Family History - Person Sheet
Family History - Person Sheet
DeathAugust 31, 1372726
BurialTonbridge, Kent402
FatherBaron Edmund de Stafford
MotherMargaret Bassett
Spouses
Marriageabout 1326730
Birth1322 to 1324726
BurialTonbridge, Kent726
FatherHugh de Audley (~1290-1347)
MotherMargaret de Clare (1293-1342)
Marriagebefore July 6, 1336730
Notes for Ralph Stafford K.G.
2nd Baron Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford.730
After his first marriage to Katherine Hastang, Ralph Safford “sensationally abducted Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley, daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Margaret de Clare, who was worth at least £2314 a year, more than ten times his own estates. Her parents filed a complaint with King Edward III of England, but the King supported Stafford's actions. In compensation, the King appeased Hugh and Margaret by creating Hugh the 1st Earl of Gloucester.”730
After his first marriage to Katherine Hastang, Ralph Safford “sensationally abducted Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley, daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Margaret de Clare, who was worth at least £2314 a year, more than ten times his own estates. Her parents filed a complaint with King Edward III of England, but the King supported Stafford's actions. In compensation, the King appeased Hugh and Margaret by creating Hugh the 1st Earl of Gloucester.”730