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unusual facts about Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham



Dunston, Staffordshire

In 1577 Thomas Fowke, a London businessman and Merchant of the Staple, bought what was now described as the Manor of Dunston from Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford.

Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire

Edward Stafford's mother was Constance Greene (d. 2 March 1475), the only daughter and heiress of Henry Greene, esquire, of Drayton in Lowick, Northamptonshire.

Stafford died at Drayton on 24 March 1499 at the age of 28, and was buried at Lowick.

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.

Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham

Portrayed by Steven Waddington, Buckingham's intrigues are fictionalized, with several key facts omitted.


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