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STAPLETON, William (c.1390-1457), of Edenhall, Cumb.

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b. c.1390, In his father’s inq. post mortem in 1432 he was said to be 30 years old and more, and, when witness in a proof of age in 1445, his age was given as 60 and more: CIPM, xxiv. 85-86; C139/120/37. Judging from his first appearance in the records in 1416, the former was an underestimate and the latter an overestimate. s. and h. of William Stapleton† (d.1432) of Edenhall by his 1st w. a da. of Thomas Blencow of Blencow, Cumb., and Elizabeth, gdda. and coh. of Robert Vipont (d.1371) of Alston, Cumb. m. Margaret (d. 20 Sept. 1468), da. and h. of Nicholas Vipont (d. by 1414) of Alston, by his 1st w., 2 da.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Cumb. 1416 (Mar.), 1417, 1419, 1423, 1429, 1431, 1433, 1435, 1442, 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1450, 1453.

Constable of Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury’s ldship. of Penrith, Cumb. by 19 May 1426 – aft.27 Apr. 1432; steward 8 Jan. 1450-aft. May 1452. Northumb. RO, Hope-Wallace (Featherstone) mss, ZHW/1/72–74, 87; Cumb. RO, Carlisle, Lonsdale mss, D/Lons/5/1/48/9.

Commr. of array, Cumb. Mar. 1430, July 1434, Nov. 1448; to take an assize of novel disseisin Dec. 1433; C66/435, m. 22d; JUST1/143/3, m. 7. of arrest May 1434; to assess subsidy Aug. 1450.

Escheator, Cumb. and Westmld. 5 Nov. 1433 – 3 Nov. 1434.

J.p.q. Cumb. 26 May 1435 – July 1437, 28 Nov. 1439 – d.

Sheriff, Cumb. 4 Nov. 1441 – 6 Nov. 1442.

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

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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.
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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.

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STAPLETON, Sir Brian (1412-66), of Carlton, Yorks.

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b. Carlton 13 Nov. 1412, s. and h. of Sir Brian Stapleton† (d.1417) of Carlton by Agnes (d.1448), da. of Sir John Godard† (d.1392) of Bransholme, Yorks., aunt. and coh. of John Godard (d.1430) of Bransholme. m. Isabel, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Rempston† (d.1458) of Bingham, Notts., by Alice, da. and h. of Thomas Bekering (d.1425) of Tuxford and Laxton, Notts., 2s. Kntd. between 9 July and 17 Dec. 1436.
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Commr. to distribute allowance on tax, Yorks. May 1437, June 1445, July 1446, June 1453; of inquiry June 1445, May 1447 (killing of salmon); arrest, Lindsey Nov. 1460; to urge King’s subjects to go against Henry VI and Queen Margaret Nov. 1461.

Jt. parker (with John Feriby*) of Witley, Surr. 9 Mar. – 10 Oct. 1441; sole 10 Oct. 1441–8 Feb. 1443. CPR, 1436–41, p. 511; 1441–6, p. 161.

Constable, Rochester castle, Kent 9 Feb. 1443–?; CPR, 1441–6, p. 169. duchy of Lancaster castle of Hertford by 12 May 1455–?11 Dec. 1461. R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 604; DL37/10/6.

Sheriff, Lincs. 26 Feb. – 3 Dec. 1450, 5 Nov. 1464–5.

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STAPLETON, Sir Brian (1412-66), of Carlton, Yorks.
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STANSHAWE, Robert (d.1447), of and Alderley, Glos.

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2nd s. of John Stanshawe of Stanshawe’s Court by his w. Isabel (d.1412); bro. of Nicholas*. Hist. Mapledurham (Oxon. Rec. Soc. vii), 75; The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 458; C139/173/27. adm. L. Inn bef. 1420. L. Inn Adm. i. 3; The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 458. m. (1) bef. Nov. 1394, Margaret, s.p.; CP25(1)/191/24/43; Hist. Mapledurham, 75-76. (2) c.1409, Isabel, da of Robert Poyntz† of Iron Acton, Glos. by his 2nd w., 2s. 4da. CP25(1)/79/85/42; Hist. Mapledurham, 75-76; Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xii. 150; Glos. Archives, Hale mss, D1086/T2/7-9; The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 133; Lambeth Palace Lib., Reg. Stafford, ff. 159v-60. Dist. 1430, 1439.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Glos. 1429, 1432, 1435.

