Remarks:
Name Suffix: Of Drakelow, Sir
Following excerpted from a posting by Mardi Carter to soc.genealogy.medieval:
From: Mardi Carter (mardicar@yahoo.com)
Subject: Re: Ancestors of Nicholas Longford, Knt., d. 1356
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 2001-07-15 16:03:49 PST
Nigel de STAFFORD
Son or brother of Robert de STAFFORD, Domesday Lord of Stafford. Domesday tenant of Drakelow, Stapenhill, Swadlincote, Foremark, Smisby, Ravenstone, Donisthorpe, Oakthorpe and "Trangesby; and as under-tenant of Ralph FitzHubert, co. Derby. Also held manors in other counties.
d. abt. 1115
Note: Richard Cochran, in the same thread of soc.genealogy.medieval, stated that Nigel was son of Robert by Avice FitzGilbert (de Clare).