Sir Bryan Stapleton KG was an English medieval knight from Yorkshire.
Born
1322
Died
1394
Overview
Sir Bryan Stapleton KG (c. 1322 – 1394) was an English medieval knight from Yorkshire.
Life
He was the younger brother of Sir Miles Stapleton and the third son of Sir Gilbert Stapleton (died 1321) and his wife, Agnes (or Matilda; 1297/8–1348), daughter and coheir of Brian, Lord Fitzalan (died 1306), of Bedale and several other estates in the same county. Through his mother, he was considered a second great-grandson of Dervorguilla of Galloway, through her son John Balliol, King of Scotland. Through his father, he was a great-grandson of Ladereyne (Laderina), daughter of Peter III de Brus of Skelton, a descendant of the Bruces.
His first campaign must have been King Edward III's expedition to France in 1340 and the siege of Tournai - he stated this himself during a heraldic dispute involving his friend, Richard, Lord Scrope of Bolton. In his own words, he fought in all the great battles and expeditions of King Edward's reign, including the battle of Crécy and the siege of Calais in 1346–7.
