d e S T A P E L T O N

de Stapelton, de Stapilton, Stapilton, Stapleton

Unknown de Stapelton parents had two (2) sons:

Galdfridus de Stapelton

Benedict de Stapelton, party to confirming a land grant at Stapelton on Tees.

Galdfridus/Geffrey de Stapelton

Galdfridus/Geffrey de Stapelton had four (4) children:

                                 I.            Miles de Stapelton, m. Sarra.

                                II.            Nicholas de Stapelton, Governor of Middleham Castle (1215/1216)

                              III.            Mabel de Stapelton, m. Wm. le Scot or Calverly

                              IV.            Roger de Stapelton, under-sheriff of Yorkshire to Brian Fitz Alan.

Miles de Stapelton

I. Miles de Stapelton, son of Galdfridus/Geffrey de Stapelton, m. Sarra, daughter of Anketien Mallory. Miles & Sarra (Mallory) de Stapelton had four (4) children:

A.       Nicholas de Stapelton

B.       Roger de Stapelton

C.       Henry de Stapelton

D.       Galfridus Stapelton

Nicholas de Stapelton

A. Nicholas de Stapelton, son of Mile & Sarra (Mallory) de Stapelton, d. 1290; m. Isabel, daughter of Miles Bassett. Nicholas served as a judge of the King's Bench from 1272 until 1289. He was a Justice Itinerant during the reign of Edward I; He ws present at the Council at Hereford when Gilbert de Clare,, Earl of Gloucester, was required to surrender Bristol to the king. Nicholas & Isabel (Bassett) de Stapelton had four (4) children:

1.        Sir Miles de Stapelton

2.        Gilbert de Stapelton, given custody of the Hospital of St. Leonard, York for life on 20 Aug 1307.

3.        Julian de Stapelton, m. Richard de Windsor

4.        Emma de Stapelton, prioress of Keldholme, county of York.

Sir Miles de Stapelton

1) Sir Miles de Stapelton, son of Nicholas & Isabel (Bassett) de Stapelton, d. 14 Jul 1314, Bannockburn; m1st Sibill, daughter of Sir John & Larderina (Brus) de Bella Aqua; m2nd Dec 1314 to Cecilia. Sir Miles went along on the expedition of John de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond, into Gascony in 1295. He participated in the wars with Scotland and was one of the parties who obtained a reward in 1304 for the capture of Sir William Wallace. He was at the siege of Stirling and at the battle of Falkirk. Sir Miles & Sibill (de Bella Aqua) de Stapelton had seven (7) children:

a.        Roger de Stapelton, d. before his father

b.        Sir Nicholas de Stapelton

c.        Sir Gilbert de Stapelton, knt., Lord of Bedale and Lord of Askham Bryan, in the county of York; m. Agnes/Maud, daughter of Sir Brian & Anne (Baliol) Fitz Alan

d.        Sir John de Stapelton

e.        Thomas de Stapelton

f.         Richard de Stapelton

g.        Elizabeth de Stapelton, d. young.

Sir Nicholas de Stapelton

a) Sir Nicholas de Stapelton, son of Sir Miles & Sibill (de Bella Aqua) de Stapleton, b. 1290; d. 1343; m1st to Catherine Boys, d. 1361; m2nd to Isabella, daughter of Thomas de Richmond; m3rd to Joan, daughter of Sir John Darell. Sir Nicholas was in the wars of Scotland. In 1322 he was fined 2000 marks and taken prisoner at Boroughbridge for participation in the insurrection of the Earl of Lancaster. Sir Nicholas & Isabella (de Richmond) de Stapelton had four (4) children:

1.        Sir Miles de Stapelton, m. Isabel, daughter of Sir Henry Vavasour

2.        Thomas de Stapelton

3.        Gilbert de Stapelton, priest of St. Leonard

4.        Julian de Stapelton, m. Richard de Windesor.

Sir Miles de Stapelton

1. Sir Miles de Stapelton, son of Sir Nicholas & Isabella (de Richmond) de Stapelton, b. 1319; d. 1372; m. Isabel, daughter of Sir Henry Vavasour. Sir Miles was the High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1355-1340. While serving as High Sheriff he conveyed as a prisoner, David Bruce, King of Scotland, from Newcastle to London after the battle of Nevill's Cross. Sir Miles & Isabel (Vavasour) de Stapelton had three (3) children:

A.       Sibil Stapilton, unmarried.

B.       Elizabeth Stapilton, m. Sir Thomas de Metham

C.       Thomas Stapilton, m. Sibill, daughter of Sir John Goddard, knt.

Sir Gilbert de Stapelton

3. Sir Gilbert de Stapelton, son of Sir Miles & Sibill (de Bella Aqua) de Stapleton; m. Agnes/Maude, daughter of Sir Brian Fitz Alan & Anne [daughter of John Baliol, King of Scotland]. Sir Gilbert & Agnes (Fitz Alan) de Stapelton had six (6) children:

A.       Sir Brian de Stapelton, KG, b. 1326; d. Wighill, will dated 16 May, 1394

B.       Nicholas de Stapelton, d. living 1394. Lord of South Duffield with the Bishop of Durham in 1316.

C.       Katherine de Stapelton, m. John de Boys

D.       Avicia de Stapelton, m. Nicholas de Medilton

E.       Annes de Stapelton

F.        Sir Miles de Stapelton, KG

Sir Brian de Stapelton, KG

3A. Sir Brian de Stapelton, KG, son of Sir Gilbert & Agnes (Fitz Alan) de Stapelton, b. 1326; d. Wighill, will dated 16 May 1394; m. Alice, daughter of Sir John St. Philibert. In 1340 Sir Brian was at the siege of Tournay, Calais, and at Cressy. In 1375 he purchased Wighill. He was made a knight of the Garter in 1382. It is said that in the presence of the kings of England, France , and Scotland in open battle he slew a Saracen (Moslem).

