Family
Married ± Aug 1373 St Bertelin, Stafford, Staffordshire, England 3) (approximately 35 years married) to: Child: 1.  Humphrey Stafford, Knight 2)Born ± 1384 4) Died 20 Feb 1418/19 Probably overseas, approximately 34 years 7) 2) Election: Elected as MP for Worcestershire 1415 2) Notes: Of Grafton. Humphrey Stafford was involved in a number of incidents through his early years: he was indicted for murder iin 1401, in disputes with Lord Beauchamp in 1405, and around a similar time subject to accusations from John Brace of Droitwich! | |||
Maud HastangSources
1) Source: The History of Parliament . External Linkhttp://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/burdet-sir-john-14023. Reference: Burdet, Sir John (d.1402/3), of Huncote, Leics. (Questionable reliability of evidence)
2) Source: The History of Parliament . External Link
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/stafford-humphrey-1384-1419. Reference: Stafford, Humphrey (c.1384-1419), of Grafton, Worcs. (Questionable reliability of evidence)
3) Source: The History of Parliament . External Link
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/stafford-ralph-1410. Reference: Stafford, Ralph (d.1410), of Grafton, Worcs. (Questionable reliability of evidence)
4) Source: Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Henry IV "Ralph Stafford...In right of Maud his late wife he held the manor of Grafton Manor for life by the courtesy of England...He died on 1 March last. Humphrey his son and heir is aged 26 years and more....He held a rent of £10 from the manor of Whatcote by the grant of Hugh de Stafford, earl of Stafford, with reversion to Hugh and his heirs, of whom and by what service is unknown. He died on 2 March 1410. "Dated: 1410. External Link
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol19/pp251-269. Reference: C 137/79/38 (Data from direct source)
5) Source: Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Edward III "Maud, wife of Ralph Stafford: Staffordshire (proof of age)...Writ to the escheator to take proof of the age of the said Maud, daughter and one of the heirs of John Hastang...John de Aston, aged 40 years and more, says that she was born at Chebbeseye and baptized in the church there on 2 February, 33 Edward III, and that William Merton, Maud Trussell and Elizabeth Hastang lifted her from the sacred font; so she was 15 years of age on 2 February last."Dated: 1375. External Link
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol14/pp51-69. Reference: C 135/239/10 (Data from direct source)
6) Source: Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Edward III "John Hastang, or de Hastang, or de Hastank...He died on 6 June last. Maud, aged 12 years on 6 December last, and Joan, aged 10 years on 10 January last, are his daughters and heirs."Dated: 1369. External Link
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol12/pp411-426. Reference: C 135/214/16 (Data from secondary evidence)
7) Source: Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Henry V "HUMPHREY STAFFORD JUNIOR, KNIGHT""He died on 20 Feb. last.""by his marriage with Elizabeth, now deceased, daughter and heir of John Burdet, knight"Dated: 1418/19. External Link
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6523602. Reference: C 138/36/18. King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/21-183/186 (Data from direct source)