4. | Edward (Stafford), 3rd Duke of Buckingham (3.Henry3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Eleanor1) was born on 3 Feb. 1477/78 in Brecknock Castle, Brecknock, Brecknockshire, Wales; died on 17 May 1521 in Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Austin Friars, London, Middlesex, England. Other Events:
- Decoration: 29 Oct. 1485; Knight of the Order of the Bath (K.B.)
- Decoration: circa 1499; Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
- Office: 1509; Bearer of the Crown
- Office: 1509; Lord High Constable
- Office: 1509; Lord High Steward of England
- Office: 1509; Privy Councillor (P.C.)
- Hereditary Title: Nov. 1485 – May 1521; 3rd Duke of Buckingham [E., 1444]
- Hereditary Title: Nov. 1485 – May 1521; 4th Earl of Buckingham [E., 1377?]
- Hereditary Title: Nov. 1485 – May 1521; 8th Earl of Stafford [E., 1351]
- Hereditary Title: Nov. 1485 – May 1521; 9th Baron Stafford [E., 1299]
- Hereditary Title: Nov. 1485 – May 1521; Count of Perche [Normandy, 1431]
Notes:
He had licence to castellate his manor of Thornbury, 9 July 1510.
He held a command in the right wing at Therouenne in 1513.
Office:
For Henry VIII's coronation
He laid claim to this office, as his hereditary right, in 1514. He claimed the Lord High Constableship as heir of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, who, it was stated, "held the manors of Harlefield, Newnam, and Whytenhurst [Haresfield, Newnham, and Wheatenhurst], in the county of Gloucester of the King by the service of being Constable of England." The judges decided that the office should "have continuance in the Duke notwithstanding that one of the three manors has come to the hands of our Lord the King; for otherwise it will ensue that the Duke will have the two other manors without doing any service for them, and so the Duke is compellable at the pleasure of the King to do and exercise the office." For an account of the confusion into which the judges were led by their misconception of the nature of the tenure of this office, which was not in fact attached to the manors but was an office held in fee; and of the confusion worse confounded in which Law Lords and Counsel in modern peerage cases have been involved owing to their blind acceptance of the decision in this case, see J. H. Round's Peerage and Pedigree (vol. i, pp. 147–166), where an amusing exposure of legal methods is given in the article termed "The Muddle of the Law." See also Appendix D in The Complete Peerage, volume II (1912).
Office:
At Henry VIII's coronation
Office:
At Henry VIII's coronation
Died:
Beheaded for High Treason, having made an enemy of Wolsey and endangered his position by his vanity, especially his loquacity in reminding hearers of his descent from Edward III, following which his titles were forfeited by attainder (Parliamentary ratification 31 July 1523).
Edward married Lady Eleanor Percy circa 14 Dec. 1490. Eleanor (daughter of Henry (Percy), 4th Earl of Northumberland and Lady Maud Herbert) died on 13 Feb. 1530; was buried in Greyfriars, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Henry (Stafford), 1st Baron Stafford
was born on 18 Sept. 1501 in Penshurst, Kent, England; died on 30 April 1563 in Caus Castle, Westbury, Shropshire, England; was buried on 6 May 1563 in Worthen, Shropshire, England.
- 7. Lady Catherine Stafford
died on 14 May 1555 in Holywell, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England; was buried on 17 May 1555 in St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England.
- 8. Lady Mary Stafford
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