John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (24 November 1420 – 8 May 1473) was an English nobleman, the youngest son of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham. November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events May 21 - Treaty of Troyes. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... Events Ottoman sultan Mehmed II defeats the White Sheep Turkmens lead by Uzun Hasan at Otlukbeli Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan invades the territory of neighboring Aztec city of Tlatelolco. ... Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1402-10th July 1460) was best-known as a military commander in the Hundred Years War and in the Wars of the Roses. ...

In 1461 he was made a Knight of the Bath. Military Badge of the Order of the Bath Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-11, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...

He fought on the Yorkist side at the Battle of Hexham in 1464. In 1469 he was made Steward of the Duchy of Cornwall for life; that year or the next he was created Earl of Wiltshire; in 1471 he was made Chief Butler of England, and in 1472 a Knight of the Garter. The Battle of Hexham (May 15, 1464) marked the end of significant Lancastrian resistance in the north of England during the early part of the reign of Edward IV. John Neville, later to be 1st Marquess of Montagu, led a modest force of 3,000_4,000 men, routed the rebel... The Standard of the Duke of Cornwall. ... The title Earl of Wiltshire is one of the oldest in the Peerage of England, going back to the 12th century. ... The Chief Butler of England is an honorary title that was traditionally bestowed upon a high nobleman in English peerage who was close to the monarch. ... A garter is one of the Orders most recognisable insignia. ...

He married Constance Green, and had one child, Edward, who succeeded him as earl of Wiltshire. Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (April 7, 1470 - March 24, 1498/9) was an English nobleman. ...