STAPLETON, Sir Robert (1548-1606), of Lacock Abbey, Wilts.; Chelsea, Mdx. and Easdyke, Wighill, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. 25 May 1548, o.s. of Sir Robert Stapleton of Wighill, Yorks. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Mallory† of Studley, Yorks.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis Yorks. i. 171-2. educ. L. Inn 1565; Court. LI Admiss. m. (1) Catherine (d.1580), da. of Sir Marmaduke Constable of Everingham, Yorks., 2s. 2da.; (2) c.1584, Olive (d.1646), da. and coh. of Sir Henry Sharington† of Lacock Abbey, wid. of John Talbot of Salwarp, Worcs., 4s. 4da. suc. fa. 1557;C142/113/35. Kntd. 28 Aug. 1570.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 74. bur. 3 Oct. 1606 3 Oct. 1606.H.E. Chetwynd-Stapylton, ‘Stapeltons of Yorks.’, Yorks. Arch. Jnl. viii. 422.

Offices Held

J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) c. 1569 – 83, (E. Riding) c.1575–83;Eg. 2345, f. 136; SP12/104; Royal 18/D/III. capt., militia ft., York 1569;York Civic Recs. ed. A. Raine (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. cxii), 169. commr. musters, Yorks. by 1573; Lansd. 56, f. 168. sheriff 1581–2.List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 163.

Vol., Low Countries 1585–6.Leicester’s Triumph ed. R.C. Strong and J.A. van Dorsten (Sir Thomas Browne Institute, spec. ser. ii), 130.

Parlimentarian

STAPLETON, Sir Robert (1548-1606), of Lacock Abbey, Wilts.; Chelsea, Mdx. and Easdyke, Wighill, Yorks.

Main residences: Lacock Abbey, Wilts. and Chelsea, Mdx. and Easdyke, Wighill, Yorks.

Author

J.P.F.

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

STAPLETON, Sir Robert (1548-1606)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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