I will be putting together a table of colorful ancestors whether it was due to political dissent, just general major trouble making or outright murder (murderers or murdered) these people left behind a slightly unusual personal portrait. This is just the first round, I will be adding many more to this list. You can vote for the "Most Colorful" Stafford Ancestor. Click the "Most Colorful" link. |
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| Valentine B. Stafford | G Grand Father: Shot in a bar according to my grand father. He was very young when his father disappeared and didn't know much about this except that he made someone very angry. (ya think?) |
| Robert
F. Stafford Father to Valentine above. He and his Cousin Robert E. Stafford. |
Involved in a Feud including many murders and lots of mayhem that resulted in the un-incorporation of an entire county in Texas. Here is the link if you would like to read about it. |
William Stafford 1622-1728 Brother of John Stafford 1669-1733 |
In the Colonial and State records of North Carolina, is the statement of the President of the Proprietors of NC complaining that William Stafford was talking to the men who had enlisted to fight the Indians, and that most of them had subsequently resigned from his army. A little later is found a letter from the President to the Governor of Virginia asking him to extradite William Stafford, brother of John, who had fled to Virginia to avoid execution because of these subversive acts. He later returned to NC and was a farmer. |
| Sir William Stafford 1554-1612 | 1575; Apparently became a courtier and suddenly left London for Dieppe, 1585; returned, 1586; accused of involvement in a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth and imprisoned in the Tower of London until 1588. |
| Sir William Stafford of Grafton Born: Bef 1512, Chebsey, Staffs., Rochford, Essex & London Died: 5 May 1556, Geneva | Accompanied by his wife, children, sister, cousin and servants, he settled in Geneva in Mar 1554, being known there as Lord Rochford. He soon became embroiled in its disputes and on returning there after the uprising of 1555 he was nearly killed in an affray. |
| Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham was born 1478, and executed 1521 | 1478–1521, English nobleman;
son of Henry Stafford, 2d Duke of Buckingham. The attainder (1483) of his
father was reversed on the accession (1485) of Henry VII, and after Henry
VIII came to the throne (1509), he was made lord high constable, lord high
steward, and a privy councilor. However, although Buckingham appeared to
be high in the favor of Henry VIII, the king was both jealous and suspicious
of him because of his wealth, his lands, and his descent; on the paternal
side he was a descendant of Thomas of Woodstock, son of Edward III, and
his mother was a sister of Edward IV’s queen. He came to represent
those nobles who resented the power of Cardinal Wolsey and their own exclusion
from high offices. In 1521, Buckingham was arrested and tried on trumped-up
charges that he had countenanced prophecies of his own succession to the
throne and had expressed his intention to murder the king. He was executed.
Buckingham (Edward Stafford) is a minor character in Shakespeare's Henry VIII. |
| Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham was born 1455, and was executed 1483 | Henry Stafford 2nd Duke
of Buckingham, played a major role in Richard III of England's rise and
fall. He is also one of the primary suspects in the disappearance (and
presumed murder) of the Princes in the Tower. Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham: Character in Shakespeare's Richard
III. |
| Humphrey
Stafford of Grafton Sir Knight Born: Abt. 1427, Grafton, Worcestershire, England Died: 8 Jul 1486, Tyburn |
Executed by order of King
Henry VII for siding with Richard III. 8 July 1486 Tyburn. Father: Humphrey
Stafford of Grafton Sir Knight |
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