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Stafford was summoned to Parliament as the 2nd Baron Stafford from 1337 to 1350 . He was created '''1st Earl of Stafford''' in 1351 . He served as a military leader under King Edward II , fighting in campaigns in Scotland , then in Brittany , France , where he was captured during the Siege Of Nantes . He died in 1372 at Tonbridge , Kent . He was married to Margaret (1293-1342), daughter of the Earl of Gloucester, and survived by at least one daughter, Joan. |