitions in Parliaments in 1404 and 1406 and being appointed one of the King's councillors in the parliament of 1406. Stafford was nominated to the
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on 15 January 1395 and consecrated on 20 June 1395.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 247 Visits to his diocese were few when he was in government office; he did visit extensively in the time between appointments as Chancellor and after 1403 he became more involved, with extensive vistas in 1404, 1411 and 1414.


Death and burial

Stafford died on 3 September 1419 and was buried in the
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of
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, where survives his elaborate monument with recumbent alabaster effigy. His family lands and the barony passed to Thomas Stafford. His executors are named in 1421.second entry http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no641/bCP40no641dorses/IMG_1041.htm


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References

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