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Sir Bryan Stapleton

Also Known As: "Brian Stapleton"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Of, Wighill, Wiltshire, England
Death: September 18, 1518 (59-60)
Wighill, Yorkshire, England (Killed in the Battle of Flodden)
Place of Burial: Wighill, Yorkshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of William Stapleton, of Wighill and Margaret Stapleton
Husband of Jane (Joan) Stapleton
Father of Sir Christopher Stapleton; Margaret Copley; Eleanor (Stapleton) Wharton and William Stapleton
Brother of Henry Stapleton; John Stapleton and Agnes Stapleton

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About Sir Bryan Stapleton

  • Thomas [Wharton], 1st Baron Wharton
  • 1st son of Thomas Wharton, of Wharton and Mateby in Kirkby Stephen, co. Westmorland, by his wife Agnes Warcop, dau. of Reginald Warcop, of Swerdale, co. Westmorland
  • born c.1495
  • mar. (1) bef. 4 Jul 1518 Eleanor Stapleton, dau. of 'Sir Bryan Stapleton, of Wighill, co. York, by his wife Joan Thirkeld, dau. and hrss. of Sir Lancelot Thirkeld'
  • mar. (2) 18 Nov 1561 Lady Anne Braye (widow of John [Braye], 2nd Baron Braye; dsp. 3 Feb 1584/5), only dau. of Francis [Talbot], 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, by his first wife Hon Mary Dacre, 1st dau. of Thomas [Dacre], 2nd Baron Dacre of Gilsland
  • died 23 Aug 1568
  • created by writ of summons 30 Jan 1544/5 as Baron Wharton
  • suc. by son by first wife
  • http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Wharton1544.htm
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  • 'Thomas Tonge. Heraldic visitation of the northern counties in 1530.
  • http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/thomas-tonge/heraldic-visitat...
  • Syr Thomas Wharton, knyght, son of Thomas, maried Alianore, 'doughter of Syr Bryan Stapultoir of Wyghell' : and by her had yssue, Thomas, son and heyre ; Henry, ij d0 son ; Joan ; and Agnes, maried to Henry Curwen, son and heyre to Thomas Curwen.
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  • Thomas WHARTON (1° B. Wharton)
  • Born: 1501, Wharton & Nateby, York, England
  • Died: 23 Aug 1568, Healaugh, England
  • Notes: See his Biography.
  • He married first Eleanor, 'daughter of Sir Bryan Stapleton of Wighill, Yorkshire'. His second marriage was to Anne Talbot, widow of John Bray, 2° B. Bray, and daughter of Francis 5th, Earl of Shrewsbury. By her he had no children. He died in 1568, and is buried at Kirkby Stephen, and was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas.
  • Father: Thomas WHARTON (Esq.)
  • Mother: Agnes (Margaret) WARCOP
  • Married 1: Eleanor STAPLETON 1518
  • Children:
    • 1. Feorina WHARTON
    • 2. Thomas WHARTON (2° B. Wharton)
    • 3. Henry WHARTON
    • 4. Joan WHARTON
  • Married 2: Anne TALBOT (B. Bray / B. Wharton) 18 Nov 1561, Sheffield
  • http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WHARTON.htm#Thomas WHARTON (1° B. Wharton)
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  • 'The history and topography of the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, comprising their ancient and modern history, a general view of their physical character, trade, commerce, manufactures, agricultural condition, statistics (1860)
  • http://www.archive.org/details/historytopogra00whel
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/historytopogra00whel#page/747/mode/1up
    • Whartons of Wharton.
  • Sir THOMAS WHARTON, Knt., who, in consequence of his victory over the Scots at Sollom Moss, was created a baron by Henry VIII. Sir Thomas was twice married. By his first wife, Eleanor, daughter of 'Sir Bryan Stapleton, Knt., of Wighill', he had issue, besides two other children,
  • _________________ http://kirkpatrick.familygenes.ca/getperson.php?personID=I35362&tre...

Bryan STAPLETON Suffix Sir Knight Born Abt 1458 Wighill, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location Gender Male Died 18 Sep 1518 Wighill, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location Buried Wighill, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location Person ID I35362 kirkpatrick Last Modified 4 Jul 2006

Family Jane THIRKELD, b. Abt 1463, Threlkeld, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1542, Wighill, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years) Children

	1. Christopher STAPLETON,   b. 1485, Wighill, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1537, Wighill, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) Last Modified	8 Apr 2007  Family ID	F11130 


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Sir Bryan Stapleton's Timeline

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