STAPLETON, Henry (c.1617-79), of Myton-upon-Swale, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. c. 1617, 1st s. of Brian Stapleton of Myton by Frances, da. of Sir Henry Slingsby of Scriven. educ. St. Alban Hall, Oxf. matric. 13 June 1635, aged 18; I. Temple 1636. m. 18 Oct. 1650, Elizabeth, da. of Hon. Conyers Darcy of Hornby Castle, Yorks. (afterwards 1st Earl of Holdernesse), 2s. 5da. suc. fa. c.1658; cr. Bt. 22 June 1660.Yorks. Arch. Jnl. viii. 429.

Offices Held

Commr. for northern assoc. Yorks. (N. Riding) 1645, militia, Yorks. 1648, Mar. 1660; j.p. (N. Riding) Mar. 1660 – d., commr. for assessment Aug. 1660 – d., receiver, honour of Pontefract Sept. 1660–2; col. of militia ft. (N. Riding) 1661 – d., commr. for recusants 1675.Sir Robert Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Official Lists, 151.

Parlimentarian

STAPLETON, Henry (c.1617-79), of Myton-upon-Swale, Yorks.

Main residence: Myton-upon-Swale, Yorks.

Author

M.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

STAPLETON, Henry (c.1617-79)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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