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Extracts from Diary of Richard Stapley, Gent, of Hickstead Place, in Twineham, from 1682 to 1724; with a Notice of the Stapley Family, by Rev. Edward Turner, published 1849 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 2, article, pp.102-128) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2087] & The Keep [LIB/500221] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Stapley Diary, by Rev. Edward Turner, M.A., published 1866 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 18, article, pp.151-162) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2103] & The Keep [LIB/500237] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Stapley Family, by Dudley Cary Elwes, published 1875 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 26, notes & queries, pp.269-270) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2111] & The Keep [LIB/500244] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Stapleys of Hickstead, by Walter C. Renshaw, published 1905 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 48, notes & queries, p.158) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2133] & The Keep [LIB/500266] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Divorce of Sir William Barentyne, by Frank Ward, published 1927 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 68, notes & queries, pp.279-281) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2153] & The Keep [LIB/500286] & S.A.S. library

Hickstead Place Account Book, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1973 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 2, article, pp.47-48) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A discussion of the importance of sources other than parish registers for learning about the lives of ancestors.  This discussion is primarily about the Lords of Twineham manor and the Stapley family and covers the years 1642 - 1745.

Pedigree of Stapley family of Sussex, by Shirley Stapley, published 1990 (published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504122]

A Regicide Connection?, by Mrs. Shirley Stapley, published June 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 6, article, pp.247-249) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The stories of Anthony Stapley (1590-1655) and his friendship with Oliver Cromwell and his son Sir John Stapley.

The Stapleys - A Sussex Family, by Shirley Stapley, published 1997 (published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504121]

Mediaeval Family history: Fifteenth Century Villains, by Mrs. Shirley Stapley, published September 1998 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 3, article, p.87) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508818] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

On 22 April 1427 John Pocock and Thomas Hony broke into William Stapelegh's close and house at Buxted and stole two silver spoons worth four shillings . . .

Research in Wartime England, by Shirley Stapley, published September 2000 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 3, article, p.86) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of James T. Stapely, a Canadian, posted to Sussex in 1942

A Farming Accident in Sussex, by Shirley Stapley, published September 2000 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 3, article, p.111) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The early death of John Stapley in 1615

Stapley gathering in Sussex, by Shirley Stapley, published December 2004 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 4, article, pp.158-159) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508837] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of an unnamed soldier, by Alan Hayward, published December 2004 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 4, article, pp.182-183) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508837] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The search for Ted Stapley who was killed in WWI

Dame Anne Bromley Stapley, by Shirley Stapley, published September 2005 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 7, article, pp.312-313) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508840] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Dame Anne Bromley Stapley (1859-1890), formerly Blessley née Guy, daughter of Thomas Guy and Charlotte née Terry, married first George Blessley in 1885 and then married Sir Harry Stapley in 1888.

A Stapley history: George Maitland Stapley (1853-1929) and Lucy Jane née Strangwayes (1861-1941): their ancestors, brothers and sisters and descendant, by D. J. Stapley, published 2006 (122 pp., Rotherham: John Brailsford Print) accessible at: British Library

The fake baronet, by Shirley Stapley, published March 2009 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 5, article, pp.264-268) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508972] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

This is the story of three brothers and a cousin all born in Sussex who each led very different lives.