Stafford Earl of Wiltshire.
IN 9 Edw. 4. (5 Ianuar.) Iohn Stafford* 1.1 a younger Son to Humphrey Duke of Buc∣kingham was createdk 1.2 Earl of Wilt∣shire; and in 12 Edw. 4. joyned inl 1.3 Commis∣sion with the Earl of Northumberland, and others, to treat with the Embassadors of Iames the third, then King of Scotland, upon cer∣tain complaints of greivances from each Realm. And, having marriedm 1.4 Constance, the Daughter and Heir to Sir Henry Green of Drayton▪ in Comitat. Northamp. Knight, departedn 1.5 this life 8 Maii, 13 Edw. 4. leaving Edward his Son and Heir, threeo 1.6 years of age; being then seizedp 1.7 joyntly with the said Constance, of the Mannor of Sutho, in Com. Hunt. Newenton-Blossom∣v••le, Clifton, and Polycote, in Comit. Buck. of the Mannors of S••anford-Rivers, Tracies, Suttons, Piggesland, Boteiles, and Brigges in Com. Essex. Effyngham, Shep∣sted, Tyllingdon, Porkeley, Walding∣ham, Upwode, Gatyers, and Halyngbury, in Com. Surr.
Of which Edward* 1.8 all that I have seen, is; that by his Testamentq 1.9 bearing date 21 Martii, 14 Hen. 7. he bequeathed his body to be buried in our Lady Isle at Lufwyke, in Com. Northam. by his Grandfather Greene; appointing a con∣venient Tombe, to be there made for him. And that he thereby Gave to his Cousin, the Earl of Shrewsbury, his Collar of the Kings Li∣very: as also to Margaret his Wife, all the Plate he had with her in marriage. After which, viz. upon the twenty fourth day of the same Month of March, he diedr 1.10▪ and was burieds 1.11 at Lufwyke accordingly; as the Inseription upon his Monument expr••sseth.