Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford (7 January 1535 – 18 October 1603) was the second surviving son of

Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (18 September 1501 – 30 April 1563) was an English nobleman. After the execution for treason in 1521 and posthumous attainder of his father Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, with the forfeiture of al ...

and

Ursula Pole Ursula Pole, Baroness Stafford (c. 1504 – 12 August 1570) was an English noblewoman; the wife of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford; a wealthy heiress and the only daughter of Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury. Her mother was the last sur ...

. He was the younger brother of

Henry Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford Henry Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford (before 1527 – 1 Jan 1565) was a British peer in the peerage of England and MP. Family life Henry Stafford was the eldest surviving son of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford and Ursula Pole. He married Eliza ...

. He served in Parliament for StaffordBiography of Edward Stafford
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. Retrieved 18 January 2010 and succeeded his brother to the barony in 1566.

Public life

Stafford was elected MP for

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in 1554. Following his brother Thomas's rebellion, Edward was questioned by the

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on 3 May 1557, but no connection was found. Edward followed his uncle Henry Stafford as Member of Parliament for Stafford in 1558 and 1559 and after his ennoblement was summoned to the House of Lords (1573–1593)

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was part of the marriage settlement between the arranged marriage of

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and Joan Hayward. However, Stafford disputed the ownership of the castle and he had to be ejected by force in 1591. From about 1574, Stafford was patron of a "Lord Stafford's Company of Players", who were first recorded appearing in

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, appearing often in public records for the next twenty-six years. In 1577, whilst appearing in

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, it contained at least ten players. The group continued until at least 1617, under the patronage of the 4th Baron. Other groups of entertainers sponsored by Stafford included a group of bearwards (bear keepers), who appeared with the players in 1579 and a company of trumpeters.

Family life

Edward Stafford was the second surviving son of

and

. He became the 3rd Baron Stafford on his elder brother Henry's death in 1566. He was descended from the Plantagenets through both his parents: *

was a direct descendant of

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, youngest son of

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, through Thomas' daughter

Anne of Gloucester Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford (30 April 1383 – 16 October 1438) was the eldest daughter and eventually sole heiress of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (the fifth surviving son and youngest child of King Edward III), by h ...

and her husband

Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford and 1st Baron Audley, KG, KB (2 March 1377 – 21 July 1403) was the son of Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, and his wife Philippa de Beauchamp. He inherited the earldom at the age of 18, the third ...

. *

was the daughter of

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury (14 August 1473 – 27 May 1541), also called Margaret Pole, as a result of her marriage to Sir Richard Pole, was the only surviving daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, a brother ...

, the daughter of George Duke of Clarence, brother of

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. He married Mary Stanley, daughter of

Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby KG (c. 10 May 1509 – 24 October 1572) was an English nobleman and politician. He reigned over the Isle of Mann until his death, and then was succeeded by his son. Early life At the age of thirteen, Edwa ...

on 23 November 1566. They had three children:A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant and in abeyance by John Burke Publisher, Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1831
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Edward Stafford, 4th Baron Stafford Edward Stafford, 4th Baron Stafford (1572 – 16 September 1625), was the son of Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford, and Mary Stanley, daughter of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, and Dorothy Howard. He became 4th Baron Stafford on the deat ...

, (1572–1625); married Isabel Forster, a chambermaid #Ursula Stafford; married to Walter Erdeswick #Dorothy Stafford, (b. bat 1572); married to Gervais of Chadsden He was succeeded by his son Edward.

References

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1535 births 1603 deaths People of the Elizabethan era Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Stafford Pole family English MPs 1554–1555 17th-century English nobility 16th-century English nobility