First Generation
1.
Miles, 1st Baron of Stapleton, married Sybil de Bellew, daoghter and co-heiress to Sir John Bellew. Sybil inherited a share of the possessions of the elder Bruce line in 1271 through her mother, Laderana, daughter of Peter de Bruce of Skelton.
Stapleton served in the Gascon and Scottish Wars of Edward I. In 1291, he served under Roger de Mowbray in Scotland. Miles was in Gascony in 1295 and was serving under Henry de Lacy in the Falkirk Campaign in 1298. He was summonded to the Seige of Carlavercock and was sent with the Earl of Lincoln on a mission to the Court of Rome in 1300. Miles was entrusted with the direction of the household of Edward, Prince of Wales. He served in the Siege of Stirling. The King entrusted Stapleton with the duty of instructing his son in business and soldierly ways. He served as Seneschal of Knaresborough Castle and Steward and joint Constable of Knaresborough Forest.
Miles became Steward to the King's Household under Edward II. He lost the stewardship in 1308. Stapleton was summoned to serve against the Scots in 1311. On 24 June 1314, Miles Stapleton was killed, along with two of his sons, at the Battle of Bannockburn.
*an area equal to that which can be ploughed by one eight-oxen team in a single year (also called a plough or carve). Approximately 120 acres.
Miles, 1st Baron of Stapleton, married Sybil de Bellew, daoghter and co-heiress to Sir John Bellew. Sybil inherited a share of the possessions of the elder Bruce line in 1271 through her mother, Laderana, daughter of Peter de Bruce of Skelton.
Stapleton served in the Gascon and Scottish Wars of Edward I. In 1291, he served under Roger de Mowbray in Scotland. Miles was in Gascony in 1295 and was serving under Henry de Lacy in the Falkirk Campaign in 1298. He was summonded to the Seige of Carlavercock and was sent with the Earl of Lincoln on a mission to the Court of Rome in 1300. Miles was entrusted with the direction of the household of Edward, Prince of Wales. He served in the Siege of Stirling. The King entrusted Stapleton with the duty of instructing his son in business and soldierly ways. He served as Seneschal of Knaresborough Castle and Steward and joint Constable of Knaresborough Forest.
Miles became Steward to the King's Household under Edward II. He lost the stewardship in 1308. Stapleton was summoned to serve against the Scots in 1311. On 24 June 1314, Miles Stapleton was killed, along with two of his sons, at the Battle of Bannockburn.
*an area equal to that which can be ploughed by one eight-oxen team in a single year (also called a plough or carve). Approximately 120 acres.
Sir Miles Stapylton/Stapleton and Isobel "Sybil" de Bellew2–3 were married before 1286.1 Isobel "Sybil" de Bellew2 was born (date unknown).
Miles Stapylton/Stapleton and Isobel de Bellew had the following child:
Second Generation
2. He died in 1321 at the age of 32 in Bedale, Yorkshire, England. 2–3 Sir Gilbert Stapleton was the second son of Sir Miles, the 1st Baron Stapleton, and Sybil [Isabel] de Bellew. He married Agnes [Matilda], co-heiress of Bryan FitzAlan, Lord of Bedale.
Sir Gilbert had the custody of the church at Kellington, opposite Templehurst, conferred upon him in 1309, until he was obliged to give it up four years later. In 1313, Gilbert was pardoned as one of the adherents for the 2nd Earl of Lancaster in the muder of Piers de Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall. He was summoned by Archbishop Grenefeld to Doncaster in 1315 to consider the best plans for the defense of the Realm. Stapleton was summoned for military service against the Scots twice in 1319. On 27 January 1320/1, he was appointed the King's Escheator north of Trent.
Sir Gilbert Stapleton died during December 1321. He left a widow and four children: Miles, Brian, Katherine and Avicia. Agnes remarried by 1328 to Thomas Sheffield.
Sir Gilbert had the custody of the church at Kellington, opposite Templehurst, conferred upon him in 1309, until he was obliged to give it up four years later. In 1313, Gilbert was pardoned as one of the adherents for the 2nd Earl of Lancaster in the muder of Piers de Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall. He was summoned by Archbishop Grenefeld to Doncaster in 1315 to consider the best plans for the defense of the Realm. Stapleton was summoned for military service against the Scots twice in 1319. On 27 January 1320/1, he was appointed the King's Escheator north of Trent.
Sir Gilbert Stapleton died during December 1321. He left a widow and four children: Miles, Brian, Katherine and Avicia. Agnes remarried by 1328 to Thomas Sheffield.
Sir Gilbert Stapylton/Stapleton and Matilda/Agnes Fitz Alan2–3 were married before 15 Dec 1317 in Norfolk, England.2–3 She died before 3 Nov 1348 at the age of 50 in Ingham, Norfolk, England. 3
Gilbert Stapylton/Stapleton and Matilda/Agnes Fitz Alan had the following child:
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