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Birth:          1344 Staffordshire, England
Death:          16 Oct 1386 England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_de_Stafford,_2nd_Earl_of_Stafford
Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, KG (c. 1344 – 16 October 1386) was an 
English nobleman.
Early life[edit]

Hugh de Stafford was born around 1344, the second and youngest son of Ralph 
Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret de Audley. His elder brother, Ralph, was 
intended to inherit the title and had been married to Maud Grosmont, daughter of 
Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Isabel de Beaumont in 1344, with the 
expectation that he would expand the Stafford estates by inheriting the Lancastrian 
duchy. However, Ralph died early in 1347 and Hugh became heir.[1] Around 1358, 
Hugh became the 3rd Lord Audley. Hugh joined his father in the French campaigns in 
1359, being part of the retinue of Edward, Prince of Wales, spending time in Gascony 
and northern Spain.

Political career[edit]

He spent many years in military service, before returning to England and being 
summoned to Parliament in 1371 as Lord Stafford and later as Earl Stafford. On 31 
August 1372, he inherited the title of 2nd Earl of Stafford. He was a member of a 
number of royal commissions, such as ones on Scottish affairs and on coastal 
defence. He was on the committee of nobles who conferred regularly with the 
Commons, being deemed suitable by that House to be part of the new 'continual 
council' of state. He did not always make the best decisions though and was 
admonished by his peers for censuring John Philipot, the London MP and merchant 
who had mobilised a fleet to defend merchant shipping.[1]

Marriage and children[edit]

On or before 1 March 1350, Hugh de Stafford married Philippa de Beauchamp 
daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer. 
They had seven children.[2]
1.Sir Ralph Stafford (c. 1354 – 1385). Ralph was killed by King Richard II's half-
brother, John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter in a feud during an expedition against the 
Scots in May 1385, over a retainer's death by one of Ralph's archers.[1]
2.Margaret de Stafford, (c. 1364 – 9 June 1396), married Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of 
Westmorland as his first wife.
3.Thomas de Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford (c. 1368 – 4 July 1392). Inherited at age of 
18. Married Anne of Gloucester, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of 
Gloucester and Eleanor de Bohun. No issue, the marriage was reportedly never 
consummated.
4.William Stafford, 4th Earl of Stafford (21 September 1375 – 6 April 1395). Inherited 
from his brother at the age of 14. He was a ward of the Thomas of Woodstock, 1st 
Duke of Gloucester. He died at 19, no issue.
5.Katherine de Stafford (c. 1376 – 8 April 1419), married Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl 
of Suffolk.
6.Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford (2 March 1377 – 22 July 1403), inherited title 
from his brother at the age of 17. He married Anne of Gloucester, the widow of his 
elder brother Thomas. Edmund and Anne were the parents of Humphrey Stafford, 1st 
Duke of Buckingham.
7.Joan de Stafford (1378 – 1 October 1442), married Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of 
Surrey. No issue.

Later life and death[edit]

Hugh's wife Phillippa died on 6 April 1386, and it was probably this combined with the 
death of his son that pushed him to undertake a series of pilgrimages. He went first to 
Walsingham and then sailed for Jerusalem. He only got to Rhodes, where he died in 
the hospital the knights of St John in October of that year. His bones were returned to 
Stone Priory, Staffs, for burial next to his wife.

Parents
DE STAFFORD Ralph (24 Sep 1301 - 31 Aug 1372)
DE AUDLEY Margaret (ABT 1318 - 7 Sep 1347)

Siblings
DE STAFFORD Elizabeth (1336 - 1375)
DE STAFFORD Beatrice (ABT 1340 - )
DE STAFFORD Hugh (1344 - 16 Oct 1386)

Marriage To BEAUCHAMP Philippa (ABT 1334 - 6 Apr 1386)
    m. ABT 1 Mar 1350 

Notes

Parents
DE BEAUCHAMP Thomas (14 Feb 1314 - 13 Nov 1369)
DE MORTIMER Katherine (Catherine) (1314 - 4 Aug 1369)

Children by BEAUCHAMP Philippa ABT 1334 - 6 Apr 1386
DE STAFFORD Margaret (ABT 1365 - 9 Jun 1396)

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