General Notes

On the south side of the river Tees stands an inconsiderable villagecalled STAPYLTON, whence this ancient family hath obtained its surname.Tradition states that, in the year 450, Octa, brother of Hengist, andEbusa arrived, with their followers, on the banks of the Tees, to defendthe adjacent country from the ravages of the Picts, and that beingAngles, and some from that part of the Cimbrica Chersonesus, which isstill called Stapelholm, situated between Sleswick and Frederickstall,they preserved the name of their original residence by calling the newsettlement Stapyltun.
Source:     "A Genealogy and Heraldic History of the Commoners of GreatBritain and Ireland", Vol II, Pp. 207-8,
        John Burke, Call Number: R929.725 B95 v.2.