Edward Stafford, 4th Baron Stafford
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Edward Stafford, 4th Baron Stafford (1572 – 16 September 1625) was the son of Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford
and Maria Stanley, daughter of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby
and Dorothy Howard. He became 4th Baron Stafford on the death of his father in 1603
He married Isabel Forster, the daughter of Thomas Forster of Tong, Shropshire
. Isabel was reported to be a family chambermaid in a letter to the Earl of Leicester
which includes "My Lorde Stafford's son is basely married to his mother's chambermaid."
Edward Stafford continued on with his father's patronage of the Lord Stafford's Company, a travelling group of players, who were active until at least 1617
, Essex. They had two children:
However, the younger Edward pre-deceased his father in 1621 and the barony passed to Henry, the grandson of the 4th Baron, in 1625
Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford
Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford 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 Maria Stanley, daughter of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby
Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby
Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby was an English nobleman.At the age of thirteen, Edward received the titles and estates of his father, the 2nd Earl of Derby, and King Henry VIII took responsibility for bringing him up until he was of age...
and Dorothy Howard. He became 4th Baron Stafford on the death of his father in 1603
He married Isabel Forster, the daughter of Thomas Forster of Tong, Shropshire
Tong, Shropshire
Tong is a village in Shropshire in England. It is near junction 3 of the M54 motorway near Albrighton.The village is remarkable mainly for its church, St Bartholomews, outside of which is the supposed grave of Little Nell, a fictional character in Charles Dickens book, The Old Curiosity Shop...
. Isabel was reported to be a family chambermaid in a letter to the Earl of Leicester
Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester
Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester , second son of Sir Henry Sidney, was a statesman of Elizabethan and Jacobean England. He was also a patron of the arts and an interesting poet...
which includes "My Lorde Stafford's son is basely married to his mother's chambermaid."
Edward Stafford continued on with his father's patronage of the Lord Stafford's Company, a travelling group of players, who were active until at least 1617
Death and Succession
Stafford had one son, Edward (1602 – 6 April 1621) he married Ann Wilford, daughter of James Wilford, Newman Hall, QuendonQuendon
Quendon is a linear village in the English county of Essex. Quendon is located on the B1383 between Saffron Walden and Bishop's Stortford. The trunk road status was lost due to the opening of the parallel M11 motorway. Quendon is part of Quendon and Rickling civil parish and the district of...
, Essex. They had two children:
- Mary Stafford, who married Sir William HowardWilliam Howard, 1st Viscount StaffordBlessed William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, and his wife, the former Alethea Talbot. He was a supporter of the Royalist cause before being implicated in the Popish Plot and executed for treason...
, younger son of Thomas, Earl of ArundelThomas Howard, 21st Earl of ArundelThomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel KG, was a prominent English courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I, but he made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a politician. When he died he possessed 700 paintings, along with large collections of sculpture,...
. Was created Countess of Stafford for life in her own right in 1640, following the death of her nephew. Thomas Howard was created Viscount Stafford. - Henry Stafford, 5th Baron Stafford (24 September 1621 – 4 August 1637). Born after his father's death
However, the younger Edward pre-deceased his father in 1621 and the barony passed to Henry, the grandson of the 4th Baron, in 1625