Sir William Wentworth III

• William Wentworth
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• Father William Wentworth
• Mother Dionysia de Rotherfield
• William Wentworth was born at of Wentworth-Woodhouse, Yorkshire, England. He married Isabel Pollington, daughter of William Pollington, Esq..
• Family Isabel Pollington
• Children
  • John Wentworth, Esq.+ d. a 1314
  • William Wentworth+
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p425.htm#i... ____________
• William WENTWORTH
• Born: BEF 1295, North Elmsall, York, England
• Father: William De WENTWORTH
• Mother: Dionysia De ROTHERFIELD
• Married: Isabella POLLINGTON
• Children:
  • 1. William WENTWORTH (Sir)
  • 2. John WENTWORTH
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WENTWORTH.htm#William WENTWORTH1 ___________________
• Name William Wentworth [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
• Born Abt 1289 of, Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, England
• Died 1308 [2]
• Father William Wentworth, b. Abt 1265, d. 1295 (Age ~ 30 years)
• Mother Dionisia Rotherfield, b. Abt 1270
• Family Isabella Pollington
• Children
  • 1. Sir William Wentworth, b. Abt 1305, of, Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, England
  • 2. John Wentworth, b. Abt 1308, of, Elmsall, Yorkshire, England
• Sources
• [S88] #542 Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire (1874), Foster, Joseph, (2 volumes in 12. London: W. Wilfred Head, 1874), FHL book Q 942.74 D2f; FHL microfilm 924,024., vol. 1 pt. 4 Pedigree of Wentworth of Woodhouse.
• [S29] #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 items 6-9., vol. 3 p. 823.
• [S35] #240 Collins's Peerage of England, Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, Greatly Augmented, and Continued to the Present Time (1812), Brydges, Sir Egerton,, (9 volumes. London: [T. Bensley], 1812), FHL book 942 D22be., vol. 6 p. 200.
• [S151] #1732 The Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634: to Which Are Added Miscellaneous Essex Pedigrees from Various Harleian Manuscripts, and an Appendix... (1870), Metcalfe, Walter C. (Walter Charles), (Publications of the Harleian Society: Visitations, volumes 13-14. 2 volumes. London: [Harleian Society], 1870), FHL book 942 B4h volumes 13-14; FHL microfilm162,049 items 1-2., vol. 13 p. 124, 313.
• [S882] The Wentworth genealogy : English and American, Wentworth, John, (Boston, Massachusetts : Little, Brown and Co., 1878), 929.273 W488w., vol. 1 p. xv.
• [S151] #1732 The Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634: to Which Are Added Miscellaneous Essex Pedigrees from Various Harleian Manuscripts, and an Appendix... (1870), Metcalfe, Walter C. (Walter Charles), (Publications of the Harleian Society: Visitations, volumes 13-14. 2 volumes. London: [Harleian Society], 1870), FHL book 942 B4h volumes 13-14; FHL microfilm162,049 items 1-2., vol. 14 p. 616.
• From: https://histfam.familysearch.org//getperson.php?personID=I48036&tre... ________________________
• The Wentworth genealogy By John Wentworth
• William11 Wentworth, of Wentworth-Woodhouse, who married Isabel, daughter and coheir of William Pollington, Esq., of Pollington, in Yorkshire (son and heir of Sir Thomas Pollington. Kt.), by whom he had also two sons, viz.—
  • 1. William12, who was afterwards knighted, and continued the direct line of the family of Wentworth-Woodhouse.
  • 2. John13, of whom hereafter.
• William Wentworth (son of William Wentworth and Dionysia de Rotherfield) died date unknown in of Wentworth-Woodhouse. He married Isabel Pollington, daughter of William Pollington.
• Children of William Wentworth and Isabel Pollington are:
• +John Wentworth, b., North Elmsall, d. date unknown. ____________________
• The Wentworth genealogy: English and American, Volume 1 By John Wentworth
• http://books.google.com/books?id=KR8aAAAAIAAJ&printsec=toc#v=onepag...
• Pg. 8
• X. William10 Wentworth, of Wentworth-Woodhouse, who was married, first, in 1288 to Dionysia, daughter of Peter de Rotherfield, by whom he had only two sons, viz.—
  • 1. WILLIAM11, of whom hereafter, and
  • 2. John11, who married Alice, daughter and heir of John Bissett, Esq., of North Elmsall, in Yorkshire, and thus acquired that important estate, He died, however, without at least surviving issue, and bequeathed that estate to his nephew John12, the younger son of his elder brother William11, of whom hereafter.
