"Ralph de Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, KG (24 September 1301 – 31 August 1372) was an English nobleman and notable soldier during the Hundred Years War against France."

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Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_de_Stafford,_1st_Earl_of_Stafford

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48355991

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL2.htm#RalphStafforddied1372A

http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6014&tree=EuropeRoyalNobleHous

http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I791&tree=PagetHeraldicBaronag

http://thepeerage.com/p812.htm#i8120

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[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 292.

[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 353.

[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 161.

[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 3.

[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XII/1, page 176.

[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 3706. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 1191.

[S1545] Mitchell Adams, "re: West Ancestors," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 6 December 2005 - 19 June 2009. Hereinafter cited as "re: West Ancestors."

[S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online <e-mail address>, Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005.

[S1916] Tim Boyle, "re: Boyle Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 16 September 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Boyle Family."

[S41] #1325 Ogle and Bothal; or, A history of the baronies of Ogle, Bothal, and Hepple, and of the families of Ogle and Bertram, Ogle, Henry A., (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : Reid, 1902), 929.242 Og5o., p. 298a.

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[S193] #1851 A Genealogical and Historical Account of the Throckmorton Family in England and the United States: with Brief Notes on Some of the Allied Families (1930), Throckmorton, C. Wickliffe (Charles Wickliffe), (Richmond: Old Dominion Press, 1930), FHL book 929.242 T416t; FHL microfilm 990,408 item., p. 279.