Nicholas de Stafford (d. 1287)

✓ Nicholas de Stafford, s. and h. of Robert by his 1st wife Alice Corbet; not yet knighted in Trinity term 1272 'but was in possession of his lands'; 'He served repeatedly in Wales from 1277 to 1287' - sum. 1276, 1282 and 1287 (the 1st and 3rd writs addressed to Robert, the 2nd to Nicholas, Baron of Stafford); at Montgomery 1282/3, to treat with David ap Griffith 1283; sued as 'Nicholas, Baron of Stafford' by his brother Edmund 1279; 'He m. . . ., probably da. of Geoffrey de Langley' (n.(l): in 1272 a Staffordshire jury stated that the King had given him in marriage a da. of Geoffrey de 'Langeley'); 'He d. on or about 1 Aug. 1287 at the siege of Dereslyn or Droslan Castle in Wales' - Chron. Lanercost: 'the Baron of Stafford was crushed by the fall of a wall' - 'and was bur. at Stone. He left a will.' Father of Edmund, 1st Lord Stafford (I102020). Source: Complete Peerage 2nd ed. vol. XII part 1 (1953), 'Stafford' pp.171-172 and notes (page images supplied by Aynsley, read 27 Oct 2026). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 27 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]