Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford was born abt. 1342 in Turnbridge, Staffordshire, England, and died September 26, 1386
He married Philippa Beauchamp, Countess of Stafford daughter of Thomas Beauchamp.

Notes for Hugh Stafford:

Knight of the Garter. Served in the wars in France and elsewhere.

"During Richard II's Scotish expedition of 1385, ... [Hugh's son] Ralph was killed in a brawl with the Earl of
Huntingdon. Deeply affected by his loss, and no doubt embittered by the King's failure to see justice done, the
Earl [of Stafford, Hugh] made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and died on the return journey in 1386." (Rawcliffe, 11).


Children of Hugh Stafford and Philippa Beauchamp are:

Edmund Stafford, born March 02, 1377/78 in Staffordshire, England; died July 22, 1403
in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

Ralph Stafford, died 1385.

More About Ralph Stafford:
Notes: Killed by Richard II's half brother, Sir John Holland, later 1st and last Duke of Exeter of the 1397 creation, on the way between York and Bishopsthorne, to avenge the killing by one of Ralph's retainers of his favorite Esquire.

Thomas Stafford, died 1392. He married Anne of Woodstock Abt. 1389.

Notes for Thomas Stafford:
Thomas and Anne had no children.

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