Seventh Generation  

19. 2nd Earl Hugh STAFFORD of Stafford [120411] (Ralph of Stafford (1st Earl)¹¹, Edmund Stafford (1st Baron)⁹, Nicholas⁷, Robert⁵, Hervey (Sir)², Hervey of Stafford (Lord)¹) was born about 1336 and died on 16 Oct 1386 aged about 50.

Hugh married Philippa BEAUCHAMP [120412].

The child from this marriage was:

+ 27    i. Margaret STAFFORD [120410] was born about 1364 and died on 9 Jun 1396 aged about 32.

20. Elizabeth STAFFORD [122051] (Ralph of Stafford (1st Earl)¹¹, Edmund Stafford (1st Baron)⁹, Nicholas⁷, Robert⁵, Hervey (Sir)², Hervey of Stafford (Lord)¹) was born about 1340 and died on 7 Aug 1375 aged about 35.

Elizabeth married Fulk le STRANGE [122233].

Elizabeth next married 4th Baron John de FERRERS Chartley [122050]. John was born about 1331 in Southhoe Huntingdonshire England and died on 3 Apr 1367 in Castille Spain aged about 36.

General Notes: Wilipedia says:
John de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (c. 1331 \endash 3 April 1367) was the son of Robert de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley and a woman named Margaret.[1]

John de Ferrers was born in Southhoe, Huntingdonshire. He inherited the title of Baron Ferrers of Chartley upon his father's death in 1350 but was never summoned to parliament.

Despite his youth, John fought in Gascony for Edward III in 1345 and married Elizabeth de Stafford (1342 \endash 7 August 1375) - widow of Fulk le Strange (Baron Strange) and daughter of Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret de Audley, a daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester.

The couple had one son, Robert de Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley.

John de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley died on 3 April 1367 at the Battle of Nájera in Castile

Noted events in his life were:

• Death: at the Battle of Najera, 3 Apr 1367, Castille Spain.

The child from this marriage was:

   28    i. 5th Baron Robert de FERRERS Chartley [122053] was born in 1358, died in 1413 at age 55, and was buried in Merevale Abbey Warwickshire England.

General Notes: Wikipedia says:
Robert de Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (c. 1358 \endash 1413) was the son of John de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Elizabeth de Stafford, a daughter of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret de Audley.

He inherited the title of Baron Ferrers of Chartley upon his father's death at the Battle of Nájera on 3 April 1367 but was never summoned to parliament.

Robert married Margaret Le Despenser (born around 1360) a daughter of Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, KG, and Lady Elizabeth Burghersh.

The couple had one son Edmund, who became Edmund de Ferrers, 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley upon the death of his father around 1412, and one daughter Philippe, who married Sir Thomas Greene, Sheriff of Northamptonshire (10 February 1399 \endash 18 January 1462), by whom she was the grandmother of Sir Thomas Green. Philippe and Sir Thomas are ancestors to Queen consort Catherine Parr, the last wife of King Henry VIII.[1]

Robert de Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley died sometime around 1413 and is buried at Merevale Abbey in Warwickshire.

Robert married Margaret le DESPENSER [122054]. Margaret was born about 1360 and died on 3 Nov 1415 aged about 55.

Elizabeth next married 4th Baron Reginald de COBHAM Cobham [122234].