'Stapley1'
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Families covered: Stapley of Framfield, Stapley of Hicksted, Stapley of Patcham, Stapeley (Staplelegh) of Stapeley
| Ormerod identifies the arms of the following family as "Gules, three boars' heads Argent". | |||||||||||||||
| Peter de Stapleleigh of Stapeley | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert de Staplelegh | ||||||||||||||
| A. | William de Staplelegh | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Reginald de Staplelegh | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Peter de Staplelegh (Stapeley of Stapeley) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Philip de Stapeley (dsp 1336-7) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth de Stapeley (a 1360) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lawrence de Rope | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Margaret de Stapeley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sampson Mervell | |||||||||||||||
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| BEB1841 reports that the Stapleys of Sussex are said to have derived from the Stapleys of Cheshire (see above). Berry starts with ... | |||||||||||||||
| William Stapley of Framfield | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Stapley of Framfield (d 1593) the first mentioned by Visitation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joane Thatcher (d before 18.12.1596, dau of Thomas Thatcher of Warbleton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Anthony Stapley of Framfield | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Lewknor (dau of Sir Roger Lewknor) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Ann Morley (dau of Thomas Morley of Glinde) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Ann Stapley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas May (d 09.07.1610) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Staple of Twineham | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Stapley | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Bulman of Hartfield | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Ann Thatcher (dau of John Thatcher of Presthawes) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Anthony Stapley of Patcham, Sussex (bpt 30.08.1590, d 31.01.1654-5) the first mentioned by BEB1841 | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.05.1614) Ann Goring (d 09.11.1637, dau of George Goring of Danny, sister of George, Lord Goring) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John Stapley, Bart of Patcham (bpt 29.06.1628, d 22.08.1701) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Springett (b 1633-4, d 20.03.1708, dau/coheir of Sir Herbert Springett, Bart of Broyle) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Herbert (Robert?) Stapley (b c1656, dvpsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Culpeper (dau of Sir Richard Culpeper of Preston Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Philadelphia Stapley (b 07.05.1652, d 18.10.1676) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1667) Peter Courthorpe of Danny & Hurstperpoint (a 1651) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Stapley (b 15.02.1657/8, d 09.06.1721) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.08.1684) Thomas (probably not John) Briggs of Chichester | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Mary Stapley (bpt 03.10.1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.01.1682-3) Walter Dobell of Street | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Barbara Stapley (d 1700) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.09.1690) William Hay of Glyndborne | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Anthony Stapley (b c1630, dsp 09.0.1671-2) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Douglas Holcroft (d 21.02.1694-5, dau of Sir Henry Holcroft of Long Acre) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Anne Stapley (b c1625, d 1645) | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Grace Stapley (bpt 06.12.1586) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1606) Thomas Scherly (Shirley) (d 02.1636-7) | |||||||||||||||
| m4. Ann (widow of _ Stubbs) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Elizabeth Stapley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.09.1561) Thomas Boord | |||||||||||||||
| C. | (Bennett) Stapley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Peirse of Westdowne (Westfield) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Ursula Stapley possibly of this generation (2 earlier?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Garton of Billinghurst | |||||||||||||||
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| John Stapley of Hicksted, Sussex | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Stapley of Hicksted | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Boys (dau of Sam Boys of Hawkhurst) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Ruth Stapley (b c1630, d 1693) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Spence of Lindfield (b c1594, d 1691) | |||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue (a 1634?) - John, Thomas, Anthony, 7 other daughters | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Elizabeth Stapley | ||||||||||||||
| m1/2. Henry Colthurst of Twinham | |||||||||||||||
| Possibly the Eliza Sepley (or Stapley) who (also) married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2/1. Hall Ravenscroft of Horsham | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 27.03.22) : Ormerod (Cheshire, vol 3 (1819), 'Stapeley of Stapely and Rope of Rope and Stapeley', p257)
(2) For middle section (much originally launched within a Temporary page on 03.08.08 but was then reviewed, expanded and moved here on 27.03.22 using Berry) : CountyGen (Berry, Sussex, p85), BEB1841 ('Stapley of Patcham'), Visitation ('Sussex, 1662, Stapley of Patcham')
(3) For lower section (uploaded 21.08.26) : CountyGen (Sussex, Berry, p371)
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