The Stansfield family are of Norman descent and the founder of the family was believed to be Wyon Maryons, a follower of William de Warrene , Earl of Surrey, who came to England with William the Conqueror and fought at the battle of Hastings in 1066 which was the start of the occupation of England by the Normans.

Wyon obtained from King William the lordship of Stansfield in the county of Yorkshire which consisted of two churches and scattered dwellings for his help to the king at the battle of Hastings. It appears that he also helped to put down the uprising against the Normans. This uprising was brutally suppressed and a lot of the county of Yorkshire was destroyed and many of the population killed.1824