Proper noun
Stapledon (plural Stapledons)
A surname.
1930s Cover to the original edition of C.S. Lewis's first Mars Trilogy novel * Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon (1930) has the Second Men in a far future Earth invaded by the utterly alien Martians, who seek our water and air. Source: Internet
D Penrose King Edward II had decided that an alliance with Flanders would benefit England and sent Bishop Stapledon of Exeter on the Continent as an ambassador. Source: Internet
This is the translation derived from The Register of Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter, 1307–1326, ed. F. C. Hingeston-Randolph (London, 1892), p.169. Source: Internet