Commr. of sewers, Glos. Apr. 1412, May 1413 (salt marsh between Olvestone and Henbury); inquiry Nov. 1421 (conveyances of manor of Brokenborough), Feb. 1422 (falsifiers and counterfeiters of weights), Feb. 1422 (case of eviction), May 1440, June 1441 (concealments); gaol delivery, Gloucester castle Aug., Sept. 1424, Aug., Oct. 1438, Mar. 1442; C66/414, m. 10d; 442, m. 15d; 443, m. 39d; 452, m. 29d. to distribute tax allowance, Glos. Dec. 1433; list persons to take the oath against maintenance Jan. 1434; administer the same May 1434; treat for loans Nov. 1440.

Chief steward of James, Lord Berkeley, by May 1421. Cat. Med. Muns. Berkeley Castle ed. Wells-Furby (Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc.), i. 562.

J.p.q. Glos. 1 July 1422–3, 7 July 1423–6, June 1432 – d.

Steward, Cookham and Bray, Berks. for Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, by May 1428–1431. SC2/153/64, rots. 11d, 17d; J.M. Mattingly, ‘Cookham, Bray and Isleworth’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1994), 111.

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STANSHAWE, Robert (d.1447), of and Alderley, Glos.
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STANSHAWE, Nicholas (by 1389-1457), of Kingrove and Stourden in Winterbourne, Glos.

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b. by 1389, 3rd s. of John Stanshawe of Stanshawe’s Court, Glos., by his w. Isabel (d.1412); yr. bro. of Robert Stanshawe*. educ. L. Inn. m. by July 1415, Margery (d. 26 May 1435), da. and h. of Reynold Waleys (fl.1406) of Stourden in Winterbourne and Hempton, wid. of John More (d.1413) of Bristol, 1s. (d.v.p.), 1da.; C67/37, m. 21; Cat. Muns. Berkeley Castle ed. Wells-Furby (Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc.), i. 395-6. She is wrongly named Margaret in the previous biography. (2) by 13 July 1437, Alice, wid. of Edward Brugge (d. Sept. 1436) of Tirley and Apperley, Glos. C67/38, m. 12; CIPM, xxiv. 632-5. Dist. Glos. 1439.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Glos. 1429, 1432, 1433, 1449 (Feb.), 1450.

Commr. Glos. Feb. 1422.

Tax collector, Glos. Sept. 1431.

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STANSHAWE, Nicholas (by 1389-1457), of Kingrove and Stourden in Winterbourne, Glos.
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STANLOWE, William (d.1476), of Silk Willoughby, Lincs.

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m. by Mich. 1429, ?Isabel; (2) by Mich. 1436, Joan, da. of Sir John Bussy (d.1459) of Hougham, Lincs., Lincs. Peds. ed. Maddison, 216; Lincs. Church Notes (Lincoln Rec. Soc. i), 219. 1s.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Lincs. 1442, 1449 (Feb.).

Parlty. proxy for abbot of Bardney, Lincs. 1431. SC10/48/2390.

Foreign apposer of estreats at the Exchequer Mich. 1433-bef. 23 Feb. 1445. PRO List ‘Exchequer Officers’, 82.

Receiver-gen. of Ralph, Lord Cromwell, bef. Feb. 1434-aft. Mar. 1440. Building Accts. Tattershall (Lincoln Rec. Soc. lv), 1, 27.

J.p. Kesteven 25 Mar. 1437 – Jan. 1439, 12 Jan.-Nov. 1439 (q.), 28 Nov. 1439 – Sept. 1461, 3 May-Sept. 1470. His attendance at the sessions was irregular. From Jan. 1438 to Apr. 1441 he sat on 13 of the 39 days on which the j.p.s sat, but only one of nine between Sept. 1453 and July 1454: E101/569/40.

Escheator, Lincs. 23 Nov. 1437 – 6 Nov. 1438, 6 Nov. 1442 – 4 Nov. 1443.

Jt. keeper of Somerton castle, Lincs. 16 July 1439 – July 1455.

Commr. to assess subsidy, Kesteven Aug. 1450; of array Sept. 1457, Sept. 1458, Dec. 1459; to assign archers, Lincoln Dec. 1457; of arrest Nov. 1460.

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STANLOWE, William (d.1476), of Silk Willoughby, Lincs.
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STANLEY, Thomas II (1406-59), of Lathom and Knowsley, Lancs. and lord of the Isle of Man.

