| Stapleton baronets | |
| Creation Date: | 1662[1] |
| Status: | extinct |
| Extinction Date: | 1707 |
| Arms: | Argent, a lion rampant sable |
The Stapleton baronetcy, of Carlton, Yorkshire, was created on 20 March 1661/2 Old Style for Miles Stapleton (1626–1707), the son of Gilbert Stapleton of Carlton.
Miles Stapleton or Stapylton was the nephew of the writer Robert Stapylton.[2]
The Stapletons were recusants. Stapleton was tried in Yorkshire at the time of the Popish Plot fabrication, and acquitted by the jury.[3]
He was heir in his issue to the ancient title Baron Beaumont, in abeyance from the death of William Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont, 7th Baron Beaumont (bef. 1441–1507). Carlton had been a possession of the Stapletons since about 1300. The 1st Baronet was descended from Sir Bryan Stapleton (c.1322–1394).[4]
He married twice but died without issue, when the baronetcy became extinct.[1]
His heir was his nephew Nicholas Errington (d.1716) of Ponteland, Northumberland, who adopted the surname and arms of Stapleton.[4] The Stapleton residence, Carlton Hall (now Carlton Towers) was improved in the 18th century by Thomas Atkinson. It became the seat of Miles Stapleton, 8th Baron Beaumont.[5] [6]