« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 02 May 23 19:51 BST (UK) »
Thank you to everyone who has made suggestions. I have been working my way through the links provided that were new to me.
I don't have access to Derbyshire Hearth Tax Returns, but there is no Richard Bonsall listed in the 1661 Derbyshire Free and Voluntary Present.
The Rootsweb Richard Bonsall info is mostly rubbish.
The Richard Bonsall bpt 1641 Hartington son of Joseph may well be my man, but Joseph is deceased a couple of years later and I have found no other info to confirm one way or the other.
I have checked everything I can think of on Ancestry and NA for Hartington and Alstonefield.
The will of Roger Bonsall 1559 is of interest but I don't have a Find My Past sub.
Richard Bonsall's descendants have extremely unusual YDNA ie PF2431 (north African origin) as do Millwards from a similar area of Derbys/Staffs. Looking for more people who are willing to test!
Thank you again for taking the time and trouble to help.
Derbys: Ward, Hopkinson, Bradley, Birds, Clarke, Taylor, Daykin, Gent, Vardy, Cotterill, Stocks, Godber, Dronfield, Charlesworth, Bonsall, Purseglove
Notts: Clarke, Freeman, Kitchen, Allcock, Housley, Swanwick, Berrisford, Farnsworth, Antcliffe
Staffs: Nutt, Bowring
Yorks: Holling, Fish, Kay, Hardy
Lincs: Plummer, Broughton, Wellbourne