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Brian STAPLETON, Sheriff Norfolk

Brian STAPLETON, Sheriff Norfolk[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Male 1379 - 1438  (59 years)

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  • Name Brian STAPLETON  [7, 8, 9
    Suffix Sheriff Norfolk 
    Born 1379  Bedale & Ingham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8, 10
    Gender Male 
    AFN 9HKH-R4 
    FamilySearch ID L6SQ-TWG 
    Milit_Serv 1415  [8
    • Fought in the French wars & was at the Battle of Agincourt.
    MilitaryService 25 Oct 1415  [11
    Battle of Agincourt 
    Note
    • Member of Parliament.
    Note Aft 1415  [12
    • Prisoner for five years until ransomed.
    TitleOfNobility   [11
    Knight 
    Occupation   [11
    Sheriff of Norfolk, England 
    Occupation 1424  [8
    Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk 
    _UID F903026F0FF64739B19B69B128FAAD113832 
    Died 17 Aug 1438  Ingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8, 9, 11
    Person ID I5092  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2022 

    Father Miles DE STAPLETON, II,   b. Abt 23 Jun 1357, Of Ingham, Norfolk & Of Bedale, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1419  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Mother Ela DE UFFORD,   b. Abt 1362, Of Great Belstead, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1425  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Married Abt 1378  Of Great Belstead, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15
    Family ID F10001  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lady Cecilia DE BARDOLF,   b. 1371, Birling, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1432, Bedale, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 1406  Wermegay, Norfolk, England (Possible) Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9
    Alt. Marriage 1406  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Children 
     1. Miles IV STAPLETON, Of Ingham & Bedale, Sir,   b. Abt 1407, Bedale, North Riding Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 1466, Ingham Priory, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years)
     2. Brian STAPLETON, Esq,   b. Abt 1409,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Anne STAPLETON,   b. Abt 1410,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F2582  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Find A Grave bio:
      Knight de jure Lord Ingham, of Ingham, Norfolk, Bedale, Yorkshire and North Moreton, Berkshire, Sheiff of Norfolk and Suffolk, Knight of the Shire for Yorkshire.

      Son and heir to Sir Miles Stapleton, Lord Ingham and Ela Ufford. Grandson of Sir Edmund Stapleton and Sibyl de Pierrepoint.

      Husband of Cecily Bardolf, daughter of Sir William Bardolf and Agnes de Poynings. They had two sons, Sir Miles and Brian.

      Sir Brian was at the Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415, captured and held prisoner for the ransom of 3,000 marks.

      Their monumental brass plaque at Ingham Priory is now lost.

  • Sources 
    1. [S443] prf14.

    2. [S634] J.H. Garner.

    3. [S444] Pedigree Resource File CD 14, ((Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2000)).

    4. [S405] Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SAINTS, (July 1996 / June 1998 (c)).

    5. [S106] Yelverto.ged.

    6. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    7. [S95] Complete Peerage, Geoge Edward Cockayne, (St. Catherine Press, 29 Great Queen St, Kingsway, W.C., 1959), Vol. XII/1, p. 260+. (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S96] Plantagenet Ancestry, David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996), 1st ed pp 8-10 "Bardolf" (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S98] Magna Charta Sureties, 4th ed., Frederick Lewis Weis, (Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, MD, 1991? 1979?), Line 49, p. 60 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S98] Magna Charta Sureties, 4th ed., Frederick Lewis Weis, (Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, MD, 1991? 1979?), Line 49, p. 60, no places (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 9 Dec 2022), entry for Brian STAPLETON, person ID L6SQ-TWG. (Reliability: 3).

    12. [S96] Plantagenet Ancestry, David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996), 1st ed pp 8-10 "Bardolf" no date (Reliability: 3).

    13. [S98] Magna Charta Sureties, 4th ed., Frederick Lewis Weis, (Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, MD, 1991? 1979?), Line 49, p. 60 no date/place (Reliability: 3).

    14. [S96] Plantagenet Ancestry, David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996), 1st ed pp 8-10 "Bardolf", no date/place (Reliability: 3).

    15. [S97] LDS Ancestral File, Compiler: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, AFN: 9HKH-VM (Reliability: 3).

    16. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 9 Dec 2022), entry for Cecilia DE BARDOLF, person ID L5TR-M9W. (Reliability: 3).