STAPLETON, Miles (c.1408-66), of Ingham, Norf.

Family and Education

s. and h. of Sir Brian Stapleton (d.1438), CIPM, xxv. 206-11; Norf. RO, Norwich consist. ct., Reg. Doke, f. 53. of Ingham by Cecily (d.1432), da. of William, Lord Bardolf (d.1386), of Wormegay, Norf. CP, i. 419; v. 397. m. (1) by 1424, PPC, iii. 161-2. Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Simon Felbrigg; KG (d.1442) of Felbrigg, Norf. by his 1st w. Margaret (d.1416), da. of Przimislaus, duke of Teschen in Bohemia, s.p.; PCC 14 Rous (PROB11/1, ff. 110v-112); CP, vii. 64; Norf. Archaeology, xxxvii. 85-86, 88; H.E. Chetwynd-Stapylton, Stapeltons of Yorks. 108; N. Saul, Ric. II, 92n. (2) 1438, CP, vii. 64. Katherine (c.1416-14 Oct. 1488), CIPM, xxiii. 521-5; CP, vii. 64; CIPM Hen. VII, i. 397, 518. da. of Sir Thomas de la Pole (d.1420) of Grafton Regis, Northants. (a yr. s. of Michael, 1st earl of Suffolk), CIPM, xxi. 484-8. sis. and h. of Thomas de la Pole (d.1430), CIPM, xxiii. 521-5. 2da. CP40/863, rot. 315. Kntd. by 20 July 1445. CPR, 1441-6, p. 474. He was referred to as a knight in Oct. 1442 (CCR, 1441-7, p. 113) but apparently by mistake since he features as an esq. in several references between that date and July 1445.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Norf. 1432, 1433, 1459, Suff. 1435.

Commr. to assess subsidy, Suff. Jan. 1436; distribute tax allowance Apr. 1440, Norf. Mar. 1441, Aug. 1449; treat for loans, Suff. Nov. 1440, Mar., May 1442, Norf. July 1446, Norf., Suff. Sept. 1449, Dec. 1452; of oyer and terminer, Norf. June 1444, Sept. 1452; arrest, Suff. May 1446, Jan. 1453, Norf. Nov. 1453, Dec. 1458, May, Oct. 1460; gaol delivery, Great Yarmouth June 1448, June 1450, Norwich castle Feb. 1450, Mar. 1451, May 1456, Apr. 1457, Nov. 1460; C66/465, m. 7d; 470, m. 10d; 471, m. 13d; 472, m. 8d; 481, m. 17d; 482, m. 8d; 490, m. 19d. to organize coastal watches, Norf. Mar., June 1450; of inquiry, Lincs., Norf., Northumb., Suff., Yorks., Bristol, Hull, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Sept. 1450 (vessels trading in Denmark without licence), Norf. Feb. 1452 (treasons and felonies), Mar. 1455 (concealments), Mar. 1460 (treasons and other offences committed on lands late of duke of York and earls of Warwick and Salisbury), Aug. 1461 (robberies, murders and other offences); array Sept. 1457, Sept. 1458, Feb., Dec. 1459; to assign archers Dec. 1457; resist the earl of Warwick and his adherents Feb. 1460; seize Buckenham castle Oct. 1461; assess tax, Norf. July 1463.

Escheator, Norf. and Suff. 23 Nov. 1437 – 5 Nov. 1438.

J.p. Suff. 4 Oct. 1438 – Aug. 1442, Norf. 20 July 1445 – Oct. 1464, 1 Apr. 1465 – d.

Sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 5 Nov. 1439 – 3 Nov. 1440.

Jt. keeper of the seas 26 June-?1 Nov. 1442. E404/58/170; C.F. Richmond, ‘R. Admin. and Keeping the Seas’ (Oxf. Univ. D.Phil. thesis, 1963), 213, 221.

Dep. to John Holand, duke of Exeter, admiral of Eng. by 1445. Black Bk. Admiralty (Rolls Ser. lv), i. 249, 253–4.

Parlimentarian

STAPLETON, Miles (c.1408-66), of Ingham, Norf.

Main residence: Ingham, Norf.

Author

C.E.M.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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