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Matthew Wentworth, Esq.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bretton, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: November 12, 1505 (35-44)
West Bretton, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of Richard Wentworth, II and Isabel Wentworth
Husband of Elizabeth Wentworth
Father of Anne Wentworth; Elizabeth Woodruffe; Beatrice Kaye; Margaret Burton; Sir Thomas Wentworth, of Bretton and 1 other
Brother of Thomas Wentworth; William Wentworth; John Wentworth; Robert Wentworth; Amery Wentworth and 3 others

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About Matthew Wentworth, Esq.

  • Matthew Wentworth, Esq.1
  • M, b. circa 1465
  • Father Richard Wentworth, Esq.1 b. c 1440
  • Mother Isabel FitzWilliam1 b. c 1443, d. a 10 Aug 1490
  • Matthew Wentworth, Esq. was born circa 1465 at of West Bretton, Yorkshire, England.1 He married Elizabeth Woodruff, daughter of Sir Richard Woodruffe and Jane Wortley, circa 1490; They had 2 sons (Thomas & Thomas) and 4 daughters (Elizabeth, Beatrice, Anne, & Mary).1 Matthew Wentworth, Esq. left a will on 10 November 1505.1 His estate was probated on 10 January 1506.1
  • Family Elizabeth Woodruff b. c 1468, d. a 10 Jan 1506
  • Child
    • Beatrice Wentworth+1 b. c 1496, d. b 30 Sep 1564
  • Citations
  • 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 635.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p3012.htm#... _________________
  • Matthew WENTWORTH of Bretton
  • Born: ABT 1440, Bretton, Yorkshire, England
  • Died: ABT 1505, West Bretton, Yorkshire, England
  • Father: Richard WENTWORTH
  • Mother: Isabel FITZWILLIAM
  • Married: Elizabeth WOODROOF
  • Children:
    • 1. Beatrice WENTWORTH
    • 2. Thomas WENTWORTH
    • 3. Elizabeth WENTWORTH
    • 4. Margaret WENTWORTH
    • 5. Anne WENTWORTH
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WENTWORTH.htm#Matthew WENTWORTH of Bretton1 _________________
  • The Wentworth genealogy, comprising the origin of the name, the family in England, and a particular account of Elder William Wentworth, the emigrant, and of his descendants (1870)
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n113/mo...
  • CH: THOMAS, DAUS.
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n180/mo...
  • 4. Richard, who married Matilda (or Maude), Countess of Cambridge, and became ancestor of the Wentworths of Bretton,* in Yorkshire, among whom was a line of Baronets, the last of whom died in 1792.
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n182/mo...
  • *Richard Wentworth was of Everton, Co. Notts. His will was dated 20 December, 1447. His wife was relict of Richard, Earl of Cambridge (who was beheaded), son of Edward of Langley, Duke of York. She was daughter of Lord Clifford. By her he had issue as follows:
  • The line was continued by
    • (15) Richard Wentworth, Esq., of Bretton, whose will is dated 13 October, 1488. He married Isabel, eldest daughter of Sir William Fitzwilliams, Kt., of Sprotborough, Co. York, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Chaworth, of Wiverton, Co. Notts, Kt., and had issue as follows:
      • 1. Matthew, of whom hereafter.
      • 2. William, living 28 October, 1497.
      • 3. John.
      • 4. Robert, living 28 October, 1497.
      • 5. Amer.
      • 6. Thomas.
      • 7. Cecilia, }
      • 8. Grace, } one of these married - Usher, of Fetherstone, and another Nicholas Burdett, of Denby.
      • 9. Alice, }
      • The line was continued by
      • (16) Matthew Wentworth, Esq., eldest son and heir, whose will is dated 10 November, 1505. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Woodrove, of Woolley, Co. York, Kt., and had issue as follows:
        • 1. Sir Thomas Wentworth, of Bretton, Knight Martial in the time of Henry VIII. He was eldest son and heir, but died without issue, having married Isabel, daughter of Thomas Wentworth, Esq., of Elmsall (probably XVI., on p. 24). Their marriage settlement is dated 1 August, 1508.
        • 2. Thomas, second of that name (as was not uncommon is those days, of whom hereafter.
        • 3. Beatrice, who married 1st, Arthur Kay, of Woodsom, Esq., and 2dly, William Arthrington, of Castley, Esq.
        • 4. Anne, who married -- Brackensby (? Brocklesby), of Lincoln.
        • 5. Mary, who married John Buxton, of Kimersley.
        • The line was continued by the second son _____________________
  • Heraldic visitation of the northern counties in 1530 By Thomas Tonge, William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=swQVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=J...
  • Pg. 85
  • THIS YS THE PETIGRE OF SIR THOMAS WENTWORTH OF WEST BRETTON, KNYGHT.
  • ARMS. "Syr Thomas Wentworth." Quarterly.
  • I. IV. - Sable, between three leopards' heads a chevron or, charged with a mullet gules.
  • II. III. - Paly of six, argent and sable, on a bend gules three mullets or.
  • IMPALEMENT. Sable, between three leopards' heads a chevron or, charged with a crescent gules.
  • RICHARD WENTWORTH1 maried Isabell, doughter of Syr William Fytz Willyam of Sprodbrough: and by her had yssue, 'Mathew, son and heyre; John, ijde son; Willyam, iijde son; Robert, iiijth son; Amor, vte son.
    • MATHEW, son of Richard, maried Elisabeth, doughter to Syr Richard Wodroff: and by her had yssue, Thomas, son and heyre; Thomas, ijde son; Elisabeth; Margaret; and Beatrix.
      • SYR THOMAS WENTWORTH, son and heyre of Mathew, maried Isabell, daughter of Thomas Wentworth of Elmyshall.2
  • 2. Impalement. There was no issue from the match, and the representation passed to the brother, another Thomas. __________________________
  • Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions, Parts 5-7 By Sir William Dugdale
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=FqJCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq...
  • Pg. 127 _________
  • The visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 (1881)
  • http://www.archive.org/details/visitationofyork00flow
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationofyork00flow#page/339/mode/...
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationofyork00flow#page/340/mode/...
    • CHART - Wentworth of Bretton. ______
  • Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire (1874) Vol. 2
  • http://www.archive.org/details/pedigreesofcount02fost
    • CHART
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n264/mode...
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n266/mode...
  • SEE DOCUMENTS OR SOURCES ______________
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Matthew Wentworth, Esq.'s Timeline

1465
1465
Bretton, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
1470
1470
1470
1494
1494
Bretton, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
1505
November 12, 1505
Age 40
West Bretton, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
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England (Date of Birth Unknown)
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