Origins

John Dransfield, son of John Dransfield and Agnes Thornhill, was probably born at of West Bretton, Yorkshire, England. Also called John de Dronsfield, he was alive in 1386. He married 1st Joan (said to be Stainton), 2nd Isabel ___, and had William, Agnes, Isabel by 1st wife, and Richard, Thomas by 2nd wife.

https://stirnet.com/genie/data/british/dd/dransfield1.php#lk1

• i. Thomas de Dransfield of Bretton (d 10.1315) m. Joan
  • a. John Dransfield of West Bretton (d 1344) m. (06.1318) Agnes Thornhill (a 1356, dau of John de Thornhill)
    • (1) John Dransfield of West Bretton (d 1359?)m. Elizabeth (a 1371)
      • (A) John Dransfield of West Bretton (d 1418?) m. Joan Stainton (dau/heir of John de Stainton of Woolley Moorhouse)
        • (i) Sir William Dransfield of West Bretton, Sheriff of Yorkshire (d(vp) 1406) m. Grace Gascoigne (dau of Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe)
        • (ii) Agnes Dransfield (d 03.10.1430) m. (20.01.1407) John Wentworth of North Elmsall (d 15.10.1425)
        • (iii) Isabell Dransfield (a 1455) sb daughter rather than sister of Sir William? m1. John Bosville of Ardsley (d 1441) m2. (1454) Henry Langton

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https://stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ww/wentworth03.php#top

• 1. John Wentworth of Elmsall m. Alice Bisset (dau of John or Roger Bisset)
  • A. John Wentworth of North Elmsall (a 1413), d 15.10.1425 m. (1407) Agnes Dronsfield (dau (sb sister?) of Sir William Dronsfield of West Bretton) (Visitation shows the following John as father rather than brother of Roger of Nettlestead and Richard of West Bretton. It identifies Roger as the eldest son, Richard as the 2nd, and John (who married Miss Calverley) as the 3rd. We follow BEB1844 because the generations are consistent with the report in TCP of the ancestry of the 1st Lord Wentworth.)
    • i. John Wentworth of North Elmsall (d 11.06.1461)m. Elizabeth Beaumont (dau of Richard Beaumont of Whitley)
    • ii. Roger Wentworth of Nettlestead or Nettlested (d 21/4.10.1452) m. Margery le Despenser (d 20.04.1478, dau of Philip le Despenser of Nettlestead and Goxhill, 2nd Lord) (TCP reports that, according to modern doctrine, Margery may be viewed as 'Baroness le Despenser' and her successors as de jure Lords Le Despenser. The title was not recognised during their lifetimes.)
    • iii. Thomas Wentworth of Doncaster (a 1448)
    • iv. Richard Wentworth of West Bretton (a c1440) m. Maud Clifford (dau of Thomas (sb John??), Lord Clifford)

links

• https://stirnet.com/genie/data/british/dd/dransfield1.php#lk2 (membership required in order to view without interruption)

