Genealogy
Rossington
The descent of the Manor of Dronfield can be traced through the families of Barley, Seliock, Blyth, Burton, Rossington, Rotheram and Cecil.
Clement Rossington of Dronfield was born about 1674 in Dronfield, Derbyshire. He married Sarah Burton, daughter of Francis Burton(d.1687) . They had a son, Clement Rossington of Dronfield, who was Lord of the Manor of Dronfield
Date 4 Mar 1722: Clement Rossington of Dronfield, son and heir apparent and executor of the will of Elizabeth Rossington (possibly nee Farewell) late of Tideswell, widow.
A Clement Rossington m Married Mrs.Elizabeth Hydes on 28th February,1742 at Chesterfield. They had a daughter SARAH, Christening: 1st October,1745 at Dronfield, Derby
Will of Clement Rossington of Dronfield, Derbyshire, gentleman:
Creation dates: 10 Jun 1749. He bequeaths his real and personal estate to trustees. On trust for sale, (after paying £30 to his wife, Elizabeth Ulley) to buy property for £1,000 and settle it on his wife for her life with remainder to their issue in tail male; and on certain other trusts to make further provision for his wife and the younger children and to pay legacies to his brother and sisters. The trustees to be executors.
The above Dronfield estate of Clement Rossington. Was sold on 25 June, 1755
Will of Clement Rossington
Date: 2 Jan 1737 and 16-17 Mar 1739
Clement Rossington of Dronfield, gentleman (son and heir of the late Clement Rossington and Sarah nee Burton, his wife, deceased)
Frances Burton of the same, spinster
Alexander Taylor of Buxton, Derbyshire, gentleman, son-in-law of Clement Rossington
All executors of Clement Rossington, deceased, to John Gisborne of Staveley, Derbyshire, clerk. The manor of Dronfield including the capital messuage, named closes and various messuages (tenants named) in Dronfield. For £1,000.
NB A Clement Rosington of Anston, Yorks, was born in 1645. It is recorded that he e married Elizabeth Puttrell on 2nd May 1666 at the Church of St Mark Lincoln, Lincoln, England.