B51662-Stafford

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Name of the family:

Stafford

Blason:

Or, a chev. gu.

Crest(s):

Out of a ducal coronet per pale gu. and sa. a demi swan rising, wings elevated and displ. or. beaked also gu. Supporters-Two swans ppr. beaked and legged sa. ducally gorged per pale gu. and of the second.

Info about the family:

Baron Stofford surrendered to the Crown 1639; Henry Stafford, only son of Edward, third and last Duke of Buckingham, was restored in blood and summoned to Parliament 1648. An Act passed 1547 declared that he and the heirs male of his body were to be taken and reputed as Lord Stafford, &c. He m. Ursula, dan. of Sir Ricniuc Pole, E.G., by his wife, Margaret Plantagott, Countess of Salisbury, only dau. of George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV. Henry, fifth Baron Stafford, d. unm. 1637, leaving his sister his heir general, Mary, wife of Sir William Howard, K.B., but the barony reverted to his kinsman, Roger Stafford, grandson of the first baron, through his third son, Hon. Richard Stafford; he petitioned Charles I. for the barony, but the King decided that as he had no part of the inheritance of the Lords Stafford, or any lands, he should resign the barony to the Crown, which he did by deed, dated 7 Dec. 1639

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