B51661-Stafford

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Name of the family:

Stafford

Blason:

Or, a chev. gu.

Crest(s):

Out of a ducal coronet gu. a swan's head erect betw. two wings elevated ar.

Info about the family:

Earl of Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, Baron Stofford, Ac, attainted 1521; descended from Hobebt de Tosei, Governor of the Castle of Stafford, from which office he and his descendants assumed the surname of de Stafford ; his great-grandson, Robert de Stafford, d. civ. 11R9, leaving an only dau. and heir, Miucent Stafford, m. 5 Richard I., a.d. 1133, Heevey Baoot, a gentleman of ancient lineage in co. Stafford; Hebvey de Stafford, the Bon and heir of this marriage, assumed his mother's surname, and was the progenitor of the illustrious house of Stafford. His great-grandson, Edmund de Stafford, was summoned to Parliament 1299. Ralph, second Baron Stafford, K.G., one of the Founder Knights of the order, was created, 1351, Earl of Stafford ; Edmund, fifth Earl of Stafford, K.G., m. the Lady Anne Plant aoenet, eldest dau. of Thomas {of Woodstock}, Duke of Buckingham, youngest son of Edward III., and sister and eventual heiress of Humphry, Earl of Buckingham, by whom he had an only son, Humphry, sixth Earl of Stafford, K.G., created, inconsequence of "his near alliance in blood to the Crown," 1444, Duke of Buckingham; his grandson, Edward, third Duke of Buckingham, was beheaded 1521, when the splendour, princely honours, and great wealth of the St affords sank for ever. The Emperor Churles V. hearing of the fall of the Duke, exclaimed, in allusion to Cardinal Wolsey, who was the chief instigator of his arraignment, "A butcher's dog has killed the finest Bock in England "

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958

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