| Ralph de Stafford 1st Earl Stafford was born October 09,
1299/1301 in Stafford, Stafford England, and died August 21, 1372 in Turnbridge
Castle, Stafford, England. He married (1) Katherine Hastang. He married (2) Margaret de Audley, daughter of Hugh Audley and Margaret Clare. October 10, 1336. Margaret was also great-grandaughter of King Edward I. Notes for Ralph de Stafford: Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (STAFFORD, pp. 174-177) shows that he had quite an illustrious career: knight bannerett, served against the Scots, sat in Parliament, with the King in France, at the Battle of Sluys, Steward of the King's Household, temporarily in possession of the Great Seal, took part in the siege of Vannes in Brittany where he was captured then exchanged, was part of a delegation to treat with the Pope, was among those sent to Scotland to raise the siege of Loochmaben, in command of 20 knights in Gascony, was one of the challengers of the Nobles at the tournement at Hereford in 1344, Seneschal of Aquitaine or Gascony where he successfully defended Alguillon against John the son of King Philip of France, fought in the King's division at Crecy, again Seneschal of Gascony, with the king before Calais, part of the peace delegation negotiating with Philip of Valois, was present at the naval battle off Winchelsea, created Earl of Stafford in 1351/2, in 1355 he was among the leaders of the King's new expedition against France, in 1360 he was in the vanguard of the army under Henry the Duke of Lancaster and was joint Marshal with Thomas de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and was executor of Warwick's will, was one of the negotiators at the peace treaty with France in 1360 and over the title to the Duchy of Brittany, in 1369 he again crossed to France with the King. Ralph died on August 31, 1372 in England.
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