William Stapleton (c. 1390 – 1457) was a member of the English gentry who held several official offices in his native county of Cumberland.
[1] He was stylised as Lord of Edenhall.
[2] and a retainer of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.
[3] He died in October 1457; his Inquisition post mortem records that at this time there had been an incursion into the north of the county with much damage done.
[4] His eldest daughter Mary married William de Hilton.