Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford (c. 1368 – 4 July 1392) was the second son—but the senior surviving heir—of
Hugh Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford and
Philippa de Beauchamp, daughter of
Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick
Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, KG (c. 14 February 131313 November 1369), sometimes styled as Lord Warwick, was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. His reputation as a military leader was so f ...
. His elder brother, his father's heir,
Sir Ralph Stafford, was murdered by
Richard II
Richard II (6 January 1367 – ), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was the son of Edward, Prince of Wales (later known as the Black Prince), and Joan, Countess of Kent. R ...
's half-brother, the
earl of Huntingdon
Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The medieval title (1065 creation) was associated with the ruling house of Scotland ( David of Scotland).
The seventh and most recent creation dates t ...
whilst they were
campaigning in
Scotland
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in July 1385. As a result, Thomas became heir to the
earldom of Stafford, and in 1390 he was
knight
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The concept of a knighthood ...
ed. He gained
livery
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of his estates in 1391 and paid
homage to the king for them on 20 October that year. He spent his short career campaigning in France alongside the duke of Gloucester.
Thomas Stafford married
Anne
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, daughter of
Thomas, Duke of Gloucester around 1390. He died on 4 July 1392 in
Westminster
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, and was interred in
Stone
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, with his father; his widow, Anne, with whom he had had no children, married his youngest brother
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 thi ...
.
[Cokayne, G.E., ''The Complete Peerage of England and Wales'' (Vol. XII, part i, London, 1953), 179–81.]
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Stafford family
1392 deaths
Year of birth uncertain