Bryan Stapelton

Male 1455 - 1518  (63 years)


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  • Name Bryan Stapelton 
    Birth 1455  Wighill, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 18 Sep 1518  Wighill, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • (Killed in the Battle of Flodden)
    Person ID I51321  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 17 May 2018 

    Father (Sir) William Stapleton, of Wighill,   b. ~1432, Wighill, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1503, Wighill, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Lady Margaret Pickering 
    Marriage Y  [2, 3
    Family ID F19138  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lady Jane Threlkeld 
    Marriage Y  [1
    Children 
     1. Sir Christopher Stapleton,   b. 1485, Wighill, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0Aug 1537, Wighill, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F19137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • Sir Bryan Stapelton
      Also Known As: "Brian Stapleton"
      Birthdate: 1455 (63)
      Birthplace: Of, Wighill, Wiltshire, England
      Death: September 18, 1518 (63)
      Wighill, Yorkshire, England (Killed in the Battle of Flodden)
      Place of Burial: Wighill, Yorkshire, England
      Immediate Family:
      Son of William Stapleton, of Wighill and Margaret Stapleton
      Husband of Jane (Joan) Stapleton
      Father of Sir Christopher Stapleton; Eleanor (Stapleton) Wharton; Margaret Copley and William Stapleton
      Brother of Henry Stapleton; John Stapleton and Agnes Stapleton
      Managed by: Private User
      Last Updated: October 28, 2017

      Immediate Family

      Jane (Joan) Stapleton
      wife

      Sir Christopher Stapleton
      son

      Eleanor (Stapleton) Wharton
      daughter

      Margaret Copley
      daughter

      William Stapleton
      son

      Margaret Stapleton
      mother

      William Stapleton, of Wighill
      father

      Henry Stapleton
      brother

      John Stapleton
      brother

      Agnes Stapleton
      sister

      Joan Stapleton
      stepmother
      About Sir Bryan Stapelton
      Thomas [Wharton], 1st Baron Wharton
      1st son of Thomas Wharton, of Wharton and Mateby in Kirkby Stephen, co. Westmorland, by his wife Agnes Warcop, dau. of Reginald Warcop, of Swerdale, co. Westmorland
      born c.1495
      mar. (1) bef. 4 Jul 1518 Eleanor Stapleton, dau. of 'Sir Bryan Stapleton, of Wighill, co. York, by his wife Joan Thirkeld, dau. and hrss. of Sir Lancelot Thirkeld'
      mar. (2) 18 Nov 1561 Lady Anne Braye (widow of John [Braye], 2nd Baron Braye; dsp. 3 Feb 1584/5), only dau. of Francis [Talbot], 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, by his first wife Hon Mary Dacre, 1st dau. of Thomas [Dacre], 2nd Baron Dacre of Gilsland
      died 23 Aug 1568
      created by writ of summons 30 Jan 1544/5 as Baron Wharton
      suc. by son by first wife
      http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Wharton1544.htm
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      'Thomas Tonge. Heraldic visitation of the northern counties in 1530.
      http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/thomas-tonge/heraldic-visitation-of-the-northern-counties-in-1530-hci/page-10-heraldic-visitation-of-the-northern-counties-in-1530-hci.shtml
      Syr Thomas Wharton, knyght, son of Thomas, maried Alianore, 'doughter of Syr Bryan Stapultoir of Wyghell' : and by her had yssue, Thomas, son and heyre ; Henry, ij d0 son ; Joan ; and Agnes, maried to Henry Curwen, son and heyre to Thomas Curwen.
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      Thomas WHARTON (1° B. Wharton)
      Born: 1501, Wharton & Nateby, York, England
      Died: 23 Aug 1568, Healaugh, England
      Notes: See his Biography.
      He married first Eleanor, 'daughter of Sir Bryan Stapleton of Wighill, Yorkshire'. His second marriage was to Anne Talbot, widow of John Bray, 2° B. Bray, and daughter of Francis 5th, Earl of Shrewsbury. By her he had no children. He died in 1568, and is buried at Kirkby Stephen, and was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas.
      Father: Thomas WHARTON (Esq.)
      Mother: Agnes (Margaret) WARCOP
      Married 1: Eleanor STAPLETON 1518
      Children:
      1. Feorina WHARTON
      2. Thomas WHARTON (2° B. Wharton)
      3. Henry WHARTON
      4. Joan WHARTON
      Married 2: Anne TALBOT (B. Bray / B. Wharton) 18 Nov 1561, Sheffield
      http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WHARTON.htm#Thomas WHARTON (1° B. Wharton)
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      'The history and topography of the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, comprising their ancient and modern history, a general view of their physical character, trade, commerce, manufactures, agricultural condition, statistics (1860)
      http://www.archive.org/details/historytopogra00whel
      http://www.archive.org/stream/historytopogra00whel#page/747/mode/1up
      Whartons of Wharton.
      Sir THOMAS WHARTON, Knt., who, in consequence of his victory over the Scots at Sollom Moss, was created a baron by Henry VIII. Sir Thomas was twice married. By his first wife, Eleanor, daughter of 'Sir Bryan Stapleton, Knt., of Wighill', he had issue, besides two other children,
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      Sir Bryan Stapelton's Timeline
      1455
      1455
      Birth of Bryan
      Of, Wighill, Wiltshire, England
      1485
      1485
      Age 30
      Birth of Sir Christopher Stapleton
      Wighill, Yorkshire, England
      1500
      1500
      Age 45
      Birth of Eleanor (Stapleton) Wharton
      Wighill, Yorkshire, England
      1518
      September 18, 1518
      Age 63
      Death of Bryan at Wighill, Yorkshire, England
      Wighill, Yorkshire, England
      1524
      1524
      Age 63
      Birth of Margaret Copley

      ????
      Birth of William Stapleton
      ????
      Burial of Bryan
      Wighill, Yorkshire, England

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  • Sources 
    1. [S12809] "Sir Christopher Stapleton (1485-1537)", Profile & Registry, https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Christopher-Stapleton/38508.

    2. [S12810] "Sir Bryan Stapelton (1455-1518", Profile & Registry, https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Bryan/6000000006444144647, abstrac.

    3. [S12811] "William Stapleton, of Wighill (1432-1503)", Profile & Registry, https://www.geni.com/people/William-Stapleton-of-Wighil.