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Stapleton: Stapleton of Bedale, Stapleton of Carlton, Stapleton of Ingham, Stapleton of Stapleton (Stapelton of Stapelton), Stapleton of Wighill.
The name of this family is variously spelt Stapleton, Stapelton, Stapilton and Stapylton.
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St29 Heryon or Herman, lord of Stapleton (a 1052)
St28. ?? de Stapleton born about 1090
Uncertain on number of intervening generations.
St27 ?? de Stapleton born about 1130
St26 Geoffrey de Stapelton (a 1175 d about 1204)
St25 Sir Nicholas de Stapelton, Governor of Middleham Castle (a 1217)
m. Aline (or Alive) about 1215
TCP (Stapleton) reports that "No issue is recorded" for Sir Nicholas and shows his successor as Roger (d before 1246) who married Juliana de Wath and was father of Sir Nicholas (who married Margery Basset), father of the 1st Lord. We follow BP1934 in showing that the husband of Juliana de Wath and grandfather of the 1st Lord was the following son of the above Sir Nicholas ...
St24 Nicholas de Stapelton of Hachilsay (?Miles/Sir Roger b c 1191 d c 1241/before June 1246, m 1236 in Stapleton-on-Tees, Yorkshire, ) knighted 1231, appointed a justice to enquire as to prizes & tolls, sheriff of Yorkshire 1236
m. Juliana (dau of Robert de Wath) (1200 - 29 Sep 1280 /widow of Adam de Neiford) about 1240
St23 Sir Nicholas de Stapelton of Stapelton (d 1290, judge)
m. Margery Isabel Basset (b c 1227, dau of Milo de Basset of E. Haddlesey b. 1201) about 1265
St22 Sir Miles de Stapleton of Stapleton and Carlton, 1st Lord (d Bannockburn 24.06.1314)
m1. Sibyl Bellew (dau of John de Bellew, lord of Carlton, by Laderina Bruce/Brus)
BE1883 differs from BLG1952 and TCP (Stapleton) by showing:
(1) Nicholas, 2nd Lord, as husband of Sibyl de Bellew/Beeaulieu. BE1883 does not name the 1st Lord's wife.
(2) Thomas, 4th Lord, as son of Nicholas (dvp) son of Miles, 3rd Lord.
(3) Gilbert of Bedale, who married Agnes FitzAlan, as son of Miles, 3rd Lord.
BLG1952 which is supported by TCP for items (1) and (2) seems most likely.
St21-1 Nicholas de Stapleton of Stapleton and Carlton, 2nd Lord (b c1289, d before 10.06.1343)
m. (c1301) Isabelle (dau of John de Dreux, Earl of Richmond)
St21-1-1 Miles de Stapleton, 3rd Lord, Sheriff of Yorkshire (b c1318, d 26.12.1372)
m. (before 1338) Isabel Vavasour (dau of Sir Henry Vavasour of Hazlewood)
((A)) Thomas de Stapleton, 4th Lord (b c1350, dsp 10.08.1373)
m. Joan (dau of Sir John FitzWilliam of Sprotborough)
((B)) Elizabeth Stapleton (d 1400)
m. Sir Thomas de Metham
St21-1-22 Gilbert Stapleton (priest)
St21 Sir Gilbert Stapleton of Bedale and North Morton (d 1321)
m. (before 15.12.1317) Agnes FitzAlan (b c1298, d before 03.11.1348, dau of Sir Bryan FitzAlan of Bedale) The estate of Bedale and the Lord of the Manor passed via the eldest daughter: Agnes FitzAlan, whose marriage was granted on May 10, 1306 (when she was aged just 8) to Sir Miles de Stapleton of Carlton, Yorkshire for his son: Sir Gilbert de Stapleton, Knt., (d. before June 23, 1324) a younger son, whom she married before December 15, 1317, in whose family Bedale remained for over a century, and was still in the possession of their great-great-grandson, Sir Miles Stapleton who died September 30, 1466. His younger brother Brian Stapleton of Crispings (in Happisburgh) and Hasilden, Norfolk died about the same time and they both left only co-heiresses.[8] the destination of the Lordship of Bedale Manor is from this point unclear.
St20-1 John de Stapleton (dsp)
St20 Sir Miles Stapleton of Bedale and later of Ingham (d 1364)
m1. ??
St19-1 John de Stapleton (dsp after 09.1351)
m. (before 03.07.1351) Iseude
m2 Joan Ingham dau of Sir Oliver Ingham of Ingham
St19 Sir Miles Stapleton of Ingham and Bedale b c23.06.1357, d 10.04.1419
m. Ela d'Ufford (dau of Sir Edmund d'Ufford)
St18=20 Sir Brian Stapleton of Ingham and Bedale (b about 1375 d 07.08.1438)
m. Cecily Bardolf (d 29.09.1432, dau of Sir William Bardolf of Wormegay)
St17=19 Sir Miles Stapleton of Ingham and Bedale (b about 1395 d 30 Sep 1466)
m1. Katherine de Felbrigge b about 1395 (dau of Sir Symon de Felbrigge)
m2. Katherine de la Pole (d 13/4.10.1488, dau of Sir Thomas de la Pole of Grafton Regis) She was a descendant of Henry I and a great horse breeder.
St16=18 Elizabeth Stapleton (d 18.02.1504/5) continued her mother's horse breeding tradition.
m1. Sir William Calthorpe of Burnham (b 30.01.1409/10, d 15.11.1494)
m2. Sir John Fortescue of North Mimms (d 28.07.1500)
Sir John Fortescue is identified as the Chief Justice but this may be a confusion.
m3. Sir Edward Howard (d 25.04.1513, Admiral)
St16-2 Jane Stapleton (d 13.05.1519)
m1. (before 21.02.1463/4) Sir Christopher Harcourt of Great Ashby, younger of Stanton Harcourt
m2. Sir John Hudleston of Millom and Guiting (d 01.01.1511/2)
St17-2 Sir Brian de Stapleton of Crispings and Hasilden, d about 1466
m. ?
