Family and Education
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.Yorks. Arch. Soc. Rec. Ser. lxix. 60; Test Ebor. i. 344-5; J. Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 242-3; PRO List ‘Sheriffs’, 162.
Offices Held
J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 16 May 1401-Dec. 1406.
Sheriff, Yorks. 8 Nov. 1401–2, 22 Nov. 1405 – d.
Commr. to make arrests, Yorks. July 1403, Dec. 1405; of oyer and terminer, Yorks. (W. Riding) Aug. 1403 (trespasses against the King’s subjects), Lincs. Oct. 1404 (disorder at Wrangle); array, Yorks. (W. Riding) Sept. 1403; inquiry Mar. 1406 (defections to northern rebels).
Collector of a tax, Yorks. (W. Riding) Mar. 1404.
Bailiff of the honour and hundred of Staincross in the duchy of Lancaster, Yorks. by d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: West Bretton, Yorks.
Bransfield, Drausfeld
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Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
DRONSFIELD, Sir William (-d.1406)
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Oxford 1644
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