Brian Stapleton Esq (abt. 1410 - bef. 1467)

Born about 1410 in Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Isabel (Unknown) Stapleton — married before 4 May 1438 in England

Descendants

Died before 1467 before about age 57 in Norfolk, England

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Biography

Brian Stapleton, Esq., was the younger son of Brian Stapleton, Knt., and Cecily Bardolf.^[1][2][3] His date and place of birth are unknown and are estimated.

Brian was married to Isabel (or Elizabeth) _______ before 4 May 1438, when they were named as legatees in his father's will.^[1] The will of Sir Brian gave Brian Stapleton and "Isabel, his wife, 20 l. per annum to be paid by Miles his son and heir, out of the manor of Cotherston in Yorkshire".^[4]

Brian and Isabel had one daughter:^[5]

• Elizabeth, born about 1440, wife of John Richers, Esq.

Brian held lands in Ingham, Crisping's and Hasilden, Norfolk.^[1]

He was lieutenant to John Holand, Duke of Exteter, in 1443.^[1] That year, he and his brother Miles received the thanks of the Privy Council in connection with a riot at Norwich.^[6] On 4 March 1443 the King's Council ordered Letters of Thanks be made out to the Duke of Norfolk, William Calthorpe, Miles and Brian Stapleton, Thomas Brewes, sheriff, and others, "for their diligence in finding out the rioters and misdoers at Norwich." Chief Justice Fortescue was sent down to try the prisoners.^[7]

Brian was left a silver goblet in the 1447 will of his cousin, Joan Bardolf, Vicomtess Beaumont.^[1]

Brian died between 1461/2 and sometime before 1467.^[1] A Stapleton family lawsuit of 1470 proves that Brian died without male issue.^[3]

Research Note

In 1462, a Brian Stapleton was granted the manor of Kessingland, Suffolk, by his brother, Sir William Stapleton.^[8] The identities of Brian and Sir William are unknown. Several sources incorrectly state that the Brian Stapleton of this profile was granted those lands by his brother, Myles.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. IV, pages 478-479, RICHERS 13: Brian Stapleton, Esq.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. III, page 438, RICHERS 10: Brian Stapleton, Esq.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Douglas Richardson. "Evidence for Four Generations of a Matrilineal Line," in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 148 (July 1994). Online at AmericanAncestors.org (with subs.), page 256: see footnote #5.
4. ↑ Francis Blomefield, 'Happing Hundred: Ingham', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 9 (London, 1808), pp. 316-327. British History Online.
5. ↑ David Faris. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996. p. 9 & 137 Ancestry Sharing Link; Ancestry Image ($)
6. ↑ George Edward Cokayne, et. al, eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. VII: Husee to Lincolnshire, 2nd edition. (London, 1929). Online at FamilySearch pages 63-64: Ingram (his father and brother, Miles).
7. ↑ Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society. Norfolk Archaeology: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the County of Norfolk, (Norwich: Miller and Leavins, 1879), vol. 8, pp. 204-205.
8. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: Edward IV, 1461-1467. London: HMSO, 1897 Archive.org, page 107.

See also:

• Wrottesley, George . Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls ...1200 to 1500. 1905. Online at Archive.org, page 440: Stapleton.
• Lewis, Marlyn. Elizabeth Stapleton entry in Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors online database.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project on 22 January 2022 by Thiessen-117 and reviewed for the project by Michael Cayley on 23 January 2022.

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