Biography of Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet 1617-1679

In 1616 [his father] Bryan Stapleton [age 32] and [his mother] Frances Slingsby [age 20] were married.

In 1617 Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet was born to [his father] Bryan Stapleton [age 33] and [his mother] Frances Slingsby [age 21].

In 1648 Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet [age 31] was elected MP Boroughbridge.

On 16th December 1650 Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet [age 33] and Elizabeth Darcy Lady Stapylton [age 27] were married. She the daughter of Conyers Darcy 1st Earl Holderness [age 51] and Grace Rokeby [age 50]. They were fourth cousin once removed.

In 1651 [his daughter] Grace Stapylton was born to Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet [age 34] and [his wife] Elizabeth Darcy Lady Stapylton [age 27]. She married in or before 1675 Thomas Robinson and had issue.

On 1st February 1656 [his mother] Frances Slingsby [age 60] died.

In May 1657 [his son] Bryan Stapylton 2nd Baronet was born to Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet [age 40] and [his wife] Elizabeth Darcy Lady Stapylton [age 33]. He married 15th April 1680 Anne Kaye Lady Stapylton and had issue.

In 1658 [his father] Bryan Stapleton [age 74] died.

In 1660 Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet [age 43] was elected MP Boroughbridge.

On 22nd June 1660 Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet [age 43] was created 1st Baronet Stapylton Stapleton of Myton in Yorkshire. [his wife] Elizabeth Darcy Lady Stapylton [age 36] by marriage Lady Stapylton Stapleton of Myton in Yorkshire.

In or before 1675 [his son-in-law] Thomas Robinson [age 22] and [his daughter] Grace Stapylton [age 23] were married.

In 1676 [his brother-in-law] Conyers Darcy 2nd Earl Holderness [age 54] and Frances Seymour Countess Southampton [age 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 [age 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 [age 62] died. He was buried at St Mary's Merton, Southwark. His son Bryan [age 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.