General Notes

Sir Nicholas [sic] Stapleton, 2nd baron, summoned to parliament, 25 February, 1342. This nobleman in the time of Edward II was involved in the insurrection of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and was fined 2,000 marks to save his life, but the fine was remitted in the 1st Edward III [1327]. He m. Sibill, dau. and heir of Sir John de Bella-aqua (Beaulieu or Bellew), the last baron of that name, by his wife, Laderina, sister and co-heir of Peter Bruce, the 6th and last Baron of Skelton Castle. In her right, he became Lord of Carlton, which is still the property of the elder branch of this family; and he was also Lord of Wighill at his death in 1343. He had issue, Miles (Sir), Knt., and Gilbert, a priest of St. Leonard's Hospital at York. [Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Burke's Peerage Ltd., London, 1883, p. 504, STAPLETON--BARONS STAPLETON]

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Sir Nicholas [sic] Stapylton, knt. who m. Diana [sic], daughter and co-heir of John Beaulieu, by Loderina, his wife, sister and co-heir of Peter Bruce, firth Baron of Skelton, in whose right he was seised of the lordship of Carleton in the county of York, and had two sons, Miles and Gilbert, and a daughter, Mabel, m. to William Calverley, of Calverley. [John Burke, Esq., The Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. II, R. Bentley, London, 1834-1838, p. 208, STAPYLTON, OF MYTON]