| Surname | Stainforth |
| First Name(s) | John |
| Date of Rank as Writer | 1817, April 30 |
| Execution of Covenant | 1817, Sept 9 |
| Notification of appointment from the Honorable the Court of Directors | 1817, Oct 29 |
| Arrived in India | 1818, Feb 17 |
| Date 5 | 1819, Feb 5: Assistant to the Magistrate of Rajshahye. |
| Date 6 | 1820, Sept 8: Assistant to the Collector of Mymensing. |
| Date 7 | 1820, Sept 29: Assistant to the Superintendent of the Eastern Salt Chowkies. |
| Date 8 | 1821, April 13: Register and Assistant to the Magistrate of Sylhet. |
| Date 9 | 1821, Aug 17: Acting Judge and Magistrate of Sylhet. |
| Date 10 | 1822, May 23: Officiating Register of Dacca. |
| Date 11 | 1822, Aug 8: Invested with the Powers described in Clause 4, Section 9, Regulation XXIV of 1814. |
| Date 12 | 1822, Dec 6: Officiating Collector of Customs at Dacca. |
| Date 13 | 1823, Feb 6: Officiating Magistrate of Dacca. |
| Date 14 | 1823, Mar 13: Register of the City Court at Dacca. |
| Date 15 | 1824, Dec 30: Officiating Judge and Magistrate of Dacca. |
| Date 16 | 1825, May 27: Officiating Collector of Tipperah. |
| Date 17 | 1826, Jan 26: Proceeded to Europe on Furlough. |
| Date 18 | 1830, Dec 18: Returned to India. |
| Date 19 | 1831, Jan 20: Officiating Judge of Rajshahye. |
| Date 20 | 1831, Mar 22: In Charge of the Joint-Magistracy at Malda. |
| Date 21 | 1831, June 7: Magistrate and Collector of Sylhet. |
| Date 22 | 1836, Feb 26: Magistrate and Collector of Midnapore. |
| Date 23 | 1836, Dec 6: Officiating Civil and Sessions Judge of Backergunge. |
| Date 24 | 1837, Jan 24: Civil and Sessions Judge of Backergunge. |
| Date 25 | 1837, Aug 15: Officiating Special Deputy Collector for investigating Titles to hold Land free from Payment of Revenue in Rajshahye, Dinagepore and Rungpore; and Deputy Collector of Bogoorah and Pubna. |
| Date 26 | 1838, Mar 20: Special Deputy Collector of Bogoorah and Pubna. |
| Date 27 | 1840, Feb 6: Civil and Sessions Judge of Behar. |
| Date 28 | 1840, Mar 13: Sessions Judge for the Trial of Thugs. |
| Date 29 | 1841, Dec 28: Officiating Special Comissioner, under Regulation III of 1828, in Cuttack. |
| Date 30 | 1842, April 20: Member of the Local Committee of Education at Cuttack. |
| Date 31 | 1842, May 30: Special Commissioner, under Regulation III of 1828, at Cuttack. |