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3 unusual facts about Miles Stapleton of Bedale


Miles Stapleton of Bedale

In March 1361 and August 1362 he served on commissions of peace with the Earl of Suffolk.

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His mother was Matilda (b. 1298), also called Agnes, elder daughter and coheiress of Brian FitzAlan, lord of Bedale, Askham Bryan, and Cotherstone.

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In January 1363 Stapleton was one of a group of English knights recorded as borrowing money from local merchants at Thorn in Poland, most likely during a Prussian crusade.



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