Family and Education
s. and h. of Sir Brian Stapleton (d.v.p. 1391) of Carlton by Elizabeth (1364-21 Dec. 1417), e. da. of William, 1st Lord Aldeburgh (d.1388), of Aldeburgh and Harewood, Yorks. and sis. and coh. of William, 2nd Lord Aldeburgh (d.s.p. 1391). m. Agnes (d. 31 Mar. 1448), da. of Sir John Godard, 1s. Brian Godard, 3da. Kntd. by 6 Mar. 1416.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. 163-5; CP, i. 101-3; Chetwynd-Stapylton, 143; Yorks. Arch. Soc. Rec. Ser. lxiii. 88; C136/85/36; C139/63/18, 130/14.
Offices Held
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Carlton, Yorks.
Notes
It is important not to confuse this MP with his kinsman and namesake, Sir Brian Stapleton of Ingham in Norfolk, who also fought in France during the reign of Henry V (H.E. Chetwynd-Stapylton, Stapletons of Yorks. 104-8).
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
STAPLETON, Sir Brian (-d.1417)
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Oxford 1644
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