concerns

Do not confuse this Joan with her 1st cousin once removed Joan de Stainton.

brief biography and family

Joan Stainton, daughter of John Stainton and Joan de Wollay, was the heiress of her father.

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Family

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.

John de Dronsfield and John de Stainton were witness to a deed dated 20 OCT 1359. [3]

Children

1. Sir William Dronsfield, William, born abt 1365, died 1406 while in office as Sheriff of Yorkshire. Married Grace ___ (rumoured to be Gascoigne), no legitimate children. One bastard, Richard Kexborough, dsp. William's coheiresses were his sisters, Agnes Wentworth and Isabel Bosvile (as per the half-blood rule - full sisters before half-brothers).
2. Agnes (Dronsfield) Wentworth[4]
3. Isabel (Dronsfield) Boswell or Bosville

Research Notes

Son Sir William died without legitimate heirs in 1406.

https://stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/szmisc23.php#stainton3

• John Stainton (a 1380) m. Joan de Wollay (dau of Thomas de Wollay by Harissia)
  • i. Joan Stainton m. John Dransfield of West Bretton

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

• 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)
        • (a)+ issue (d young) - Thomas, John
      • (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
    • (B) Richard Dransfield (d 1425?, rector of Kirkheaton)

links

1. https://stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/szmisc23.php#stainton3 (membership required in order to view without interruption)
2. https://stirnet.com/genie/data/british/dd/dransfield1.php#lk1
3. WikiTree contributors, "John Dronsfield (abt.1335-aft.1386)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dronsfield-2 : accessed 12 February 2025). cites
   1. Pedigree of Bosvile, Foster's Pedigrees, Vol. I, part 1
   2. The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 114.
   3. Dransfield, John N. A History of the Parish of Penistone (James H. Wood, Penistone, 1906) p. 20.
   4. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 215-216
   5. Dransfield, John Ness. A History of the Parish of Penistone (James H. Wood, The Don Press, Penistone, 1906) Page 178
   6. Some Local Deeds in the Public Record Office. The deeds are in Latin, and the letter and number attached to each item are those of the catalogue. "C.783 Grant by Richard Oxspryng, of Oxspryng, to Sir William Dronsfeld of Westbretton, knight, and Robert Corffe, of Wakefield, clerk of lands, tenements, etc., in the vills and within the bounds of Oxspryng and Derton. Monday the feast of St Gregrory the Pope, 4 Hen. IV. [ca. 1403] Seal injured."
4. DRONSFIELD, Sir William (d.1406), of West Bretton, Yorks. s. and h. of John Dronsfield (fl. 1386) of West Bretton by his 1st w. Joan. m. by 1403, Grace, prob. da. of Sir William Gascoigne (d.1419), c.j.KB, of Gawthorpe, s.p.; 1s. illegit. Kntd. by Nov. 1401.1