Cook Family Ancestry Ralph de Stafford Lord Stafford [8121] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Ralph de Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [8815]
(1301-1372)

Margaret de Audley Baroness Audley [8800]
(Abt 1325-1348)

Thomas de Beauchamp 11th Earl of Warwick [8803]
(1313-1369)

Catherine (Katherine) de Mortimer [8804]
(1310-1369)

Hugh de Stafford 2nd Earl of Stafford [8799]
(Bef 1343-1386)

Philippe Beauchamp Countess Stafford [8120]
(1334-Bef 1386)

Ralph de Stafford Lord Stafford [8121]
(1354-1385)

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Ralph de Stafford Lord Stafford [8121] ²⁴

Born: 1354, Stafford, Staffordshire, England ²⁵
Died: May 1385 at age 31
Buried: Langley, Herfordshire

bullet Cause of his death was killed.

bullet General Notes:

Killed by the King's half brother, Sir John de Holand, on the way between
York and Bishopsthorne.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal08240

Killed by Richard II's half brother, Sir John Holland, later 1st and last Duke of Exeter of the 1397 creation, on the way between York and Bishopsthorne, to avenge the killing by one of Ralph's retainers of his favorite Esquire.
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STAFFORD1.htm#Ralph%20STAFFORD2

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Ralph de Stafford Lord Stafford [8121] ²⁴