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Birth:          ABT 1318 Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Death:          7 Sep 1347 England
Burial:         Priory, Tunbridge, Kent, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_de_Audley,_2nd_Baroness_Audley
Margaret de Audley, suo jure 2nd Baroness Audley and Countess of Stafford (1318
[citation needed] – between 1347 and 1351[1]) was an English noblewoman. She was 
the only daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester by his wife Lady Margaret 
de Clare.[2] Her mother was the daughter of Joan of Acre, Princess of England; thus 
making Margaret a great-granddaughter of King Edward I by his first consort, Eleanor 
of Castile. As the only daughter and heiress of her father, she succeeded to the title 
of 2nd Baroness Audley [E., 1317] on 10 November 1347.[1]

Marriage and issue[edit]

Margaret was abducted by Ralph, Lord Stafford, who had helped Edward III take the 
throne. At the time, her worth was at least £2314 a year, which was more than ten 
times Stafford's own estates. (However, he eventually rose to Earl of Stafford in 
1350.) After the abduction, her parents filed a complaint with the king, but Edward 
supported Stafford. In compensation, the king appeased Hugh and Margaret by 
creating Hugh the 1st Earl of Gloucester.

Margaret de Audley and Stafford married before 6 July 1336. They subsequently had 
two sons and four daughters:
Sir Ralph de Stafford (d. 1347), married Maud of Lancaster, daughter of Henry of 
Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Isabel of Beaumont in 1344.[3]
Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, born circa 1336 in Staffordshire, England, 
married Philippa de Beauchamp; they were the ancestors of the Dukes of Buckingham 
(1444 creation).[3]
Elizabeth de Stafford, born circa 1340 in Staffordshire, England, died 7 August 1376, 
married firstly Fulk le Strange;[3] married secondly, John de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers 
of Chartley; married thirdly Reginald de Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham.[4]
Beatrice de Stafford, born circa 1341 in Staffordshire, England, died 1415, married 
firstly, in 1350, Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond (d. June 1358); married 
secondly, Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros, of Helmsley; married thirdly Sir Richard 
Burley, Knt.[3]
Joan de Stafford, born in 1344 in Staffordshire, England, died 1397, married firstly, 
John Charleton, 3rd Baron Cherleton;[3] married secondly Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron 
Talbot.[5]
Katherine de Stafford, born circa 1348 in Staffordshire, England and died in December 
1361. Married on 25 December 1357 Sir John de Sutton III (1339 – c. 1370 or 1376), 
Knight, Master of Dudley Castle, Staffordshire. They were parents of Sir John de 
Sutton IV, hence grandparents of Sir John de Sutton V.[6]

Parents
DE AUDLEY Hugh (ABT 1291 - 10 Nov 1347)
DE CLARE Margaret (12 Oct 1293 - 9 Apr 1342)

Siblings
DE AUDLEY Margaret (ABT 1318 - 7 Sep 1347)

Marriage To DE STAFFORD Ralph (24 Sep 1301 - 31 Aug 1372)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
STAFFORD Edmund (15 Jul 1272 - 12 Aug 1308)
BASSETT Margaret (ABT 1280 - 17 Mar 1337)

Children by DE STAFFORD Ralph 24 Sep 1301 - 31 Aug 1372
DE STAFFORD Elizabeth (1336 - 1375)
DE STAFFORD Beatrice (ABT 1340 - )
DE STAFFORD Hugh (1344 - 16 Oct 1386)

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