Margaret AUDLEY

1318 - 1349  (31 years)

• Name	Margaret AUDLEY  [1]
  Birth	1318	Stafford, Staffordshire, England   [1]
  TitleOfNobility	Bef 6 Jul 1336	Castle Church, Staffordshire, England   [2]
  	Countess of Stafford
  Christening	1347  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Title	10 Nov 1347  [2]
  	2nd Baroness Audley
  Name	Margaret DE AUDLEY  [2]
  Name	suo jure Lady Audley  [2]
  _FSFTID	LHDG-NGQ
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHDG-NGQ
  _UID	A0CC97D536AB45E6B53824CB550FCFA99C77
  Burial	Sep 1349	Tonbridge, Kent, England   [1]
  Death	7 Sep 1349	Tonbridge, Kent, England   [1]
  Person ID	I594766604	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Hugh DE AUDLEY,   b. 1289, Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England d. 10 Nov 1347, Tonbridge, Kent, England (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Margaret DE CLARE,   b. 12 Oct 1293, Tonbridge Castle, Tonbridge, Kent, England d. 9 Apr 1342, Chebsey, Staffordshire, England (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	28 Apr 1317	Windsor, Berkshire, England   [3]
  Family ID	F536728728	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ralph I DE STAFFORD,   b. 24 Sep 1298, Amington, Staffordshire, England d. 31 Aug 1372, Tonbridge, Kent, England (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	5 Jul 1336	Tonbridge Castle, Tonbridge, Kent, England   [4]
  Children	1. Elizabeth De STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1337, Staffordshire, England d. 7 Aug 1376, Chartley Castle, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 39 years)   2. Ralph de STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1337, Tonbridge, Kent, England d. Abt 1347 (Age ~ 10 years)   3. Johanna DE STAFFORD,   b. 1339, Staffordshire, England d. 2 Aug 1397, Staffordshire, England (Age 58 years)   4. Lady Katherine DE STAFFORD,   b. 16 Sep 1340, Tonbridge Castle, Tonbridge, Kent, England, d. 6 Dec 1361, Coleshill, Warwickshire, England, (Age 21 years)   5. Beatrice STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1341, Staffordshire, England d. 14 Apr 1415, Helmsley, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 74 years)   6. Hugh STAFFORD,   b. 1342, Stafford, Staffordshire, England d. 16 Oct 1386, Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece (Age 44 years)   7. Thomas STAFFORD,   b. 1347, Stafford, Staffordshire, , England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F536728726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley and Countess of Stafford (between 1347 and 1351) was an English noblewoman. She was the only daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester by his wife Lady Margaret de Clare. Her mother was the daughter of Joan of Acre, Princess of England; thus making Margaret a great-granddaughter of King Edward I by his first consort, Eleanor of Castile. As the only daughter and heiress of her father, she succeeded to the title of 2nd Baroness Audley on 10 November 1347. Marriage and issue Margaret was abducted by Ralph, Lord Stafford, who had helped Edward III take the throne. At the time, her worth was at least £2314 a year, which was more than ten times Stafford's own estates. (However, he eventually rose to Earl of Stafford in 1350.) After the abduction, her parents filed a complaint with the king, but Edward supported Stafford. In compensation, the king appeased Hugh and Margaret by creating Hugh the 1st Earl of Gloucester. Margaret de Audley and Stafford married before 6 July 1336. They subsequently had two sons and four daughters: 1.) Sir Ralph de Stafford (d. 1347), married Maud of Lancaster, daughter of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Isabel of Beaumont in 1344. 2.) Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, born circa 1336 in Staffordshire, England, married Philippa de Beauchamp; they were the ancestors of the Dukes of Buckingham (1444 creation). 3.) Elizabeth de Stafford, born circa 1340 in Staffordshire, England, died 7 August 1376, married firstly Fulk le Strange; married secondly, John de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley; married thirdly Reginald de Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham. 4.) Beatrice de Stafford, born circa 1341 in Staffordshire, England, died 1415, married firstly, in 1350, Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond (d. June 1358); married secondly, Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros, of Helmsley; married thirdly Sir Richard Burley, Knt. 5.) Joan de Stafford, born in 1344 in Staffordshire, England, died 1397, married firstly, John Charleton, 3rd Baron Cherleton; married secondly Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot. 6.) Katherine de Stafford, born circa 1348 in Staffordshire, England and died in December 1361. Married on 25 December 1357 Sir John de Sutton III (1339-1370 or 1376), Knight, Master of Dudley Castle, Staffordshire. They were parents of Sir John de Sutton IV, hence grandparents of Sir John de Sutton V.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Hugh Stafford, person ID LZ5L-L1C. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Margaret Audley, person ID LHDG-NGQ. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Hugh de Audley, person ID GJJ9-DYL. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Ralph I de Stafford, person ID KJ4B-PPF. (Reliability: 3).