Research Notes:
1539 Humphrey Comberford was listed on a muster roll as able to take to the field, equipped for man and horse. [1]
Humphrey Comberford married Dorothy Beaumont. [2]
1531 Humphrey Comberford was age 40 when his father's estte was settled. [3]
1555 Humphrey Comberford died. [4]
The pedigree of Humphrey Comberford, starting with father Thomas, and following the descendants of son Thomas, is given in Salt Vol. 5, part II, page 92. [5] and in Harwood [6] [7]
Son Thomas Cumberford of Cumberforde reportedly married Dorothe, daughter of Will'm de Wirley of Hondesworth and Elizabeth, daughter of Richarde Cave de Com. Northampton sister to Sr Ambrose. [8]
A summary of The Lords of Watford Manor and estate [9]:
Humphrey Comberford (1496 -1555) Humphrey married Dorothy Beaumont c1528 and inherited his father's estates in 1532. His eldest two of five children were sons; Thomas (born 1530) and another Humprey (born c1532). Humphrey senior died in 1555 possessed of significant estates, including the Watford manor. Other than leaving most of his manors to Thomas (born 1530) he specified in his will that his Watford manor was to be held by his second son; Humphrey from the elder son; Thomas, for 60 years. In the event, Humphrey the younger had died unmarried in 1545, before his father's death. Although the exact date is not known, Thomas Comberford the younger likely sold the Watford manor lands shortly after 1555.
[1] Frederick William Hackwood, Wednesbury ancient and modern: being mainly its manorial and municipal history (Wednesbury: Ryder & Son, 1902), 50, [GoogleBooks].
[2] Frederick William Hackwood, Wednesbury ancient and modern: being mainly its manorial and municipal history (Wednesbury: Ryder & Son, 1902), 56, column on the right, [GoogleBooks].
[3] Frederick William Hackwood, Wednesbury ancient and modern: being mainly its manorial and municipal history (Wednesbury: Ryder & Son, 1902), 58, [GoogleBooks].
[4] Frederick William Hackwood, Wednesbury ancient and modern: being mainly its manorial and municipal history (Wednesbury: Ryder & Son, 1902), 58, [GoogleBooks].
[5] The William Salt Archaeological Society, ed., Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Vol. 5, part 2 (London: Harrison and Sons, 1884), 92, of 91-92, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[6] Thomas Harwood, Erdeswick's Survey of Staffordshire (London: 1844), 397, [HathiTrust].
[7] Thomas Harwood, Erdeswick's Survey of Staffordshire (London: 1844), 445, [HathiTrust].
[8] H. Sydney Grazebrook, ed., Visitation of Staffordschire made by Robert Glover, Mareschall to William Flower, 1583 (1883), 154, [HathiTrust].
[9] The Lords of Watford Manor and estate, [URL].