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• The Wentworth genealogy, comprising the origin of the name, the family in England, and a particular account of Elder William Wentworth, the emigrant, and of his descendants (1870)
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n93/mod...
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/10/mode...
• XI. Sir William Wentworth, of Wentworth-Woodhouse, who married Isabel, daughter and co-heir of William Pollington, Esq., of Pollington, in Yorkshire, (son and heir of Sir Thomas Pollington, Kt.), by whom he had also two sons, viz;--
  • 1. William, and
  • 2. John, of whom hereafter. The eldest son William was afterwards knighted, and continued the direct line of the famly of Wentworth-Woodhouse.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n170/mo...
  • XII. John Wentworth, Esq., of North Elmsall, in Yorkshire, who inherited that estate from his uncle John, and which is at no great distance from Wentworth-Woodhouse, being in the parish of South Kirkby, about nine miles from Doncaster. He married Joan, daughter of Richard le Tyas, of Burghwallis, in Yorkshire, and was succeeded by his only son--
    • XIII. John Wentworth, Esq., of North Elmsall, who married Agnes, sister and co-heir of Sir William Dronsfield, of West Bretton, in Yorkshire, and living in 1413. He had four sons, viz:
      • 1. John, of whom hereafter.
      • 2. Sir Roger Wentworth, who married Margery, relict of John Lord de Roos (who died without issue, 22 March, 1421-2). She was daughter and heir of Philip le Despencer, of Nettlestead,* County Suffolk, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Tiptoft, of Nettlestead, and relict of William Scrope, Earl of Wiltshire. Sir Roger settled at Nettlestead, and died before his wife. Lady Margery died 20 April 1478. Her Will was dated 30 August, 1477, and proved 28 May 1478. He was settled at Nettlestead, and became ancestor of the Barons Wentworth of Nettlestead and the Earl of Cleveland. His direct line terminated in Lady Anne Wentworth, who married John, Lord Lovelace. He was also the ancestor of the Wentworths of Gosfield, in the county of Essex, members of which family were scattered over the kingdom, especially in the counties of Bucks, Oxford, and Dorset. From Lady Anne Wentworth, who married John, Lord Lovelace, was descended Anna Isabel (born 1794, and died 16 May, 1860), daughter and heir of Sir Ralph Milbanke and grand daughter of Sir Edward Noel, Baronet, Lord Wentworth. She married, in 1815, the celebrated poet, Lord Byron, whose name was George Gordon, and left an only child, Ada, who married Earl Lovelace, and died, in 1852, leaving children.
      • 3. Thomas, who settled at Doncaster, and died about 1450.
      • 4. Richard, who married Matilda (or Maude), Countess of Cambridge, and became ancestor of the Wentworths of Bretton,* in Yorkshire, among whom was a line of Baronets, the last of whom died in 1792.
      • The direct line was continued by the eldest son--
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• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WENTWORTH.htm
• John WENTWORTH of North Elmsall (Esq.)
• Born: ABT 1345 / 1369, North Elmsall, York, England
• Died: 15 Oct 1425
• Father: John WENTWORTH (Esq.)
• Mother: Jane (Joan) TYAS
• Married: Agnes DRONSFIELD (b. ABT 1373) (dau. of William Dronsfield) ABT 1368 / 20 Jan 1407
• Children:
  • 1. John WENTWORTH of North Elmsall
  • 2. Richard WENTWORTH of Bretton
  • ¿3. Mary WENTWORTH?
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• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p425.htm#i...
• Agnes Dornsfield1
• F
• Father William Dornfield
• Agnes Dornsfield married John Wentworth, Esq., son of John Wentworth, Esq. and Joan de Tyas. Agnes Dornsfield Had a brother, Sir William Dornsfield of West Bretton, Yorkshire. She was born at of West Bretton, Yorkshire, England.
• Family John Wentworth, Esq. d. a 1413
• Children
• ◦Roger Wentworth, Esq.+ d. 24 Oct 1452
• ◦John Wentworth, Esq.+
• ◦Sir Roger Wentworth d. 21 Oct 1452
• ◦Thomas Wentworth
• ◦Richard Wentworth, Esq.+ b. c 1410
• Citations
• 1.[S3546] Unknown author, The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 85.
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• The Wentworth genealogy By John Wentworth
• John13 Wentworth, Esq., of North Elmsall, who married Agnes, sister and coheir of Sir William Dronsfield, of West Bretton, in Yorkshire, and was living in 1413. He had four sons, viz. —
• 1. John14, of whom hereafter.
• 2. Roger14, of whom hereafter.
• 3. Thomas14, who settled at Doncaster, and whose Will is dated 9 March 1449-50.
• 4. Richard14, of Bretton, of whom hereafter.
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• Agnes Dronsfield was born circa 1350 at West Bretton, Yorkshire, England.

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References

1. WikiTree contributors, "Agnes (Dronsfield) Wentworth (abt.1373-1437)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dronsfield-1 : accessed 12 February 2025). cites
   1. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 215-216
   2. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 234-235.
   3. Marlyn_Lewis https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p425.htm#...