Ralph Stafford

✓ DOCUMENTED (CP; supplied 8 Aug 2026): m. Margaret Audley, heiress. Floor (his Stafford ancestry left for a later pass). Added 8 Aug 2026. ||27 Oct 2026 - MOTHER WIRED (✓)|| Margaret Basset, da. of Ralph 1st Lord Basset of Drayton by Hawise, per the 1390 inquisition quoted in CP II 'Basset of Drayton' p.3 n.(h) ('Thomas, Earl of Stafford, s. of Hugh, s. of Ralph, s. of Margaret Basset, sister to the grandfather of the deceased'). Through her the tree reaches the Ralph Basset killed at Evesham, Roger de Somery (already in the tree) and the Arundel d'Aubignys. His father Edmund, 1st Lord Stafford, awaits CP XII/1. Source: Complete Peerage 2nd ed. vol. II (1912), 'Basset of Drayton' pp.1-4 and notes (archive.org completepeerageo02coka), read 27 Oct 2026. ||27 Oct 2026 - FATHER WIRED (✓), BIRTH ADDED|| Edmund, 1st Lord Stafford (b. 15 Jul 1273, d. before 12 Aug 1308). CP XII/1 'Stafford' p.174: Ralph 'b. 24 Sep. 1301'; did homage and had his father's lands 6 Dec 1323; 16 Apr 1325 'in the King's service with his mother and her 2nd husband Thomas de Pype, and his own brothers, in the company of Ralph, 2nd Lord Basset (of Drayton), Constable of Dover Castle'; knight banneret 13 Jan 1326/7; 1332 sailed from Barton-on-Humber with Edward Balliol to invade Scotland; sum. to Parl. 29 Nov 1336 to 25 Nov 1350; at the battle of Sluys 23 June 1340; Steward of the King's Household by 10 Feb 1340/1; had temporary custody of the Great Seal 7 Aug 1342; captured at the siege of Vannes 1342 and released by the truce of Malestroit. Source: Complete Peerage 2nd ed. vol. XII part 1 (1953), 'Stafford' pp.173-174 and notes (page images supplied by Aynsley, read 27 Oct 2026).