Edward III. | +-------------------+ | Thomas of Woodstock = Eleanor de Bohun. (youngest son) Duke of | Gloucester and Earl of | Buckingham, ob. 1397. | +----------------------------+ | Edmund Earl of Stafford = Anne Plantagenet, sister and heiress of Humphrey ob. 1404. | Plantagenet Earl of Gloucester and | Buckingham (he died unm. 1399). | She had previously married Thomas 'Earl | of Stafford,' and her son by her 3rd husband, | William Bourchier, married Anne, dau. | of Richard Woodville Earl Rivers. | Humphrey Stafford = Anna Neville, dau. of Ralph created Duke of | Earl of Westmoreland. Buckingham, | ob. 1460. | | Humphrey styled = Margaret Beaufort, 'Earl of Stafford,' | great-granddaughter of slain fighting for | John of Gaunt. the House of | (See Table II.) Lancaster 1455. | | Henry = Katharine Woodville, 2nd Duke of | sister of Buckingham, | Elizabeth, wife to beheaded | Edw. IV. 1483. | Edward 3rd Duke of Buckingham, FOUNDER OF BUCKINGHAM COLLEGE. beheaded 1521. Great-grandson through his mother of Peter Comte de Saint-Paul. [See Table II.]
Thomas 1st Lord Audley of Walden = 2ndly Elizabeth Grey, dau. (1488-1544) | of Marquess of Dorset. FOUNDER OF MAGDALENE COLLEGE. | | +---------------------------+-------+ | | Eleanor = 1stly Despenser. Margaret = 1stly Dudley Duke of = 2ndly Lord Zouche Northumberland (beheaded). of Mortimer. = 2ndly Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk (beheaded).
Thomas was very possibly descended from the ancient family of that name which intermarried with the Clares, Staffords, and Greys.
Edward Stafford = Eleanor Percy, dau. of 3rd Duke of | 10th Earl of Northumberland. Buckingham, | beheaded 1521. | FOUNDER OF BUCKINGHAM | (now Magdalene) COLLEGE. | | Thomas Howard = Elizabeth Stafford 3rd Duke of | (2nd wife). Norfolk, ob. 1554. | | Henry Howard 'Earl = Frances de Vere, of Surrey' (the poet) | dau. of John Earl beheaded 1547. | of Oxford. | +-----------------------------+-------------------+ | | Thomas Howard = 2ndly Margaret, dau. of Henry Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Lord Audley of Earl of Northampton, beheaded 1572. Walden, widow of Robert ob. 1624 (King's Dudley. _Daughter of the_ Coll. Cambs). _founder of Magdalene_ Chancellor of the _College._ University.