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b. 2 Aug. 1406, CHES3/39, 16 Hen. VI, no. 9. s. and h. of Sir John Stanley† (d.1437) of Lathom and Knowsley, lord of the Isle of Man, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Nicholas Haryngton† (d.c.1404) of Farleton in Lonsdale, Lancs. Plantagenet Ancestry ed. Richardson and Everingham, 678. Elizabeth is wrongly described as the da. of Sir John Haryngton in The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 455. m. by Sept. 1422, Joan (c.1401-fl.1460), da. and coh. of Sir Robert Goushill (d.1403) of Hoveringham, Notts., by Elizabeth (d.1425), sis. and event. coh. of Thomas Fitzalan, earl of Arundel (d.1415), wid. of Sir William Montagu, s. of William, earl of Salisbury (d.1397), and Thomas Mowbray, duke of Norfolk (d.1399), 4s. 3da. Kntd. by 29 Apr. 1431; KG 14 May 1457; summ. as Lord Stanley 15 Jan. 1456.
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Lt. of Ire. 29 Jan. 1431 – Apr. 1437.

Commr. to distribute allowance on tax, Lancs. Dec. 1433, Apr., Aug. 1440, Mar. 1442, Aug. 1449, June 1453; list persons to take the oath against maintenance Jan. 1434; administer the same May 1434; assess subsidy Jan., Mar. 1436; DKR, xl. 533. treat for loans Feb. 1436; of arrest Oct. 1436, Mar. 1452; E28/82, 16 Mar. 1452. to hold hundred courts after the eyre, Macclesfield, Cheshire Oct. 1437, Sept. 1439, Sept. 1440, June 1441, Jan. 1442, June 1443, June, Dec. 1444, ?Mar. 1453; CHES2/125, m. 3d. negotiate for subsidy and aid, Hawarden, Mold, Flint Oct. 1441; CHES2/115, m. 1. of inquiry, Cheshire Apr. 1442 (King’s right to property in Clutton), Berks. May, EHR, xc. 333–4. June 1444 (treasons etc.), Cheshire Jan. 1449 (rents due from land in Flint), CHES2/122, rot. 4. N. Wales July 1452 (unpaid royal revenues), Sept. 1453 (trespasses and concealments); to take muster of retinue of John Beaufort, duke of Somerset, Portsmouth June 1443; of oyer and terminer, Berks. July 1444 (treasons etc.), London Mar. 1450 (treasons of John Frammesley, vintner), N. Riding July 1453 (felonies), London Apr. 1455 (treasons), Glos., Herefs., Worcs. Mar. 1457 (treasons); to keep the temporalities of the priory of Holy Trinity, London June 1445; of gaol delivery, Lancs. Jan. 1446; DKR, xl. 538. to compel payment of debts and rents, N. Wales Aug. 1453; assign archers, Lancs. Dec. 1457.

Constable, Chester castle 6 Dec. 1437 – d.

Jt. steward (with Ralph, Lord Cromwell), ldship. of Macclesfield 21 Feb. 1439 – 4 Jan. 1456; steward 4 Jan. 1456 – d.; jt. chief steward (with William de la Pole, earl of Suffolk), enfeoffed lands of the duchy of Lancaster 11 Dec. 1447 – ?; south parts of the duchy c. Nov. 1449 – 2 May 1450; chief steward 2 May 1450 – 16 Apr. 1451, 4 Jan. 1456 – d.; jt. (with Cromwell) 15 June 1452 – 4 Jan. 1456.

Master forester and surveyor, forests of Macclesfield, Delamere and Mondrem, Cheshire 21 Feb. 1439 – d.; jt. (with his son John) of Amounderness, Quernmore and Wyresdale in the duchy of Lancaster, Lancs. 10 Nov. 1443 – d.

Controller, Hen. VI’s household by 26 Apr. 1439-c. Jan. 1451; chamberlain c. Aug. 1455 – d.

Chamberlain, N. Wales 26 Apr. 1439 – 15 Apr. 1451, by Feb. 1452 – d.

Jt. dep. justice (of the earl of Suffolk), Chester and N. Wales 23 Feb. 1440 – 1 Dec. 1443; jt. justice (with Suffolk) 1 Dec. 1443 – 2 May 1450; justice 2 May 1450 – d.

Gauger, all ports in N. Wales and Cheshire 9 May 1440 – d.

