Born about in England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ralph (Stafford) de Stafford KG
and Margaret (Audley) de Stafford
Sister of
Beatrice (Stafford) Burley, Joan (Stafford) Beck [half], Margaret Stafford [half], Agnes (Stafford) de Stafford [half], Ralph Stafford, Joan (Stafford) Talbot, Katherine (Stafford) Sutton, Hugh (Stafford) de Stafford KG and Eleanor Stafford
Wife of
Fulk (Strange) le Strange
— married
after 12 Mar 1346 [location unknown]
Wife of
John (Ferrers) de Ferrers
— married
after 19 Oct 1349 [location unknown]
Wife of
Reynold (Cobham) de Cobham
— married
after 1367 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Robert Ferrers
Died
at about age 37
in Chartley Holme, Staffordshire, England [uncertain]
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Biography
Elizabeth de Stafford was the 3rd daughter of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, by his second wife Margaret de Audley, suo jure Baroness Audley, only daughter and heir of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester, by his wife Lady Margaret de Gaveston.[1]
She married (1) after 12 Mar 1346/7 Fulk le Strange, 3rd Baron Strange of Blackmere, (2) after 19 Oct 1349 John [de Ferrers], 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, and (3) c. 1367 as his first wife Reynold [de Cobham], 2nd Baron Cobham of Sterborough.
11 Mar 1346/1347: Indenture made between Sir Ralph, baron of Stafford and Sir John Lestraunge of Whitchirche testifying that it is agreed between them that Fouke, John’s son between now and Whitsuntide next shall marry Elizabeth, Ralph’s daughter (who was under the age of 13 years).[2]
In March 1346/1347 John le Strange was given license to grant Fulk and Elizabeth the manor of Wrokwardyn.[3]
Fulk le Strange died in 1349.[4][5]
She married John de Ferrers, son and heir of Robert de Ferrers, by Royal Licence dated 19 Oct 1349.[6][7]
She was recorded in Easter 49 Edward III [1375], concerning the presentation to the church of Broghton [presumably Broughton, Wiltshire].[8][9]
Richardson stated she died on 07 Aug 1376[10] but her Inquisition Post Mortem (see below) suggests it was 07 Aug 1375.
Inquisition Post Mortem of Elizabeth, late the wife of Reynold de Cobham, knight 1375
Inquisition Post Mortem of Elizabeth, late the wife of Reynold de Cobham, knight, following a Writ of 15 September, 49 Edward III [1375].[11]
She had held lands in Northamptonshire, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire, Salop, Wiltshire and Berkshire. She died on 7 August last [i.e. 07 Aug 1375].
Various lands she had held for life with Fulk Lestraunge, late her husband the son and heir of John Lestraunge [2nd Lord Strange] of Blakemere, Shropshire, or held by way of dower. Fulk and Elizabeth had no issue. The Inquisition was rather confused about the heir in theses cases but the Wiltshire entry appears to be the most accurate in that the heir was Elizabeth le Strange the granddaughter of John Lestraunge [4th Lord Strange], the brother of Fulk. The heir Elizabeth le Strange was described as aged one year on the feast of St. Nicholas last.
Other lands she had held jointly with John de Ferrers, formerly her husband. In these cases the heir was her son Robert de Ferrers, aged 17 or 18 years on 31 October last.
Children
Sources
- ↑ The Complete Peerage, or a History of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times. Vol. XII, part 1: Skelmersdale to Towton. London: The St. Catherine Press. Strange p341-346.
- ↑ Calendar of the Close Rolls, Preserved in the Public Record Office. Edward III. AD 1346-1349. HMSO, 1905, p246 [1].
- ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls. Edward III. AD 1345-1348. HMSO, 1903, p258 [2].
- ↑ J. E. E. S. Sharp, E. G. Atkinson, J. J. O'Reilly and G. J. Morris, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 98', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 9, Edward III (London, 1916), pp. 211-233. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol9/pp211-233 [accessed 15 May 2020]. Inquisition Post Mortem of Fulk Le Straunge. Item 224.
- ↑ Calendar of the Close Rolls, Preserved in the Public Record Office. Edward III. AD 1349-1354. HMSO, 1906. p120 & 122 [3].
- ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls. Edward III. Vol. VIII. AD 1348-1350. HMSO, 1905, p407 [4].
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Complete Peerage. Vol V. Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat. 1926, p313-314 [5].
- ↑ Wrottesley G (1905?) Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls Collected from the Pleadings in the Various Courts of Law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the Original Rolls in the Public Record Office. p.125-126 [6].
- ↑ Collections for a History of Staffordshire. Vol. XIII, 1892, p123 [7].
- ↑ Richardson D (2011) Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p276.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 A. E. Stamp, J. B. W. Chapman, Cyril Flower, M. C. B. Dawes and L. C. Hector, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 243', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 14, Edward III (London, 1952), pp. 99-115. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol14/pp99-115. Inquisition Post Mortem of Elizabeth, late the wife of Reynold de Cobham, knight. Item 105.
See also:
- http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p367.htm#i11024
- Strange of Blackmere, Baron (E, 1309 - abeyant 1777) Cracroft's Peerage
- Ferrers of Chartley, Baron (E, 1299 - abeyant 1855) Cracroft's Peerage
- Cobham of Sterborough, Baron (E, 1347 - abeyant 1601/2) Cracroft's Peerage
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Reynold Cobham, married (1st) Elizabeth De Stafford. They had no issue. He married (2nd) 9 August 1380 Eleanor Mautravers, widow of John Arundel, 1st Lord Arundel, and daughter of John Mautravers, by his wife Gwenthlin. She was born about 1345. The had three sons, John, Reynold, [3rd Lord Cobham], and Thomas, and two daughters, Elizabeth, and Margaret (wife of Robert Rous, by which she became de jure Lady Mautravers. Sir Reynold Cobham, 2nd Lord Cobham, died testate 3 (or 6) July 1403. His widow, Eleanor, Lady Mautravers, died testate 12 Jan. 1404/5, and was buried with her 1st husband at Lewes Priory, Sussex.
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Elizabeth (1342 - 1375) can not be married to Fulk Le Strange (Le Strange-90) (1331-1340) because he died before she was born.
If Elizabeth married (different) Fulk le Strange (Le Strange-162) (1331 - 1367) in 1347, it seems highly unlikely that she ALSO married John Ferrers (1331 - 1367) in 1349.
It also seems unlikely that she had a daughter Eleanor Le Strange (who is not the daughter of any of the THREE Fulk (le)Stranges she is married to in the same year (1357) she has a son Robert Ferrers.
I suspect that both the dates and the relationships are wrong.