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Spouse(s)
  
Maria Stanley

Died
  
October 18, 1603

Name
  
Edward 3rd

Mother
  
Ursula Pole

Noble family
  

Buried
  
21 Oct 1603St Mary's Church, Stafford

Children
  
Edward Stafford, 4th Baron Stafford

Parents
  
Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford, Ursula Pole, Baroness Stafford

Cousins
  
Mary Fiennes, Baroness Dacre, Dorothy Neville

Grandparents
  
Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury

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Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford (7 January 1535 – 18 October 1603) was the second surviving son of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford and Ursula Pole, the younger brother of Henry Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford. He served in Parliament for Stafford and succeeded his brother to the barony in 1566.

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Family life

Edward Stafford was the second surviving son of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford and Ursula Pole. He became the 3rd Baron Stafford on his elder brother Henry's death in 1566.

He was descended from the Plantagenets through both his parents:

  • Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford was a direct descendant of Thomas of Woodstock, youngest son of Edward III, through Thomas' daughter Anne of Gloucester and her husband Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford.
  • Ursula Pole was the daughter of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, the daughter of George Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV.
  • He married Mary Stanley, daughter of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby on 23 November 1566. They had three children:

    1. Edward Stafford, 4th Baron Stafford, (1572–1625); married Isabel Forster, a chambermaid
    2. Ursula Stafford; married to Walter Erdeswick
    3. Dorothy Stafford, (b. bat 1572); married to ____ Gervais of Chadsden

    He was succeeded by his son Edward.

    Public life

    Stafford was elected MP for Banbury in 1554. Following his brother Thomas's rebellion, Edward was questioned by the Privy Council on 3 May 1557, but no connection was found. Edward followed his uncle Henry Stafford as Member of Parliament for Stafford in 1558 and 1559 and after his ennoblement was summoned to the House of Lords (1573–1593)

    From about 1574, Stafford was patron of a "Lord Stafford's Company of Players", who were first recorded appearing in Barnstaple, appearing often in public records for the next twenty-six years. In 1577, whilst appearing in Southampton, it contained at least ten players. The group continued until at least 1617, under the patronage of the 4th Baron. Other groups of entertainers sponsored by Stafford included a group of bearwards (bear keepers), who appeared with the players in 1579 and a company of trumpeters.

    References

    Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford Wikipedia


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