Elizabeth Stafford
| Elizabeth Stafford | |
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| Spouse(s) | Sir William Drury |
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| Noble family | Stafford |
| Father | Sir William Stafford |
| Mother | Dorothy Stafford |
| Born | c.1556 England |
| Died | 6 February 1599 |
Elizabeth Stafford, also known as Dame Elizabeth Drury and – in the years prior to her death in 1599 – Dame (Lady) Elizabeth Scott, was the daughter of Sir William Stafford and Dorothy Stafford, and the wife of Sir William Drury. She was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I. She and her first husband, Sir William Drury, entertained Queen Elizabeth I at Hawstead in 1578.
Elizabeth Stafford was the daughter of Sir William Stafford (c.1500 – 5 May 1556) of Chebsey, Staffordshire, and Rochford Hall, Essex, second son of Sir Humphrey Stafford of Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire, by Margaret Fogge, the daughter of Sir John Fogge of Ashford, Kent.
Elizabeth Stafford's parents were second cousins. Her mother was Dorothy Stafford (1 October 1526 – September 1604), the daughter of Henry Stafford, 10th Baron Stafford (1501–1563), son and heir of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, by Ursula Pole (d.1570). Through her mother, Elizabeth Stafford and her siblings were of royal blood.
Dorothy Stafford was Sir William Stafford's second wife. In 1534 he had secretly wed, as her second husband, Mary Boleyn (c.1499–1543), sister of King Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn. Mary Boleyn is said to have been pregnant at the time of her marriage to Sir William Stafford; however if there were children of the marriage, nothing further is known of them.
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