Re: Hethe/Stapleton (Was Re: Penelope D'arcy c1593-c1661)

My sources on the Stapletons are admittedly not the greatest, and I would be
grateful for better information. I have not pursued the Heath/Hethe
connection at all, except to note that Marshall and Whitaker include
references for the family (under both variations of the name as well as De
Hethe), and I will add these to my research list. However, Paul Reed's
caveat on previously published information on this family is worth noting
again.

For the Stapleton connection to Heath/Hethe, aside from the very brief
reference in Paul Reed's article, this marriage is mentioned in pedigrees in
both of the following works:
1) H. E. Chetwynd-Stapylton, "The Stapeltons of Yorkshire" [1897]
2) H. B. McCall, "The Early History of Bedale" [1907]

The first of these says Thomas Heath [sic] was "of Hengrave" while the
second doesn't mention a locality for him. I have separately seen
references to a Heath family of Mildenhall, Suffolk, including a Thomas -
possibly the same or a related family?

It's curious that both RPA/PA3 and MCA omit Anne Stapleton [Heath] as a
daughter of Sir Brian Stapleton and Cecily Bardolf, espicially since you
note that she is mentioned in her father's will [with her husband's name??].

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Verity" <royaldescent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 7:18 PM
Subject: Hethe/Stapleton (Was Re: Penelope D'arcy c1593-c1661)


John Higgins wrote:

33. Margaret Harleston (b. ca. 1458, d. 18.IX.1489)

66. John Harleston [III] of Bardwell, Suffolk (b. ca. 1430, d. before
31.VII.1458)
67. Margery Bardwell (d. X.1459, will dated 26.IX.1458, proved
6.XI.1459)

132. John Harleston [II] (d. 8.III.1456); m. (1) [he mar. (2)
Elizabeth
Hethe below]

134. William Berdewell [or Bardwell]; m. (1)
135. Elizabeth Hethe [or Heath] (d. shortly before 17.X.1454) [she m.
(2)
John
Harleston (II) above]

270. Thomas Hethe [or Heath] (will dated 30.X.1439, proved 22.XII.1439)
271. Anne Stapleton [dau. of Sir Brian S. of Bedale]

542. Sir Brian Stapleton of Ingham, Norfolk, and Bedale, Yorkshire, de
jure
4th Lord Ingham (aged 40 in 1419, d. VIII.1438 probably before 6.VIII)
543. Cecily Bardolf (d. 29.IX.1432) [dau. of Thomas, 4th L. Bardolf]

Paul Reed's article includes a footnote saying that the
Berdewell/Bardwell
and Hethe connections of the Harlestons would "be treated in detail in
the
following issue of this journal; much of what is in print needs to be
corrected and amplified." AFAIK, however, a follow-up article was never
published.

Dear John,

Many thanks for the line above! The Anne Stapleton/Thomas Hethe line
had long been on my To Do List to try and track down, but I had no
information to go on other than her mention in the will of her father
Sir Brian Stapleton (d. 1438). I'll re-read Paul Reed's article on the
Harlestons. Is there any other source you have on these Hethes that I
can follow-up on? Do you know where they were seated?

By the way, this Anne Hethe, daughter of Cecily Bardolf, Dame Stapleton
is a descendant of Edward I and completely overlooked in Richardson's
PA3, so this is an additional line of royal descent for gateway
immigrant John Harleston of South Carolina (d. 1738).

Thanks and Cheers, ------Brad


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