General Notes

REFN: 9371AN
On the south siDe of the river Tees stands an inconsiderable village call
ed Stapylton, whence this ancient family hath obtained its surname. Tradit
ion states that, in the year 450, Octa, brother of Hengist, and Ebusa arri
ved with their followers on the banks of the Tees to defend the adjacent c
ountry from the ravages of the Picts, and that being Angles, and some fr
om that part of the Cimbrica Chersonesus, which is still called Stapleto
n, situated between Sleswick and Frederickstall, they preserved the na
me of their original residence by call the new settlement Stapyltun, for '
holm,' which means "an island in a river," they were obliged, from the sit
uation of their new encampment, to substitute 'tun,' signifying, in the
ir language, any enclosure whatever.
In 1052, Heryon or Herman was seised of the manor or lordship of Stapylt
on upon Teys. He was father of Allan, of Stapylton, living in 1080. [Jo
hn Burke, Esq., The Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. II, R. Be
ntley, London, 1834-1838, p. 207-209, STAPYLTON, OF MYTON]