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Sir Miles Stapleton, KG (c. 1408 – 1 October 1466) was Lord of the Manor of Ingham, Norfolk and de jure Baron Ingham of Ingham, Norfolk, and Lord of the Manor of Bedale, Yorkshire.

Family

Sir Miles Stapleton was the son of Sir Brian Stapleton, of Ingham (1379 - 1438), Sheriff of Norfolk, a veteran of the Battle of Agincourt, and Cecily Bardolf (d. 1432), daughter to William Bardolf, 4th Baron Bardolf, of Wormegay, Norfolk, and Agnes de Poynings. He did homage for his paternal inheritance on 2 February 1440.[1]

Sir Miles Stapleton married firstly Elizabeth Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge, Knight of the Garter, of Felbrigg, Norfolk by Margaret, perhaps of Teschen, a kinswoman and lady in waiting to English queen Anne of Bohemia. They had no issue. He married secondly in 1438, Katherine de la Pole (1416-1488, buried in Rowley Abbey, Oxfordshire), daughter and heiress to Sir Thomas de la Pole (aft. 1397-1433), who died in France while a hostage for his brother William, son to Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk. They had two known daughters, the eldest, Elizabeth Stapleton, married before March 1464, Sir William Calthorpe, Knt., of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. The younger daughter, Jane (or Joan) Stapleton (d. 1519), married Sir Christopher Harcourt, Knt., of Great Ashby, (Ashby Magna), Leicestershire (d. 1474) and remarried John Hudleston (Huddleston), of Millom Castle appointed sheriff of Cumberland by the Duke of Gloucester and keeper and bailiff of the king's woods and chases in Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, steward of Penrith and warden of the west marches.

Activities

He was a Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, and for Norfolk also, and was High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1440. In 1441-2 Sir Miles Stapleton and Thomas Tudenham were summoned as Knights and M.P.'s for Norfolk to attend the Privy Council. In 1442 he also had a Royal Commission for the Safekeeping of the seas.[2]

Stapleton was in the French wars, where he single-handedly took seven prisoners, for whom he was given a Safe-Conduct dated 22 June 1436/7 to take them into Flanders "pro finantiis suis" probably to get money for their ransoms. The following year he and his brother, Bryan Stapleton of Crispings, in Happisburgh, & Hasilden, Norfolk, received the thanks of the Privy Council in connection with a riot at Norwich.

Stapleton is mentioned in the 1449 poem Amoryus and Cleopes, as the patron of its author John Metham.

Arms & Burial

His Arms are recorded as Argent, a lion rampant sable.

Stapleton was buried in Ingham Priory, Norfolk, where there was once a monumental brass, (now lost).

References

1. Fine Rolls, 18 Henry VI
2. Lee-Warner, M.A., Rev. James, The Stapletons of Ingham in "Original papers of the Norfolk & Norwich Archaeological Society, Norwich, 1875", p.204.

Bibliography

• Hervey, William, Clarenceaux King of Arms, and John Raven, Richmond Herald, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563 & 1613.
• Banks, Sir T.C., Bt., Baronia Anglica Concentrata; or Baronies in Fee, London, 1844, p. 267, where a summary pedigree appears for this family.
• Burke, John, and John Bernard, The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects, London, 1851, vol.2, pedigree CXVII.
• Waters, Robert E.C, B.A., barrister of the Inner Temple,Genealogical Memoirs of the Extinct Family of Chester of Chicheley &c., London, 1878, vol.1, pps: 140 and 255.
• Flower, William, Norroy King of Arms, The Visitation of Yorkshire, 1563/4, London, 1881, p. 295.
• Rye, Walter, Norfolk Families, part II, Norwich, 1912, p. 845.
• Carr-Calthrop, Christopher William, CBE., M.D., Notes on the Families of Calthorpe & Calthrop, etc., Third edition, London, 1933, p. 43.
• Oxford University Press, The Dictionary of National Biography, Compact Edition, Oxford, 1975.
• Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry, Baltimore, Md., 2004, pps: 57 and 771.
• Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry, Baltimore, 2005, pps. 41 and 896.
• Shaw, Wm. A. (1971). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of the Knights Bachelors. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. OCLC 247620448 .

