Hugh
"Earl of Stafford"
de Stafford
KG
formerly Stafford
Born about in Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Ancestors 
Brother of
Beatrice (Stafford) Burley, Joan (Stafford) Beck [half], Margaret Stafford [half], Agnes (Stafford) de Stafford [half], Ralph Stafford, Elizabeth (Stafford) Cobham, Joan (Stafford) Talbot, Katherine (Stafford) Sutton and Eleanor Stafford
Husband of
Philippa (Beauchamp) de Stafford
— married
before 1 Mar 1351 in England
Descendants 
Father of
Katherine (Stafford) de la Pole, Margaret (Stafford) Neville, Ralph Stafford, Thomas Stafford, William (Stafford) de Stafford, Joan (Stafford) de Holand, Edmund Stafford KG and Hugh Stafford KG
Died
at about age 44
in Isle of Rhodes
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Biography
Hugh de Stafford, K.G., 2nd Earl of Stafford, 3rd Lord Stafford, Lord Audley, lord of Tonbridge, Kent, and Caus (in Westbury), Shropshire, Privy Councillor (1377), Steward and Baliff of Macclesfield (1385), Sheriff of Cheshire (1385)[1]
- Hugh de Stafford, born in or before 1342, was the 2nd son of Ralph de Stafford, K.G., 2nd Lord Stafford, and his second wife Margaret de Audley.[2] He became heir apparent on the death of his elder brother in 1347. His mother died not long afterwards (but opinions seem to differ on whether she had a title [Lord Audley] for Hugh to inherit).
- Hugh married Philippe de Beauchamp on or before 1 March 1350/1.[3]
- They had 5 sons:
- Ralph de Stafford, Knt. (died unmarried in 1385)[3]
- Thomas de Stafford, Knt., 3rd Earl of Stafford (born in or before 1368, died 1392), married Anne of Gloucester[3]
- William de Stafford, 4th Earl of Stafford (born 21 September 1375, died 6 April 1395)[3]
- Edmund Stafford, K.G., K.B., 5th Earl of Stafford, 6th Lord Stafford, lord of Tonbridge and Caus (born 2 March 1377/8, died 21 July 1403), married Anne of Gloucester (his brother's widow)[4]
- Hugh Stafford, K.G., Lord Bourchier (died 24 October 1420), married Elizabeth Bourchier[3]
- and 3 daughters
- Margaret Stafford, married Ralph de Neville, K.G., 1st Earl of Westmoreland[3]
- Katherine Stafford, married Michael de la Pole, Knt., 2nd Earl of Suffolk[3]
- Joan Stafford, married Thomas Holand, K.G., Duke of Surrey, Earl of Kent, 7th Lord Wake[3]
- Sir Hugh died "on the Isle of Rhodes 16 Oct. 1386, while returning from a pilgrimage to Jeruselem. He left a will dated 6 April 1385".[3]
- He and his wife were buried at Stone Priory, Staffordshire.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume V, pages 11-13 STAFFORD 8.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume IV, pages 69-87 STAFFORD.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2011), IV:74-76 STAFFORD 7.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2011), IV:76-77 STAFFORD 8.
- Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
- Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry. - Vol. V p. 11-13
- Luminarium Encyclopedia Project. Biography of Hugh Stafford.
- Beltz, George. Memorials of the Order of the Garter (William Pickering, London, 1841) Page 212-7
- Wikipedia: Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford.
- Cawley, Charles. Entry for HUGH (-1386, bur Stone Priory). "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.
- Lewis, Marlyn. Entry for Sir Hugh Stafford, 2nd Earl Stafford, 3rd Lord Stafford, Lord Audley, Lord of Tonbridge & Caus. "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors" (free database online). Useful for leads; see cautions about use on the Magna Carta Project Reliable Sources page.
- Shaw, Wlilliam Arthur, The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland, p. 4, Order of the Garland, https://archive.org/details/knightsofengland01shawuoft/page/4/mode/2up
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Categories: Knights Companion of the Garter, Edward III creation
23 June 1377, Westminster King Edward III died on 21 June 1377, in the 51st year of his reign, and was succeeded by Richard II. Provision was made for the coronation of King Richard on Thursday 16 July 1377.
John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, appeared before the king and council and claimed the office of steward of England, and claimed the right to bear the king’s sword called ‘Curtana’ on the coronation day. He also claimed the right to cut and carve (bread and meat) at the king’s table on the coronation day. Judgement for these claims was made in his favour.
He performed these duties, and appointed Hugh, earl of Stafford to carve bread and meat before the king at table in the great hall of Westminster.
I'll be editing this profile on behalf of the Magna Carta Project to clear the "Needs Source Check" maintenance category.
edited by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Also, can we move the burial info out of the deathplace? (It's the place of death database field.)