STAFFORD, WILLIAM, son of William Stafford, and Anne, dau. of Thomas Gryme, Antingham, Norfolk; b. 1593; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1610, matr. 8 Nov 1611, Westminster Student to 1624; BA 1614; MA 5 Mar 1617/8; inherited Marlewood Park, Thornbury, Gloucs., on death of his uncle Sir John Stafford in 1624; author, The Reason of the War with the Progress and Accidents thereof, written by an English subject, 1646; m. 1st, Lucy, dau. of Sir William Eyre, Great Chalfield, Wilts.; m. 2nd, 10 Feb 1672/3 Ursula, widow of George Moore, and dau. of --- Hayward; buried Thornbury, Gloucs., 4 Jul 1684. DNB.