Wyon Marion, Lord of Stansfield, a descendent of the noble lines of Normandy and Brittany, accompanied Earl Warrene, a companion of William the Conqueror in 1066. He obtained from his royal master, the grant of an extensive township called Stansfield, comprising nearly 7,000 acres, in Yorkshire. Wyon Marion, assuming there from his surname, was the founder of the Stansfield family in England.1825