Paternal Family Tree: Stapleton
In 1616 [his father] Bryan Stapleton [aged 32] and [his mother] Frances Slingsby [aged 20] were married.
In 1617 Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet was born to Bryan Stapleton [aged 33] and Frances Slingsby [aged 21].
In 1648 Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet [aged 31] was elected MP Boroughbridge.
On 16th December 1650 Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet [aged 33] and Elizabeth Darcy Lady Stapylton [aged 27] were married. She the daughter of Conyers Darcy 1st Earl Holderness [aged 51] and Grace Rokeby [aged 50]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1651 [his daughter] Grace Stapylton was born to Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet [aged 34] and [his wife] Elizabeth Darcy Lady Stapylton [aged 27]. She married in or before 1675 Thomas Robinson and had issue.
On 1st February 1656 [his mother] Frances Slingsby [aged 60] died.
In May 1657 [his son] Bryan Stapylton 2nd Baronet was born to Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet [aged 40] and [his wife] Elizabeth Darcy Lady Stapylton [aged 33]. He married 15th April 1680 Anne Kaye Lady Stapylton and had issue.
In 1658 [his father] Bryan Stapleton [aged 74] died.
In 1660 Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet [aged 43] was elected MP Boroughbridge.
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On 22nd June 1660 Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet [aged 43] was created 1st Baronet Stapylton Stapleton of Myton in Yorkshire. [his wife] Elizabeth Darcy Lady Stapylton [aged 36] by marriage Lady Stapylton Stapleton of Myton in Yorkshire.
In or before 1675 [his son-in-law] Thomas Robinson [aged 22] and [his daughter] Grace Stapylton [aged 23] were married.
In 1676 [his brother-in-law] Conyers Darcy 2nd Earl Holderness [aged 54] and Frances Seymour Countess Southampton [aged 58] were married. She the daughter of William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset and Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset. He the son of [his father-in-law] Conyers Darcy 1st Earl Holderness [aged 76] and [his mother-in-law] Grace Rokeby. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 26th March 1679 Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet [aged 62] died. He was buried at St Mary's Merton, Southwark. His son Bryan [aged 21] succeeded 2nd Baronet Stapylton Stapleton of Myton in Yorkshire and inherited Myton Hall, North Yorkshire.
In 1729 [his former wife] Elizabeth Darcy Lady Stapylton died.
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Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
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Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 14 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stapleton 
19 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bryan Stapleton of Wighill 20 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Christopher Stapleton 21 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Stapleton 22 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Grandfather: Robert Stapleton 23 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
father: Bryan Stapleton 24 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Sharington of Cranworth in Norfolk
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Sharington of Lacock in Wiltshire
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Pyrton of Little Bentley in Essex
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Pyrton
Grandmother: Olive Sharington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Paggett of Lacock Abbey
Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Slingsby of Scriven
Grandfather: Henry Slingsby of Scriven 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 
9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Percy 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Spencer Countess Northumberland 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Percy 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Harbottle 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guiscard Harbottle 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Percy 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Harbottle 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Willoughby 
9 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Willoughby 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Markham
mother: Frances Slingsby 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Vavasour 
Grandmother: Frances Vavasour