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Wasteney

The name of Wasteneys, or Gasteneys, is found among the list of Normans of distinction, who came over with the Conqueror, and was probably derived from Le Gastinois - a province of France

The first record of this name is Sir Philip de Gaslencys, who married Amphelis, daughter and coheiress of Robert, son of Hardulph, by Diva, daughter and heir of Robert, son of Walter de Morley. In 1166 William de Wasteneys is stated to hold two knights fees, and Galfridus, or Jeffrey, one and a half knights fees, in the barony of Stafford. This William was son of Sir Philip, and it is probable that Jeffrey was his younger brother, and that the elder held lands in Colton, and the younger in Tixall.

Sir Hardolph Wastneys, Knight, descendant of this Sir William, resided at Headon in Notts, and was made a baronet. His great grandson Sir Hardolph, fourth baronet, died about the year 1760, and was the last of the name. Rose de Wasteneys, who sold Tixall to Sir Thomas Littleton, was descended from Paganus de Wasteneys, son of Jeffrey, and probably grandson of Sir Philip above-mentioned.

Yorkshire Inquisitions

Writ to the Escheator, dated at Westminster, 16 Feb.1419-20.
Inquisition taken at Doncaster, St. Mark's day, 1420, before Alverey Manston, Escheator, by the oath of Robert de Waddesley, esq., William Clarell of Madhow, Thomas Ripars of Loversale, Thomas Mountford of Kilnhurst, Thomas Worteley of Hardwick, Richard Pykburne of Pykburne,Harlington, John Cressy of Melton, John de Byrley of Rotherham, John Shepeshanke of Adwick, William Wade of Gilthwaite, Richard Inkershill of the same, and John Dobbeson of Rotherham.
William Wastenes died seised of the manor of Todwick with its members and appurtenances in Todwick, Aughton, Treeton, Ulley, Wales, Waleswood, Brampton-en-le-Morthen and Hardwick with the advowson of the church of Todwick and of a chantry therein; all held of John Talbot, Lord Furnival, and Maud his wife, in her right, by the service of two knights' fees, as of their manor of Whiston, and by suit at the court of the said manor every three weeks; they are worth yearly 26 marks clear.
William died on Saturday after the Conversion of St. Paul last. John, his son and heir, is aged 15 years and more.

 

Hardolph Wasteneys, married Jane, youngest daughter of Gervase Eyre of Newbold and Kiveton. Children:

Child of John Wasteneys of Todwick:

Children of Edmund Wasteneys and Catherine:

Todwick was in the patronage of the Wasteneys of Headon for many generations.

John Wasteney (1677-1714) m. 1697 Norton Mary Fretwell, 1676, dau. James & Mary(Nee Beard). Children born Maltby:

Children of William (1703-1746) and Elisabeth (Nee WRIGGLESWORTH) born Maltby:

Children of William WASTENEY,and Grace, born Maltby:

William Wasteneys of Lambcote Grange married Mary Mirfyn about 1777. Family:

 

Sarah Wasteneys m. GEORGE HILL 02 DEC 1755 Braithwell

Ann Wasteneys m. GEORGE LAWSON 17 NOV 1789 Braithwell

William Wasteneys m. MARGARET JUBB 01 AUG 1799 Braithwell

Margaret Wasteneys of Braithwell married 20 FEB 1800 at Braithwell to William Tofield (1766-1842), a merchant of Wath-on-Dearne, and son of Thomas Tofield of Wilsic (1730-1779) English botanist.

Frances Wasteneys was married 1806 to to Charles Savile of Rotherham, liquor merch

Jane Wasteneys m. Francis Tofield (b.1809) son of William Tofield and Elizabeth Machen.

Elizabeth Wasteneys was married 1811 to Richard Woodhead of Rotherham, starch mfr

Archives document from 1791: William Wasteneys, late of Conisborough, now of Lambcote Grange, par. Stainton, co. Yorks., gent., and his wife, Mary Mirfin, only child and heiress under the will of Joseph Purslove, late of Silkstone, co. Yorks., clerk, decd., with Mary Purslove, of Lambcote Grange, spinster, and Edward Bower, of Doncaster, surgeon and apothecary, to John Ledger, of Doncaster, gent., and Nicholas Tilburn of the same, maltster. Close of arable, meadow or pasture called Goose Close in Bentley, comprising 5a. 1r. 14p.; a similar close enclosed by Act of Parliament from the commons and waste and comprising 9a. 3r. 30p., from which Mary Purslove received an annuity of £5.00 under the will of her late brother, Joseph Purslove, of 20th April 1778. To the use of Ledger and his heirs. For £90. Source: Sheffield Archives: Cooke of Wheatley Muniments.Reference: CWM/969-970

Wasteneys of Ulley & Brampton-en-le-Morthen

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