He was a signatory of the Baron's Letter to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301.

Over the next 200 years, the following Staffords inherited the estate:[2][3] Edmund was born in Clifton, Staffordshire, in 1272.

He inherited the estates on the death of his father in 1287 and distinguished himself in the Scottish wars with King Edward I.

He was summoned to Parliament by writ on 6 February 1299 and had regular summonses for the rest of his life.

[citation needed] Edmund died on 12 August 1308 in Stafford and was buried at the Church of the Friars Minors, Stafford.