External links

Stapleton @ Britannia.com

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• '((a)) Sir Miles Stapleton of Ingham and Bedale (d 1466) m1. Katherine Felbrigge (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
  • (((2))) Jane Stapleton (d 13.05.1519) m1. (before 21.02.1463/4) Sir Christopher Harcourt of Great Ashby, younger of Stanton Harcort m2. Sir John Hudleston of Millom and Guiting (d 01.01.1511/2)
• Main source(s): BLG1952 (Chetwynd-Stapylton formerly of Wighill) with input/support from TCP (FitzAlan), BE1883 (Stapleton) and BEB81841 (Stapylton of Myton)
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/stapleton01.php#link2
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• [From Proc IoMNH&ASoc vol 4]
• ECHOES OF MANX HISTORY IN SOMERSET RECORDS. ALICE KELLY.
• Joan Stapleton, one of the descendants of 'Sir Miles, brother of Sir Brian Stapleton', married Sir John Huddleston, sheriff of Cumberland, in 1451. Her direct descendants married and inter-married with Flemings, Senhouses and the Christians of Ewanrigg and of Milntown in Man. .....
• Joan Stapleton, wife of Sir John Huddleston, is said to have been widow of Christopher Harcourt, son of her stepfather.
• http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/iomnhas/v044p527.htm
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• 'Pedigrees recorded at the heralds' visitations of the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland : made by Richard St. George, Norry, king of arms in 1615, and by William Dugdale, Norry, king of arms in 1666 ([1891?])
• http://www.archive.org/details/pedigreesrecorde00sainrich
• http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesrecorde00sainrich#page/64/mo...
  • CHART
    • Hudleston, of Millum, (C) 1615.
• 4. Richard Hudleston =
  • 5. Sir John Hudleston, Knt., ob. 6 Nov., 9 H. VII. 1490.2 = Jane, dau. and heir of 'Sir Miles Stapleton, Knt.' ch:
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• 'The Redmans of Levens and Harewood : a contribution to the history of the Levens family of Redman and Redmayne in many of its branches (1905)
• http://www.archive.org/details/redmanslevensan00greegoog
  • REDMANS OF HAREWOOD CASTLE. Pg. 101
• Edward married (possibly as his second wife) Elizabeth, widow of Sir — Leigh, of Isell, Cumberland, and daughter of Sir John Huddleston, of Millom Castle, by his wife, Joan, daughter of 'Sir Miles Stapleton'. Her brother. Sir John, it may be interesting to note, was uncle by marriage of Jane Seymour, one of Henry VIII.'s Queens. Elizabeth survived her husband nineteen years, dying in 1529, in which year there was a commission to Sir Richard Tempest, Sir William Middleton, and others, to make inquisition p. m. on the lands and heir of Lady Elizabeth Leigh, wife of Edward Redmayn. (Letters and Papers, Hen. VIII., F. & D., vol. iv.)
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About Sir Miles Stapleton Sir Miles Stapleton, KG (c. 1408 – 1 October 1466) was Lord of the Manor of Ingham, Norfolk and de jure Baron Ingham of Ingham, Norfolk, and Lord of the Manor of Bedale, Yorkshire. Sir Miles Stapleton was the son of Sir Brian Stapleton, of Ingham (1379 - 1438), Sheriff of Norfolk, a veteran of the Battle of Agincourt, and Cecily Bardolf (d. 1432), daughter to William Bardolf, 4th Baron Bardolf, of Wormegay, Norfolk, and Agnes de Poynings. Sir Miles Stapleton married firstly Elizabeth Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge, Knight of the Garter, of Felbrigg, Norfolk by Margaret, perhaps of Teschen, a kinswoman and lady in waiting to English queen Anne of Bohemia. They had no issue. He married secondly in 1438, Katherine de la Pole (1416-1488, buried in Rowley Abbey, Oxfordshire), daughter and heiress to Sir Thomas de la Pole (aft. 1397-1433), who died in France while a hostage for his brother William, son to Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk. They had two known daughters, the eldest, Elizabeth Stapleton, married before March 1464, Sir William Calthorpe, Knt., of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. The younger daughter, Jane (or Joan) Stapleton (d. 1519), married Sir Christopher Harcourt, Knt., of Great Ashby, (Ashby Magna), Leicestershire (d. 1474). Activities: He was a Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, and for Norfolk also, and was High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1440. In 1441-2 Sir Miles Stapleton and Thomas Tudenham were summoned as Knights and M.P.'s for Norfolk to attend the Privy Council. Stapleton was in the French wars, where he is said to have single-handedly taken seven prisoners. He had a Royal Commission for the safekeeping of the seas in 1442. The following year he and his brother, Bryan Stapleton of Crispings, in Happisburgh, & Hasilden, Norfolk, received the thanks of the Privy Council in connection with a riot at Norwich. Stapleton is mentioned in the 1449 poem Amoryus and Cleopes, as the patron of its author John Metham. Arms & Burial: His Arms are recorded as Argent, a lion rampant sable. Stapleton was buried in Ingham Priory, Norfolk, where there was once a monumental brass, (now lost).