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Sir William Howard, Viscount Stafford

K.B. Created Baron Stafford 12 Sep 1640 and Viscount Stafford Nov 1640. Executed in the Popish Plot on the evidence of Titus Oates, Stephen Dugdale and Edward Turberville; attainder reversed 1824.

Born: 1614-11-30
Died: 1680-12-29, Tower Hill, London (beheaded)
Father: Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel1585–1646
Mother: Alathea Talbot
Married: Mary Stafford, Countess of Stafford1619–1693, 1637-10-12
Children: Hon. Francis Howard Stafford?–1708
Henry Stafford-Howard, 1st Earl of Stafford?–1719
Hon. John Howard Stafford?–1714
Lady Alethea Howard
Lady Isabella Howard
Lady Ursula Howard
Lady Mary Howard
Lady Anastasia Howard
Lady Helena Howard

Places and things

The Tower of London. Viscount Stafford was beheaded on Tower Hill in 1680[Duncan] from Nottingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Events

1640-09-12 William and Mary created Baron and Baroness Stafford by the same patent; William made Viscount Stafford two months later.
1680-12-29 Beheaded after being convicted of high treason (7 Dec 1680) in the Popish Plot, on the evidence of Titus Oates, Stephen Dugdale and Edward Turberville. The attainder was reversed by Act of Parliament in 1824.
The Howard and Stafford lines join twice. Both William and Mary descend from Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (William via Lady Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk; Mary via Henry, 1st Baron Stafford), making them fourth cousins once removed. Mary also descends from Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, through Lady Dorothy Howard, Countess of Derby.

Sources

S01 Pedigree of the Family of Howard Stafford of Mayne, County of Louth, Ireland
S08 Wikipedia articles