Humphrey Stafford Buckingham, 1st1403
Created 6th Earl of Stafford, inheriting a large estate with lands in more than a dozen counties
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Created 6th Earl of Stafford, inheriting a large estate with lands in more than a dozen counties
Created Count of Perche, a province in English-occupied Normandy by King Henry VI
With his mothers death in 1438, he received the remainder of his fathers estates, worth œ1500 plus her half of the Bohun inheritance, another œ1200; this included the title of Earl of Buckingham, bringing a further œ1000
Created Duke of Buckingham, making him one of the greatest landowners in England
Created Duke of Buckingham
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