Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon
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Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon
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Sir Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon, 1st Baron Stafford of Southwick was a dominant magnate in South West England in the mid-15th century, and a participant in the Wars of the Roses. A distant relative of the Earls of Stafford, Humphrey Stafford became the greatest landowner in the county of Dorset through fortunes of inheritance. Later, Stafford was one of several men promoted rapidly through the nobility by King Edward IV, to fill the power vacuum left by dead or forfeit Lancastrians. In
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1st Earl of Devon (1439–1469)
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2024-04-26T18:30:20Z
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