St17-2-1 & 2 x Stapleton (at least two daughteres )
St18-2 Ela Stapleton apparently of this generation
m. Sir Robert Brewes of Stinton, etc. (d 1424)
St19-3 Joan Stapleton (d 02.09.1385)
m. (c1366) Sir John de Plaiz, 5th Lord (bpt 14.01.1342/3, d 02.06.1389)
St20 Sir Bryan Stapleton of Wighill, later of Carlton (b c1320, d 1394, judge) "From the Patent Rolls) (49 Edward III, Pt. II - P. 203) 2 Dec 1375 Pardon,for 50£. paid to the king by Robert de Swyllyngton, Westminster 'chivaler,' Brian de Stapelton, 'chivaler,' Nicholas Gernon, 'chivaler' Roger de Boys, 'chivaler' John de Pyshale, clerk, Reynold de Eccles, Ralph de Walsham, William Phelip, Robert Aisshefeld, Roger de Wolfreston, Henry Sergeant and Thomas Wroxham,to them of their trespass in acquiring in fee the castle and town of Orford, the manors of Walsham, Combes and Wykesufford, co. Suffolk, the leet of the town of Wynterton,co. Norfolk, the advowson of the church of Combes and a mediety of the advowson of the priory of Ixeworth from William de Ufford, earl of Suffolk,who held them in chief, and entering therein without licence ; and grant that they may retain the same.
m. Alice St. Philibert daughter of Sir John St. Philibert (This may be Sir John Phelip, the son or brother of William Phelip, to whom as well as Sir Bryan acted a pardon for tesspassing was granted as above
St20 Sir Bryan Stapleton of Carlton (dvp 1391)
m. Elizabeth de Aldeburgh (dau of William de Aldeburgh)
BLG1952 identifies the Sir Bryan who married Joan Lovel as great-grandson of this Sir Bryan and Elizabeth. The following intermediary generations are as found on a web site.
St19 Sir Bryan Stapleton of Carlton (b c1384, d 1418)
m. Agnes Goddard (dau of Sir John Goddard)
St18-1 Sir Bryan Stapleton of Carlton
m. Isabel Rempston (dau of Sir Thomas Rempston)
1 Sir Bryan Stapleton of Carlton (d 16.12.1496)
m. Joan Lovel (d before 1507, dau of John Lovel, 8th Lord)
2 Thomas Stapleton 'of Quarmby' (d 1526)
m. (1493/4) Elizabeth Nevile (dau of John Nevile 'of Liversedge')
The following connections were found on various web sites.
A Maude Stapleton
m. Anthony Eltofts of Farnhill (b 1499, d 21.07.1537)
B Elizabeth Stapleton
m. William Blyth
3 Elizabeth Stapleton
m. John Cheyney
4 Joane or Margery Stapleton
m. Richard Bingham
St18=20 Elizabeth Stapleton (d before 1446)
m. (1415) Sir William Plumpton (d 15.10.1480)
St18-3 Joan Stapleton
m. Sir William Ingleby
St20-2 Sir Miles Stapleton of Wighill (d 06.02.1400)
m. Johanneth Usflete (dau of Sir Gerard Ouseflete by Loretta de Furnivale)
Stapleton Ousefleet coat of arms 
kindly provided by Tony Pratt, honorary historian at Lackham Estate
i Sir John Stapleton of Wighill (d 1455)
m. Margaret Norton d 1465, dau of Richard Norton of Norton Conyers
ii Catherine Stapleton probably of this generation
m. Thomas de Hagarston of Hagarston (d 1446)
St20-3 apparently of this generation dau Stapleton b about 1340 m Richard Aske founder of Howden Chantry
St21-4 Sir John Stapleton (a 1338)
St21-5 Thomas Stapleton
St21-6 Richard Stapleton 
St21-7 Elizabeth d.y.
m2. Cecilia de Tyndale (dau of Peter de Tyndale)
St21-8 daughter
m. Alan de Melborne of Collingham
St22 Julian Stapleton
m. Richard de Windsor about 1290
St22-3 Nicholas (dvp)
St22-4 Gilbert Stapleton (a 1307) (d. bef 1321) was son of Sir Miles (Nicholas) de Stapleton, Lord Carleton and his 1st wife, Sibyl de Beaulieu, daughter of Sir John de Beaulieu and Laderina de Brus, daughter of Peter II de Brus, Baron Skelton.
St22-5 Sir John of Melsonby (d c1336),
St22-6 Emma (prioress)
St23-2 Henry de Stapelton of Stapelton (d )
St23-3 Gilbert de Stapelton of Stapelton (d)
St23-3-4? Avice Stapleton apparently of this generation or a generation later b about 1375
m. Sir Nicholas Midelton of Midelton and Stockeld b about 1375
St23-4 Roger de Stapelton of Stapelton (d )
St23-5 Galfridus de Stapelton of Stapelton (d )
Stapleton Coat of arms left, Ousefleet Coat of Arms right,
kindly provided by Tony Pratt, honorary historian at Lackham Estate.
On the Baynard monument (made of wood, c.1623) in St.Cyriac church, Lacock.

Sources: BLG1952 (Chetwynd-Stapylton formerly of Wighill)
TCP (FitzAlan), BE1883 (Stapleton) and BEB1841 (Stapylton of Myton)
additions from http://www.geocities.com/janet_ariciu/Thornton.html et al.
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