Stephenson Family Tree » William Stafford (1508-1556)
Personal data William Stafford
- He was born April 1508 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England.
- He died on May 5, 1556 in Geneva, Switzerland, he was 48 years old.
- He is buried in the year 1556 in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
- A child of Humphrey Stafford and Margaret Fogge
- This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.
Household of William Stafford
(1) He is married to Dorothy Stafford.
They got married in the year 1534, he was 25 years old.
Child(ren):
- Thomasine Stafford 1546-1572
- Dorothy Stafford 1548-1548
- Edward Stafford 1552-1605
- Ursula Stafford 1553-1603
- William Stafford 1554-1612
(2) He has/had a relationship with Mary Boleyn.
(3) He has/had a relationship with Mary Ann Berkeley.
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Historical events
Day of death May 5, 1556
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1556: Source: Wikipedia
- January 16 » Philip II becomes King of Spain.
- January 23 » The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
- February 14 » Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
- March 21 » On the day of his execution in Oxford, former Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer deviates from the scripted sermon by renouncing the recantations he has made and adds, "And as for the pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy, and Antichrist with all his false doctrine."
- June 27 » The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
- September 15 » Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
Same birth/death day
- 1432 » Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Italian adventurer
- 1525 » Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (b. 1463)
- 1582 » Charlotte of Bourbon, Princess consort of Orange, married to William I of Orange (b. 1547)
- 1586 » Henry Sidney, Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529)
- 1671 » Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English general and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1602)
- 1672 » Samuel Cooper, English painter and linguist (b. 1609)
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The Stephenson Family Tree publication was prepared by Brian K. Stephenson .
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Brian K. Stephenson , "Stephenson Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stephenson-family-tree/I24147.php : accessed May 3, 2025), "William Stafford (1508-1556)".
Brian K. Stephenson , "Stephenson Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stephenson-family-tree/I24147.php : accessed May 3, 2025), "William Stafford (1508-1556)".