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Richard Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford of Clifton

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in 1361 and served until 8 June 1362. During 1366, Richard was appointed to go on an embassy, accompanied by his son Richard, to the papal court. Summoned to parliament, as Baron Stafford of Clifton, on 8 January 1371, and regularly summoned until 1379. He died on 13 August 1380 and was buried at the
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on 19 September 1356. Stafford and his brother accompanied Edward III on his expedition to France in October 1359. He was appointed to the office of
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Richard married (1st) Isabel, heiress of Clifton-Camville, daughter of Richard de Vernon and Maud de Camville, they had the following known issue:
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Sir Thomas Stafford, Knt., Marshal of Ireland (died c.1397). He married Alice Sulney and had one son, Thomas, Esq. (died 1425).
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A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance
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often confused Richard with his brother Ralph. In 1337, Stafford was sent with others on an embassy to the courts of
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Sir Nicholas Stafford, Knt., of Throwley, Staffordshire (died 1394), married Elizabeth Meverell, died without issue.
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and was in the king's army at present at the bloodless meeting of the English and French armies in October 1339 at
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Maud Stafford, contracted to marry Thomas de Arderne, but died before reaching the age of 11 .
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Katherine Stafford, married Thomas de Arderne, Knt., of Elford, Staffordshire, and had issue.
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Sir Richard Stafford, Knt., married Alice Blount. He died without issue before his father.
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He was the founder of the Staffords of Clifton, a cadet branch of the
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In November 1337, Richard participated in the victory at
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Ralph Stafford, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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He married (2nd) Maud ____, but they had no children.
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Stafford was involved in the French campaigns of King
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Stafford also had the following illegitimate issue:
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Index

Noble family
Stafford
Edmund Stafford
Edmund Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford

Hundred Years' War
Edmund Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford
Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford
House of Stafford
Edmund Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford
Ralph Basset, 1st Lord Basset of Drayton
Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford
Edward III of England
Hundred Years' War
Jean Froissart
William II, Count of Hainaut
Reginald II, Count of Guelders
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Cadzand
Vironfosse
Gascon campaign of 1345
siege of Bergerac
Libourne
relief of Auberoche
La Réole
Battle of Crécy
Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham
Siege of Calais
Edward the Black Prince
his expedition into France in 1355

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