Stapleton Family: Gen. 7 - Sources

 

Seventh Generation

 

7.  Elizabeth Stapylton/Stapleton (Miles-6, Bryan-5, Miles-4, Miles-3, Gilbert-2, Miles-1) was born circa 1441 in Ingram, Norfolk, England. She died on 18 Feb 1505 at the age of 64 in Niorfolk, England.

Sir William Calthorpe⁷ was born on 30 Jan 1410 in Norfolk, England.⁷ He died on 15 Nov 1494 at the age of 84 in Norfolk, England.⁷ He was buried after 15 Nov 1494 in Church of White Friars, Norwich, Norfolk, England.⁷ William Calthorpe was the Lord of the Manors of Burnham and Ludham, Norfolk, England. He was knighted at the Tower of London by Edward IV at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth Wydville on Ascension Day, 26 May 1465. Calthorpe was High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1442, 1458, 1464 and 1476.  He was Steward of the Duke of Norfolk in 1479.

Sir William married twice. His first wife was Elizabeth [1406-1437], daughter of Sir Reynold de Grey, 3rd Baron of Ruthin. His second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Miles Stapleton of Ingram and Katherine de la Pole.

Elizabeth Stapleton inherited Hemptead, Norfolk from her father.

William was buried next to his first wife at the Church of White Friars at Norwich, Norfolk.

 

William Calthorpe and Elizabeth Stapylton/Stapleton had the following child:

 

8 i. Anne Calthorpe, born ca 1460, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England; married Sir Robert Drury, ca 1494, Hawsted, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; died bef 1531, Hawsted, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

 

 

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        5. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 2004), 56-57 [Bardolf].

        6. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 56-58 [Bardolf: 11. Miles Stapleton & Katherine Pole].

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