Edmund Stafford

Edmund Stafford
Baron Stafford of Clifton

Noble family	Stafford
Father	Richard Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford of Clifton
Mother	Isabel Vernon
Born	1344
Died	3 September 1419
Buried	Exeter Cathedral

Edmund Stafford
Bishop of Exeter
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of Exeter
In office	1395–1419
Predecessor	Thomas Brantingham
Successor	John Catterick
Personal details
Previous post	Dean of York

Edmund Stafford (1344 – 3 September 1419) was the second son of Sir Richard Stafford of Clifton and Isabel Vernon, daughter of Sir Richard Vernon of Haddon. He became the Bishop of Exeter^[1]

Biography

Stafford attended Oxford University, graduating BA in 1363; in the same year he was appointed a canon of Lichfield. He obtained a BCL in 1369 and a DL in 1385, the same year he became dean of York. He also held the Rectorshio of Clifton Campville, his family lands. Whilst dean of York, he was named keeper of the Privy Seal on 4 May 1389, keeping that role until February 1396.^[2] Later that year, he was appointed Lord Chancellor of England, holding it until 1399 when, on the accession of Henry IV, he was replaced. Two years later he again took up the role, appointed as part of a reaction against Henry's dependence on Lancastrians. He was replaced by Henry Beaufort in February 1403.^[3] Edmund continued to serve the King, trying petitions in Parliaments in 1404 and 1406 and being appointed one of the King's councillors in the parliament of 1406.

Stafford was nominated to the see of Exeter on 15 January 1395 and consecrated on 20 June 1395.^[4] Visits to his diocese were few when he was on government office; he did visit extensively in the time between appointments as Chancellor and after 1403 he became more involved, with extensive vistas in 1404, 1411 and 1414.^[1]

Stafford died on 3 September 1419.^[1]^[4] and was buried in Exeter Cathedral. His family lands and the Barony, passed to Thomas Stafford.

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Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Edmund Stafford
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 95
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 87
^ ^a ^b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 247

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References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Political offices
Preceded by John Waltham	Lord Privy Seal 1389–1396	Succeeded by Guy Mone
Preceded by Thomas Arundel	Lord Chancellor 1396–1399	Succeeded by Thomas Arundel
Preceded by John Scarle	Lord Chancellor 1401–1403	Succeeded by Henry Beaufort
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Thomas Brantingham	Bishop of Exeter 1395–1419	Succeeded by John Catterick
Peerage of England
Preceded by Richard Stafford	Baron Stafford of Clifton 1380–1419	Succeeded by Thomas Stafford

v t e Deans of York

High Medieval	Hugh William of St. Barbara Robert of Ghent Robert Butevilain Hubert Walter Henry Marshal Simon of Apulia William Testard Hamo Roger de Insula Geoffrey de Norwich Fulk Basset Walter of Kirkham Sewal de Bovil Godfrey Ludham Roger de Holderness/Skeffling William Langton Robert de Scarborough Henry of Newark

Late Medieval	William Hambleton Raymond de Goth William Pickering Robert Pickering William de Colby William Zouche Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord Cardinal Angelicus Grimaud Edmund Stafford Roger Walden Richard Clifford Thomas Langley John Prophet Thomas Polton William Grey Robert Gilbert William Felter Richard Andrew Robert Booth Christopher Urswick William Sheffield Geoffrey Blythe

Early modern	Christopher Bainbridge James Harrington Thomas Wolsey John Yonge Brian Higden Richard Layton Nicholas Wotton Matthew Hutton John Thornborough George Meriton John Scott Richard Marsh William Sancroft Robert Hitch Tobias Wickham Thomas Gale Henry Finch Richard Osbaldeston John Fountayne

Late modern	George Markham William Cockburn Augustus Duncombe Arthur Purey-Cust William Foxley Norris Lionel Ford Herbert Bate Eric Milner-White Alan Richardson Ronald Jasper John Southgate Raymond Furnell Keith Jones Vivienne Faull

v t e Bishops of Exeter

High Medieval	see removed from Crediton Leofric Osbern FitzOsbern William Warelwast Robert Warelwast Robert of Chichester Bartholomew Iscanus John the Chanter Henry Marshal Simon of Apulia William Briwere Richard Blund Walter Branscombe Peter Quinel Thomas Bitton

Late Medieval	Walter de Stapledon James Berkeley John Godeley John Grandisson Thomas de Brantingham Edmund Stafford John Catterick Edmund Lacey John Hales George Neville John Booth Peter Courtenay Richard Foxe Oliver King Richard Redman

Early modern	John Arundel Hugh Oldham John Vesey Myles Coverdale John Vesey James Turberville William Alley William Bradbridge John Woolton Gervase Babington William Cotton Valentine Cary Joseph Hall Ralph Brownrigg John Gauden Seth Ward Anthony Sparrow Thomas Lamplugh Sir Jonathan Trelawney Bt Ofspring Blackall Lancelot Blackburne Stephen Weston Nicholas Clagett George Lavington Frederick Keppel John Ross William Buller Reginald Courtenay

Late modern	John Fisher George Pelham William Carey Christopher Bethell Henry Phillpotts Frederick Temple Edward Bickersteth Herbert Edward Ryle Archibald Robertson Lord William Cecil Charles Curzon Robert Mortimer Eric Mercer Hewlett Thompson Michael Langrish

Persondata
Name	Stafford, Edmund
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Exeter; Lord Privy Seal; Lord Chancellor of England
Date of birth	1344
Place of birth
Date of death	September 1419
Place of death

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