14-783: William Stafford may refer to: Courtiers [ edit ] William Stafford (courtier) (c. 1500–1556), courtier to Henry VIII and Edward VI of England; husband of Mary Boleyn, thus brother-in-law to Queen Anne Boleyn William Stafford (conspirator) (1554–1612), courtier and conspirator William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford (1614–1680), British nobleman and Roman Catholic martyr William Stafford, 4th Earl of Stafford (1375–1395) Politicians [ edit ] William Stafford (MP) (1627–1665), MP for Stamford William H. Stafford (1869–1957), United States Representative for Wisconsin Will Stafford (1837–1884), one of founders of
28-401: A prominent family of landed gentry , William Stafford was a mere gentleman and only a second son, and thus served Henry VIII as a soldier. In 1532, Stafford was listed as one of the two hundred people who accompanied Henry VIII to France. The purpose of the journey was for Henry and his fiancée, Anne Boleyn , to meet with Francis I so that he might show his public support and approval for
42-523: Is a small village in Staffordshire 2.5 miles southeast of Eccleshall on a confluence of Eccleshall water and the River Sow some 5 miles northwest of Stafford . The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 566. It comprises a number of houses and cottages and a village church dedicated to All Saints . Standing above the village on a natural mound of higher ground, the church
56-411: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William Stafford (courtier) Sir William Stafford , of Chebsey , in Staffordshire (c. 1508 – 5 May 1556) was an Essex landowner and the second husband of Mary Boleyn , who was the sister of Anne Boleyn , Queen of England. Mary was one-time mistress of King Henry VIII of England . Stafford
70-543: Is mostly built from reddish sandstone in the Gothic style and dates from the 12th century. The west tower dates from the 15th century, and is constructed from mostly grey with some red sandstone blocks. The external staircase turret (on the southeast corner of the tower) at Chebsey, is quite an unusual feature. Though it is very common in the churches of the South of England and especially those of Devon and Somerset , yet it
84-474: Is rarely seen in churches of the English Midlands and North of England . Parts of the south wall of the church show signs of extensive repairs, mostly in red sandstone. The churchyard contains an Anglo-Saxon cross shaft. Inside the church can be found late Victorian stained glass windows by Charles Eamer Kempe , and a 13th-century stone coffin. The church was extensively renovated in 1897 under
98-421: Is said to have been pregnant at the time of her marriage to Sir William Stafford and they may have had two children: However if these children did exist, nothing further is known of them. Stafford married secondly, in 1545, Dorothy Stafford (d. 22 September 1604), daughter of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford , and Ursula Pole , by whom he had three sons and three daughters: Chebsey Chebsey
112-465: The annulment of Henry's first marriage to Catherine of Aragon . Among the other travellers was Anne Boleyn's sister, Mary Boleyn , the eldest daughter of Thomas Boleyn , who was by then the Earl of both Wiltshire and Ormonde . With her connections, Mary had excellent marriage prospects. Nonetheless, Mary and Stafford married in secret in 1534. When the marriage was discovered after Mary became pregnant,
126-711: The couple were banished from court. The couple initially lived at Chebsey in Staffordshire, but later moved to the Boleyn family home, Rochford Hall at Rochford , in Essex. They lived in relative obscurity until Mary died in 1543, after which Stafford served in Scotland . He was knighted there in 1545 - during the reign of Henry VIII - and, two years later, became an MP for Hastings . Also in 1545, Stafford remarried, this time to his second cousin, Dorothy Stafford ,
140-638: The location of Lethbridge, Canada William Josephus Stafford (1781–1823), sea captain and privateer during the War of 1812 and afterward Billy Stafford from A Ticket to Red Horse Gulch See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "william-stafford" on Misplaced Pages. Bill Stafford (1939–2001), American baseball player Stafford (surname) All pages with titles containing William Stafford William Stafford-Howard (disambiguation) Stafford (disambiguation) William (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
154-541: The nineteenth century UK labour movement Others [ edit ] William Stafford (British soldier) (1854–1952), played in 1875 FA Cup Final and 1873–74 Home Nations rugby union match William Stafford (died 1450) of Southwick, Wiltshire William Stafford (author) (1593–1684), British author William Stafford (poet) (1914–1993), American poet William Henry Stafford Jr. (born 1931), United States federal judge William Stafford (mining engineer) (1842–1907), Scottish coal mining engineer responsible for
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182-586: The youngest daughter of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford and Ursula Pole (d. 1570). During the reign of Mary I , Stafford and his family fled to Geneva . He died there on 5 May 1556, not living to see the reign of his first wife's niece, Elizabeth I , or to see his wife, children, and stepchildren become influential courtiers in Elizabeth's court. In 1534, William Stafford secretly wed, as her second husband, Mary Boleyn (c. 1499 – 1543), sister of King Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn . Mary Boleyn
196-507: Was the second son of Sir Humphrey Stafford (died 22 September 1545) of Cottered and Rushden , Hertfordshire, by his first wife, Margaret Fogge, daughter of Sir John Fogge of Ashford, Kent . His family was distantly related to the mighty Stafford family , the Dukes of Buckingham and the Earls of Wiltshire until the fall of grace of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham . Though born to
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