Stafford research

This is proceeding.
The male line of Edward (3rd Baron) broke down when his son (Edward, 4th Baron) died in 1625 and his nephew Roger succeeded him to die without issue in 1640.
Mary, granddaughter of the 4th Baron (her father predeceased him), was re-created Countess Stafford, presumably after the Restoration. She married William Howard and their eldest son, Henry Stafford-Howard, succeeded her.
I can finish it all from Burke's website but there is a ý16 day subscription and I will wait until I have a full free day.

If I am allowed to reply to my own post from Saturday:

I have found another interesting website! It is run by Brian Thomsett from the Department of Computer Studies, University of Hull: www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/pub;ic/genealogy/royal .

I have used it to take my Stafford research as far as the 4th Earl (John Paul Stafford-Howard, 1700-62). It breaks down there but there is a link he must have missed as there seems to be no alternative line from Baron Henry downwards, although a Baron (Fitzherbert b.1954) lives today.

I learned that William Howard (1612-80), scion of the Norfolk line who married Viscountess Mary (1619-93) and was executed, fell victim to Titus Oates' perjury after the Godfrey murder.

Comparison: More authoritative than Castelli in some ways, if slightly less user-friendly, as he lists his sources and mentions several apparent errors in them. However, he places Viscountess Mary Stafford as the daughter of the Baron Edward (1535-1603) and his wife Maria Stanley (d.1609). Her father was their grandson, Edward Stafford (1601-21); look at the dates of their deaths and her birth. Castelli had it right.

I shall finish this job one way or the other on Wednesday. I know they are descended from Richard's great enemy but also from his niece and his ally (John Howard, Duke of Norfolk).
----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Lark
To: R3S
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 10:32 AM
Subject: Stafford research


This is proceeding.
The male line of Edward (3rd Baron) broke down when his son (Edward, 4th Baron) died in 1625 and his nephew Roger succeeded him to die without issue in 1640.
Mary, granddaughter of the 4th Baron (her father predeceased him), was re-created Countess Stafford, presumably after the Restoration. She married William Howard and their eldest son, Henry Stafford-Howard, succeeded her.
I can finish it all from Burke's website but there is a ý16 day subscription and I will wait until I have a full free day.