About William Stafford
Lived 1593 – 1684 (aged 90–91). William Stafford was an English writer.
William Stafford (1593–1684), was born in Norfolk, England and was an English landowner. He was the son of the conspirator William Stafford and his wife Anne Gryme.
Biography
He was the author of The Reason of the War, with the Progress and Accidents Thereof, Written by an English Subject which was published in 1646, which argued for Charles I to give more power to Parliament.
The Jacobite pamphleteer Richard Stafford was his grandson.
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Who was William Stafford?
English writer (1593-1684)
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William Stafford was born in 1593.
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William Stafford died in 1684 in Thornbury.
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William Stafford was a writer.
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William Stafford was English.
Sources & further reading
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