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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 - (Wastinium or Vastinium Lat.) 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 the record, called the 'Black Book of the Exchequer', containing a list of knights fees, an which an aid was levied for the marriage of Matilda, daughter of Henry II. 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.
Hardolph Wasteneys, married Jane, youngest daughter of Gervase Eyre of Newbold and Kiveton. Children:
- Hardolph Wasteneys(c.1612-1673) , 2nd Baronet, Steward of East Retford, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire 1653, m Anne, dau. of Sir Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole, Cambs
- John Wasteneys (d 1663) of Todwick, Rotherham
Child of John Wasteneys of Todwick:
- Edmund Wasteneys (d 1679), 3rd Baronet , m Catherine, daughter and co-heir of Colonel William Sandys of Askham, Yorkshire
Children of Edmund Wasteneys and Catherine:
- Hardolph Wasteneys (1675-1742), 4th Baronet , M.P. for East Retford 1706, m in 1699 Judith (d 1727), daughter of Richard Johnson of Bilsby, Lincs
- Catherine Wasteneys (b 1676), m Edward Hutchinson, son of Samuel Hutchinson of Boston, Lincs
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:
- John (1698-1723)
- William (1703-1746) m. 1729 Maltby to Elizabeth Wrigglesworth b.1706
- Sarah (1705-1712)
- Elizabeth (1707-1738)m. 1730 John Johnson of Maltby
- Ann b.1710 m.1738 James Wood of Campsall
- b.1730 Elizabeth
- b.1731 Mary
- b.1733 Margaret
- b.1734 Sarah
- (1737-1741) Ann
- b.1739 Margaret
- b.1742 William m.1771 at Maltby to Grace Marshall b.1750
- (1745-1746) Alice
- b.1747 Jane
- (1772-1791) Rebecca
- b.1774 William
- William of Conisbrough m. Sarah Duckle
- Mary d.1833/4 m. Thomas Toone of Lambcote Grange. Children William Wasteneys Toone; Mary
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:
Frances Wasteneys was married 1806 to to Charles Savile of Rotherham, liquor merch
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
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