Granted at Westminster. Grant by privy seal.

Comments

Original source is;

• Lyte, H.C. Maxwell (ed), 1906, Calendar of Patent Rolls (1348-50) p. 13 online copy
  The original survives as is held at Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service, Staffordshire Record Office under the number D(W)1721/1/1/261d

(In fact, the original source given is usually a transcription/translation of what are precious medieval documents not readily availably. It should be noted that these transcription/translations often date to the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries and that unwitting bias of transcribers may affect the translation. Care should also be taken to avoid giving modern meaning to the medieval use of certain stock words and terms. Licentia is best translated as 'freedom to' not 'permission'.)

Significant later sources are;

• King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 455n24
  Salzman, L.F., 1952, Building in England (Oxford) p. 438-9
  Armitage, Ella, 1912, The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles (London: John Murray) p. 215 online copy
  Mazzinghi, T.J., 1887, 'History of the Manor and Parish of Castre, or Castle Church' Collections for a History of Staffordshire Vol. 8 part 2 p. 80-1 online copy
  Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 part 2 p. 415 online copy

Stafford, Ralph, first earl of Stafford (1301–1372)

Biographical source include;

• Carole Rawcliffe, Sept 2004, ‘Stafford, Ralph, first earl of Stafford (1301–1372)’ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press) online edn, May 2006 online copy (subscription may be needed)