Jt. parker, Ightenhill, Lancs. 5 Dec. 1440–?d., Toxteth, Lancs. 12 Aug. 1441–d.; parker, Northwood, Cheshire 22 Mar. 1446 – 27 July 1447, jt. (with Roger Legh) 27 July 1447–?d.; DL37/13, m. 2d; 15/30. parker, Queen Margaret’s parks of Barton and Sherholt in chace of Needwood, Staffs. by 1 July 1456; jt. 1 July 1456–d. DL37/24/6.

Jt. escheator, Lancs. 14 Feb. 1441–d. DL37/8/45.

J.p. Lancs. 16 Mar. 1446–?d. DKR, xl. 538. There is no record of appointments to the Lancs. bench from 1450 to 1485 because of the loss of the palatinate’s patent rolls, but there is every reason to suppose that Stanley remained as a j.p. to his death.

Member of council of Hen. VI c. 1448 – d., of Edward, prince of Wales 27 Jan. 1457 – d.

Jt. bailiff and beadle, hundreds of Eddisbury and Wirral, Cheshire aft. 1 June 1448–? CHES2/119, rot. 6.

Envoy to negotiate with Scots. July, Oct. 1449, with James, earl of Douglas, June 1452, with Scots. May 1453. Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc. ii. 334–7, 358, 361.

Conservator of truces with Scotland Oct. 1449, July 1451, May 1453, June 1457. Ibid. 340, 353, 366, 383.

Jt. warden, castle and town of Calais and the tower of Rysbank 2 Apr. 1450–21 Sept. 1451. Cat. des Rolles Gascons, Normans et Francois ed. Carte, ii. 323; G.L. Harriss, ‘The Struggle for Calais’, EHR, lxxv. 31.

Jt. surveyor of lordship of Fulbrook, Warws. aft. July 1453–d. CPR, 1452–61, p. 478. The grant to Stanley and John Brome II* came shortly after the death in July 1453 of the previous grantee, John Talbot, Lord Lisle: CPR, 1446–52, p. 376.

Parlty. cttee. to review the royal household July 1455. PROME, xii. 337.

Jt. auditor, accts. of Richard Merston, treasurer of the chamber July 1456. CPR, 1452–61, p. 293.

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STANLEY, Thomas II (1406-59), of Lathom and Knowsley, Lancs. and lord of the Isle of Man.
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STANLEY, Thomas I (d.1463), of Pipe and Elford, Staffs.

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2nd s. of Sir John Stanley (d.1414) of the Isle of Man by Isabel, da. of Sir Thomas Lathom of Lathom and Knowsley, Lancs.; yr. bro. of Sir John Stanley† (d.1437). m. (1) Maud (15 July 1396-bef. 16 Sept. 1432), da. and h. of Sir John Arderne (1369-1408) of Elford by Margaret (d.1423), da. of Sir Roger Pilkington of Pilkington, Lancs., G. Ormerod, Palatine and City of Chester ed. Helsby, iii (2), 566. at least 2s. inc. John II*; (2) by Trin. 1434, Elizabeth, 1s. Her fam. has not been established. She had an interest in property at Shenstone, not far from Elford: Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. (1910), 316; xvii. 149. Dist. 1430, 1439.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Staffs. 1423, 1425, 1429.

Commr. of inquiry, Staffs. Feb. 1422 (falsifiers of weights), Dec. 1422 (wastes in resources of the collegiate church of Tamworth), Feb. 1443 (withholding of rent from church of Shenstone), Derbys., Notts. July 1445 (alienations without licence), Derbys. ?July 1445 (dispute over manor of Stretton-en-le-Field); This comm. is only partially enrolled and may not have been issued: CPR, 1441–6, p. 370. to assess subsidy, Staffs. Apr. 1431; of array Aug. 1436; gaol delivery, Stafford castle Nov. 1439, Stafford Oct. 1445, Stafford castle Oct. 1451; C66/445, m. 19d; 461, m. 36d; 474, m. 25d. to treat for speedy payment of fifteenth and tenth, Staffs. Feb. 1441; for loans Mar., May, Aug. 1442, Sept. 1449.

Sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 7 Nov. 1427 – 4 Nov. 1428, Staffs. 5 Nov. 1433 – 3 Nov. 1434, 3 Nov. 1438 – 5 Nov. 1439.

Master, guild of St. Mary, Lichfield Dec. 1429–30. T. Harwood, Lichfield, 402.

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