Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire

Sir Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (7 April 1470 – 24 March 1498)^[1] was an English nobleman.

He was the only child of John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and succeeded his father as earl in 1473 when he was 3 years old.

He was made a Knight of the Bath in 1475.

He married Margaret Grey, daughter of Edward Grey, Viscount Lisle, but they had no children. The earldom of Wiltshire became extinct on his death, though it was re-created for his cousin Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire; some sources say that Margaret later married Henry.^[1]

Will

Edward's will was dated March 21, 1498.^[2]

"My body to be buried in the Church of St. Peter of Lufwyke, in the County of Northampton, in Our Lady's aisle, by my grandfather Greene; and I will that my executors make a convenient tomb there for me. My manors of Buckworth, Comberton, Raundes, Ringsted, Irtlingburgh, Haringworth, Harwyck and Drayton, in the countries of Hunts, Northampton and Cambridge. To my cousin, the Earl of Shrewsbury, my collar of the King's Livery; to my wife Margaret, Viscountess Lisle all the plate I had with her in marriage; to my uncle Wytilbury and my aunt his wife, a plain cup."

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