Eleanor Stafford

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Aylesbury-4

Eleanor Aylesbury was the daughter of Sir Thomas Aylesbury by his second marriage to Katherine Pabenham.[1][2][3][4] Eleanor was 17 years old in 1423 and aged 23 in 1429,[1][2] putting her estimated birth in about the year 1406. Her place of birth is not documented.

Inheritance and Residence

In 1423 Eleanor was co-heiress to her nephew, Hugh Ayesbury. She inherited the manors of Milton Keynes, Bradwell and Broughton, Buckinghamshire and a moiety of Pytchley, Northamptonshire.[2]
In 1453, Eleanor and her sister Isabel were co-heirs to their cousin John Cressy, Knt. and inherited the manors of Dodford in Northamptonshire, and Oxhill in Warwickshire.[1][2]
In 1475 and 1476, Eleanor presented to the church of Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, and in 1478 to the church of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.[2]
On 15 June 1481, the King awarded the manor of Dodford, Northamptonshire to dame Eleanor Stafford and her son, Thomas, who were then ordered to pay £200, plus £50 charges to Edward Wydeville, Knt, to satisfy his claim to the manor.[1][2]

Death and Burial

Eleanor's date and place of death is unknown. Eleanor and her husband have alabaster tomb monuments in the St. John the Baptist church in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England.[12][13]

Family

Marriage and Children

Eleanor married Sir Humphrey Stafford,[3][4] second son of Sir Humphrey Stafford and Elizabeth Burdet, by license dated 2 January 1423/4.[1][2] Eleanor's maritagium included the manor of Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire.[1][2]

Stafford of Grafton Problems Jan 19, 2004 https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/w_Plugm8YxY/m/...

The issue of Sir Humphrey Stafford and wife Eleanor Aylesbury, based
upon Nash and Wedgwood, was-

• 1. Richard Stafford, eldest son, who was slain by the Harcourts in June 1448.
• 2. Humphrey Stafford (1426/7-1486), who succeeded his father in Grafton and his mother to Blatherwyck, Northamptonshire. When attainted and executed in 1486, the Staffords lost Grafton, but his descendants continued to reside at Blatherwyck. He married Katherine Fray.
• 3. Thomas Stafford. He was attainted with his brother, and his descendants held Tottenho, Buckinghamshire.
• 4. Elizabeth Stafford, who married by license of 27 Jan 1446/7, Richard Beauchamp, of Powick (1435-1503). [CP, vol. 2, p. 47]
• 5. Anne Stafford, who married (1st) Thomas Skull of Wigginton, Oxfordshire (died before 1459) and (2nd) William Berkeley, K.B.,of Weoley (in Northfield), Worcestershire (died 1501). By her first,marriage, Anne evidently had no issue. By her second marriage, she had two children, Richard, Esq., and Anne (wife of John Gyse, Knt., and William Kingston).
• 6. Joyce Stafford, wife of Sir Marmaduke Constable (1443-1518).

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From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Eleanor Aylesbury

http://thepeerage.com/p21324.htm#i213237

Eleanor Aylesbury

• F, #213237, b. circa 1406

Eleanor Aylesbury was born circa 1406. She is the daughter of Thomas Aylesbury and Catherine Pakenham.[2]

She married Sir Humphrey Stafford, son of Sir Humphrey Stafford and Elizabeth Burdett, circa 2 January 1423/24.[1] From circa 2 January 1423/24, her married name became Stafford.[1]

She was living on 20 April 1478.[1]

Children of Eleanor Aylesbury and Sir Humphrey Stafford

• Elizabeth Stafford+ [1]
• Sir Humphrey Stafford+ b. 1427, d. 8 Jul 14862

Citations

1. [S79] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004), page 384. Hereinafter cited as Plantagenet Ancestry.

2. [S1916] Tim Boyle, "re: Boyle Family," e-mail message from <e-mail address> (unknown address) to Darryl Roger Lundy, 16 September 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Boyle Family".

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From Jorge Castell's page on her husband, Humphrey Stafford of Grafton:

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STAFFORD2.htm#Humphrey STAFFORD of Grafton (Sir Knight)1

Eleanor AYLESBURY (b. 1407 - d. AFT 1467) (dau. of Thomas Aylesbury and Catherine Pabenham) ABT 1426, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England

Children:

• 1. Humphrey STAFFORD of Grafton (Sir Knight)
• 2. Elizabeth STAFFORD
• ¿3. Anne STAFFORD (B. Clinton of Marstoke)?
• ¿4. William STAFFORD (Sir)?

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From the Celtic Casimir online family tree:

http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/20/41048.htm

Eleanor AYLESBURY 9651

Born: 1406-1407, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England

Married: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England 9651

General Notes:

Aged 17 years in 1423-24

Marriage Information:

Eleanor married Humphrey II STAFFORD, son of Humphrey STAFFORD and Elizabeth BURDETT, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England 9651. (Humphrey II STAFFORD was born in 1400 in Grafton, Worcestershire, England and died after 1467.)

Sir Humphrey Stafford and Alianor (Aylesbury) his wife.

Source: Hollis, Thomas. “The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain” (London, 1840) Page 73: Bromsgrove Church, Worcestershire. < Hathitrust >