Catherine de Stafford

✓ Catherine, da. and co-heiress of Richard de Stafford, Lord Stafford of Clifton (Elford monuments; Dugdale's Baronage); wife of John de Arderne of Aldford and Elford (d. 1407/8). ~ as mother of Blanche, Lady Stanley (Ormerod's Arderne chart lists only the heir John). Source: Ormerod, History of Cheshire (1819), vol. III, p.301 chart 'Arderne and Stanley of Aldford and Elford' (Elford monuments, Dugdale's Baronage, Cheshire pedigrees) and vol. II pp.38-39 'Arderne of Aldford, Alvanley and Harden', read 2 Nov 2026 (archive.org djvu text). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.] ||2 Nov 2026 - CONFIRMED (✓)|| CP 1st ed. VII p.223: 'Katharine, only da. of Richard de Stafford, wife of Sir John Ardern, of Elford'; her son and heir Sir John Ardern left an only daughter Maud, wife of Sir Thomas Stanley. Mother Isabel Vernon wired. Her marriage to John (not Thomas) de Arderne settled. Still ~ as mother of Blanche, Lady Stanley (not named by CP or Ormerod). Source: G.E.C., Complete Peerage, 1st ed. vol. VII (1896), 'Stafford' (barony, Richard de Stafford of Clifton Camville) p.223 and n.(f) (Wikisource page image transcript, read 2 Nov 2026). The 2nd ed. has no separate 'Stafford of Clifton' article.