Sir Brian & Alice (St. Philibert) de Stapelton had two (2) children:

1.        Sir Brian Stapilton, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Aldborough, b. 1365; d. 1434. Elizabeth m2nd to Edward Redman.

2.        Sir Miles Stapilton, d. 1399; m. Johanna, daughter of Sir Gerard Useflete.

Sir Miles de Stapleton, KG

3F. Sir Miles de Stapelton, KG, son of Sir Gilbert & Agnes (Fitz Alan) de Stapelton; d. 4 Dec 1364, bur. At Ingham; m1st to Isolda; m2nd to Joan, daughter of Sir Oliver de Ingham. Sir Miles was one of the founders of the Order of the Garter. Beginning in 1342 he was in the wars of France, at Cressy and the siege of Calais. In 1356 he accompanied Philip, brother of the King of Navarre, on his expedition into France. He was one of the commissioners of peace at Chartres in 1360. He was the founder of Ingham Priory church and received a license for one priest in the church of North Morton.

Sir Miles & Isolda Stapilton had a son:

1.        John Stapilton

Sir Miles & Joan (de Ingham) de Stapilton had four (4) children:

1.        Sir Miles Stapilton, d. 1419, bur at Ingham; m. Ela, daughter of Sir Edmund Ufford. His badge was an owl with wings expanded and crowned.

2.        John Stapilton

3.        Edmund Stapilton

4.        Joan Stapilton, m. Sir John Plays

Sir Brian Stapilton

3A1) Sir Brian Stapilton, son of Sir Brian & Alice (St. Philibert) de Stapelton, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Aldborough, b. 1365 d. 1434. Elizabeth m2nd to Edward Redman. Sir Brian & Elizabeth (Aldborough) Stapilton had two (2) children:

                                 i.            Sir Brian Stapilton, b. ca. 1384; d. 1418, Normandy; m. Agnes, daughter of Sir JohnGoddard, Knt.

                                ii.            John Stapilton

Sir Miles Stapilton

3A2) Sir Miles Stapilton, son of Sir Brian & Alice (St. Philibert) de Stapelton, m. Johanna, daughter of Sir Gerard Useflete. Sir Miles & Johanna (Useflete) Stapilton had five (5) children:

a.        Sir John Stapilton, m. Margaret.

b.        Isabel Stapilton

c.        Helen Stapilton

d.        Margaret Stapilton

e.        Joan Stapilton, d. living 1455

Sir Brian Stapilton

i. Sir Brian Stapilton, son of Sir Brian & Elizabeth (Aldborough) Stapilton, b. ca. 1384; d. 1418, Normandy; m. Agnes, daughter of Sir John Goddard. Sir Brian & Agnes (Goddard) Stapilton had four (4) children:

1.        Sir Brian Stapilton, m. Isabel.

2.        Elizabeth Stapilton, m. 1415 to Sir William Plumpton.

3.        Joan Stapilton, m. Sir William Inglesby.

4.        Thomas Stapilton.

Sir John Stapilton

3A2a) Sir John Stapilton, son of Sir Miles & Johanna (Useflete) Stapilton, d. 1455; m. Margaret, daughter of Chief Justice Norton, d., Jan 1465/1466. She took the veil on 9 Jun 1455 and admitted to Corpus Christi guild in 1458. Sir John & Margaret (Norton) Stapilton had ten (10) children:

1.        Sir William Stapleton, knt., d. 16 Dec 1503l; bur. at Wighill; m1st to Margaret, daughter of Sir James Pickering, d. 1474; m2nd Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Tunstall.

2.        Miles Stapleton, d. 1498

3.        Thomas Stapleton, d. living 1466

4.        John Stapleton, d. 1508

5.        Christopher Stapleton, d. 1505; m1st Alice; m2nd Joan, d. ca. 15 Jun 1507.

6.        Brian Stapleton, d. 1498

7.        Elizabeth Stapleton

8.        Isabella Stapleton

9.        Catherine Stapleton, m1st Thomas Roos

10.     Agnes Stapleton, m. Ralph Reresby

Sir Brian Stapilton

i1. Sir Brian Stapilton, son of Sir Brian & Agnes (Goddard) Stapilton, b. 1413; d. 1467; m. Isabel, daughter of Sir Thomas & Alice (Beckering) Rempston. Sir Brian & Isabel (Rempston) Stapilton had five (5) children:

a.        Sir Brian Stapilton, b. 1454; d. 16 Dec 1496; m1st Joan Lovell, daughter of John & Joan (de Beaumont) Lovell. See de Bellomonte. He m2nd Alice.

b.        Thomas Stapilton, Esq., m. license 13 Jan 1493/1494 to Elizabeth, daughter of John Nevile.

c.        Elizabeth Stapilton, m. John Cheyney, knt.

d.        Joane/Margery Stapilton, m. Richard Bingham

Isabel Stapilton, became a nun.