Miles Stapleton
Sir Miles Stapleton of Bedale and Ingham (* around 1320, † 1364 ) was an English knight .
He was the eldest son of Sir Gilbert Stapleton († 1321) and grandson of Miles Stapleton, 1st Baron Stapleton († 1314). His mother was Agnes (also Matilda ) Fitzalan.
From the estate of his maternal grandfather, Brian Fitzalan of Bedale , he inherited the Bedale , Askham Brian and Cotherstone estates in Yorkshire .
He fought in the wars of King Edward III. in France, so in 1342 in Brittany and in 1347 during the siege of Calais . On April 23, 1348 Edward III took him. as a founding member of the Order of the Garter . In 1349, 1354 and 1356 he fought again in France.
In January 1358 Edward III sent him. on a diplomatic mission to Philip of Navarre , in 1360 he was involved in the negotiations on the Peace of Brétigny . In 1363 he went on a trip to Prussia in support of the Teutonic Order against the Lithuanians . In January 1364 he traveled to France to support the succession of Jean de Montfort as Duke of Brittany . He was wounded in the Battle of Auray on September 29, 1364 and died of his injuries that same year.
He was married twice. From his first marriage he had a son, John, who died in 1355. In his second marriage in 1350 he married Joan, daughter and co-heir of Oliver de Ingham and widow of Roger Lestrange of Knockin . Through this marriage he also became lord of Ingham, Norfolk . He had the church of Ingham rebuilt and established a monastery there. He was buried in this church after his death. From his second marriage he left a son and heir named Miles.
literature
- Thomas Frederick Tout: Stapleton, Miles de (d.1364) . In: Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 54, Smith, Elder & Co., London 1898, pp. 97 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 2.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stapleton, Miles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1320 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1364 |