Bromsgrove Church of St John, memorial to the Staffords

Sir Humphrey Stafford (died 1450), of Grafton in the parish of

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, Worcestershire, was an

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who served as Governor of Calais. He was the second son and eventual heir of Sir Humphrey Stafford (1384-1419) of Grafton, a

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in 1415, by his wife Elizabet Burdett. His elder brother was John Stafford (died 1422) of Grafton, whose heir he was. He married Eleanor Aylesbury (died 1478), daughter and heiress of Thomas Aylesbury of Blatherwyke and

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.The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4 By George Lipscomb, p.24

/ref> By Eleanor he had the following known issue: *Richard Stafford *Sir Humphrey Stafford (died 1486), Humphrey Stafford (c.1427-1486) of Grafton, son and heir, who took part in the

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on the Yorkist side and having fought for King

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at the

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(1485), was executed by the victorious King Henry VII, following his role in the Stafford and Lovell rebellion. *Thomas Stafford *Ralph Stafford *John Stafford *Elizabeth Stafford, wife of Sir

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. *Anne Stafford, wife of Thomas Skulle & of Sir William Berkeley *Joyce Stafford, wife of Sir

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. Stafford was killed on 7 June 1450 at

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in Kent, during

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,Richardson, Douglas, ''Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families'', 2nd Edition, p.22

/ref> together with his cousin William Stafford (died 1450), William Stafford (died 1450) of Southwick, in the parish of

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, Wiltshire. He was buried in the Church of St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove, where his monument survives, comprising recumbent alabaster effigies of himself and his wife, on a

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