Venn: as STAINFORTH: Matric. sizar from St John's, Michs. 1585; B.A. 1589-90; M.A. 1593. Ord. priest (Peterb.) June 2, 1597. V. of Owston, Vorks., 1598-1604. R. of Bredsall, Derbs., 1604-31. Father of Jonathan (1645) and Timothy (1648).