Thomas de Staveley

   Another name for Thomas was Thomas Fitz Swain.

  Information about this person:

• Background Information. ¹⁰⁶⁸
In the Cottonian roll the Staveley family is given as descending from Thomas son of Swain son of Dolfin, and then from Thomas to his son Adam de Staveley, whose daughter and heir Alice married Ranulf son of Henry of Ravensworth, the ancestor of the family of Fitzhugh. Evidence given below shows that these statements are correct; and as it has been shown above that Dolfin was a son of Gospatric son of Archil it can be deduced that the Staveley family, as that of Thoresby, descended from Gospatric.

Thomas son of Swain de Staveley gave land in Airton, retaining the lordship of the vill, late twelfth century. Thomas son of Swain and Adam his son witnessed a Threshfield charter, and with Elias son of Swain and Acaris his son an Arncliffe charter, 1182-c. 1200. Adam de Staveley gave to Bolton priory land in Calton; he confirmed to Fountains abbey all lands held of his fee in Ilton, Swinton, and Warthermarske (in Swinton); and was named with other free tenants, including Simon de Hebden, of count Alan at the Domesday survey by Gospatric, a manor having been previously held there by Archil.

~ Early Yorkshire Families, pp. 87-90 taken from The First Staveleys