Humphrey Stafford (died 1450)


Sir Humphrey Stafford, of Grafton in the parish of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, was an English nobleman who served as Governor of Calais.
He was the second son and eventual heir of Sir Humphrey Stafford of Grafton, a Member of the English Parliament in 1415, by his wife Elizabet Burdett. His elder brother was John Stafford of Grafton, whose heir he was.
He married Eleanor Aylesbury, daughter and heiress of Thomas Aylesbury of Blatherwyke and Milton Keynes. By Eleanor he had the following known issue:
Stafford was killed on 7 June 1450 at Sevenoaks in Kent, during Jack Cade's Rebellion, together with his cousin William Stafford of Southwick, in the parish of North Bradley, Wiltshire. He was buried in the Church of St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove, where his monument survives, comprising recumbent alabaster effigies of himself and his wife, on a chest tomb.