John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

John Stafford
John Stafford
Earl of Wiltshire
	Arms of Sir John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, KG
Born	24 November 1427
Died	8 May 1473
Spouse(s)	Constance Green
Issue	Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire
Father	Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham
Mother	Lady Anne Neville

John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire KG, KB (24 November 1427^[1]^{[unreliable source]} – 8 May 1473) was an English nobleman, the youngest son of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham. In 1461 he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Bath.

Career[edit]

He fought on the Yorkist side at the Battle of Hexham in 1464. In 1469, he was made Steward of the Duchy of Cornwall for life. He was made Earl of Wiltshire on 5 January 1470^[2] by King Edward IV, and was briefly arrested under Warwick's government and prevented from attending the Parliament of November 1470 (he was one of six Yorkist nobles not to receive a summons).^[3]

In return for his loyalty he was made Chief Butler of England, and was empowered, with Lord Mountjoy to pardon rebels who surrendered by 7 June that year.^[4] He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1472.

Diplomacy[edit]

He did act for some time as a diplomat, working with the Earl of Northumberland to deal with ambassadors of James III of Scotland about national grievances.^[5]

Personal life[edit]

He married Constance Green, daughter of Sir Henry Green of Drayton House Northamptonshire^[5] and Margaret de Ros. They only had one child, Edward, who succeeded him as Earl of Wiltshire, although during the latter's minority he was kept as a ward of the King, meaning revenues from his estates were paid to the Crown.^[6]

Ancestors[edit]

Ancestors of John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

16. Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford

8. Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford

17. Margaret de Audley

4. Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford

18. Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick

9. Philippa de Beauchamp

19. Katherine Mortimer

2. Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham

20. Edward III of England

10. Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester

21. Philippa of Hainault

5. Anne of Gloucester

22. Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford

11. Eleanor de Bohun

23. Joan Fitzalan

1. John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

24. Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby

12. John de Neville

25. Alice Audley

6. Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland

26. Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy

13. Maud Percy

27. Idoine de Clifford

3. Anne Neville

28. Edward III

14. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster

29. Philippa of Hainault

7. Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland

30. Payen de Roet

15. Katherine Swynford

31. ??

References[edit]

^ "Stafford".
^ The historic peerage of England: exhibiting, under alphabetical arrangement, the origin, descent, and present state of every title of peerage which has existed in this country since the Conquest; being a new edition of the "Synopsis of the Peerage of England" by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas and William Courthope, published 1857. On Google Books, accessed 6 February 2010.
^ Ross, C., Edward IV, Trowbridge 1975, p. 155
^ Ross, C., Edward IV, Trowbridge 1975, p. 150
^ ^a ^b Burke, J. (1831). A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England. H. Colburn & R. Bentley. p. 493. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
^ Ross, C., Edward IV, Trowbridge 1975, p.380; this 'provided up to £1,400 a year towards the rebuilding of St George's Chapel at Windsor'.

Political offices
Preceded by John Wenlock, 1st Baron Wenlock	Chief Butler of England 1471–1473	Succeeded by Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers
Peerage of England
New creation	Earl of Wiltshire 1470–1473	Succeeded by Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire

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[1] "Stafford".

[2] The historic peerage of England: exhibiting, under alphabetical arrangement, the origin, descent, and present state of every title of peerage which has existed in this country since the Conquest; being a new edition of the "Synopsis of the Peerage of England" by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas and William Courthope, published 1857. On Google Books, accessed 6 February 2010.

[3] Ross, C., Edward IV, Trowbridge 1975, p. 155

[4] Ross, C., Edward IV, Trowbridge 1975, p. 150

[burke-5] Burke, J. (1831). A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England. H. Colburn & R. Bentley. p. 493. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

[6] Ross, C., Edward IV, Trowbridge 1975, p.380; this 'provided up to £1,400 a year towards the rebuilding of St George's Chapel at Windsor'.

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