Leonard Stapleton (abt. 1400 - bef. 1449)

Born about 1400 in Brent, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Died before 1449 before about age 49 in Grove S Brent, Somerset, England

Biography

Parentage

Leonard Stapleton's mother was definitely Margaret Deviock (1st wife of John Stapleton, Esq.) as indicated by the following source: Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries 16 (1920): 281–285 (Furneaux pedigree dated 1421: “Et predicta Margareta [de Beaupre] prima filia predictorum Johannis et Isabelle marritata fuit Johanni Devyok et habuerunt exitum Margaretam [Devyok] que fuit marritata Johanni Stepulton et habuerunt exitum Leonardum Stepulton.”). ^[1]

My research indicates that John Stapleton, Esq., (living 1446) had two wives, Margaret Deviock and Margery _____. He had issue by both marriages. ^[1]

Margaret Deviock was the daughter and heiress of John Deviock and his wife, Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of John de Longland, Esq,^[1]

1413 Legatee in Step-Grandfather Will

Leonard Stapleton was a legatee in the 1413 will of his step- grandfather, Leonard Hakluyt, Knt. He was also a legatee in the 1414 will of his grandmother, Margaret Hakluyt (nee Longland).^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Douglas Richardson. Gen-Medieval, Rootsweb. RE John Stapleton (Stepulton) of Stapleton 24 Oct 2011. Accessed October 7, 2017. jhd

• Plantagenet Ancestry editions 1 & 2