• Their mother Dionysia died shortly after the birth of her younger son John11, and their father William10 married, secondly, Lucy, daughter of Sir Adam Newmarch, but had no issue by her; and himself died in 1295, in the lifetime of his father and only seven years after his first marriage. On his father's death, in 1308-9, the family estate reverted to his eldest son
• XI. WILLIAM WENTWORTH11, of Wentworth-Woodhouse,
• Pg.9
• who married ISABEL, daughter and coheir of William Pollington, Esq., of Pollington, in Yorkshire (son and heir of Sir Thomas Pollington, Kt.) by whom he had also two sons, viz.—
  • 1. William, who was afterwards knighted, and continued the direct line of the family of Wentworth-Woodhouse.
  • 2. John12, of hereafter. see pg.26
• .... etc.
• (12) Sir William Wentworth married Isabel, daughter and heir of Robert Hooton, Esq., of Hooton-Roberts, in Yorkshire, by Lucy, daughter and coheir of Sir Edward Skelton, and had Issue:—
• .... etc.
• Pg.26
• We return now to the second son of William11 Wentworth and Isabel (Pollington), from whom the Wentworths of the United States of America are descended, viz. —
• XII. JOHN12 WENTWORTH, Esq., of North Elmsall, in Yorkshire, who inherited that estate from his uncle John, and which is at no great distance from Wentworth-Woodhouse, being in the parish of South Kirkby, about nine miles from Doncaster. He married JOAN, daughter of Richard le Tyas, of Burghwallis, in Yorkshire, and was succeeded by his only son
• .... etc. ______________________
• 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)
• https://archive.org/details/wentworthgenealo01inwent
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n93/mod...
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n158/mo...
• IX. William Wentworth, of Wentworth-Woodhouse, who married Beatrice, daughter of Gilbert Thakel, of Yorkshire, and died 2 Edward II., 1308-9, having had issue, two sons, viz: —
  • 1. William, of whom hereafter, and
  • 2. Richard, who bacame a Prebendary of St. Paul's, and in 1338 was elevated the Bishopric of London, and in the same year, being in the reign of Edward III., was made High Chancellor of England. This is the first recorded instance of the official dignities what were afterwards common enough in the family. So far as the State was concerned, his position was second only to that of the King himself; and the Bishopric of London, at that time holding even higher rank that it does now, was exceeded only by the Archbishoprics of Canterbury and York. Bishop and Chancellor Wentworth did not, however, long enjoy his dignities, as he died in 1339, the year secceeding his elevation. The line was continued through his elder brother —
• X. William Wentworth, of Wentworth-Woodhouse, who was
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/10/mode...
• married, first, in 1288, to Dionysia, daughter of Peter de Rotherfield, by whom he had only two sons, viz:—
  • 1. William, of whom hereafter, and
  • 2. John, who married Alice, daughter of heir of John Bissett, Esq., of North Elmsall, in Yorkshire, and thus acquired that important estate. He died, however, without at least surviving issue, and bequeathed that estate to his nephew John, the younger son of his elder brother William of whom hereafter. Their mother Dionysia died shortly after the birth of her younger son John, and their father William married, secondly, Lucy daugher of Sir Adam Newmarch, but had no issue by her; and himself died in 1295, in the lifetime of his father, and only seven years after his first marriage. On his father's death, in 1308-9, the family estate, reverted to his eldest son—
• XI. Sir William Wentworth, of Wentworth-Woodhouse, who married Isabel, daughter and co-heir of William Pollington, Esq., of Pollington, in Yorkshire, (son and heir of Sir Thomas Pollington, Kt.), by whom he had also two sons, viz;—
  • 1. William, and
  • 2. John, of whom hereafter. The eldest son William was afterwards knighted, and continued the direct line of the famly of Wentworth-Woodhouse.
• .... etc.
• (12) Sir William Wentworth married Isabel, daughter and heir of Robert Hooton, Esq., of Hooton-Roberts, in Yorkshire, by Lucy, daughter and co-heir of Sir Edward Skelton, and had issue:—
• .... etc.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n170/mo...
• We return now to the second son of William Wentworth and Isabel Pollington, from whom the Wentworths of the United States of America are descended, viz:
• XII. JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq., of North Elmsall, in Yorkshire, who inherited that estate from his uncle John, and which is at no great distance from Wentworth-Woodhouse, being in the parish of South Kirkby, about nine miles from Doncaster. He married Joan, daughter of Richard le Tyas, of Burghwallis, in Yorkshire, and was succeeded by his only son
• .... etc. ____________________
• A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and ... By John Burke
• http://books.google.com/books?id=aB0IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA564&lpg=PA564&dq...
• Pg.563
• WILLIAM DE WENTWORTH, of Wentworth-Woodhouse, who m. Beatrix, daughter of Gilbert Thakel, and had two sons,
  • WILLIAM, his successor.
  • RICHARD, Bishop of London, and CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND, in 1338.
• The elder son,
  • WILLIAM DE WENTWORTH, m. Dyonisia, daughter of Peter de Rotherfield, and had two sons,
    • WILLIAM, his successor.
    • John, m. ___, daughter and heir of ___ Elmsall, of Elmsall, in Yorkshire, by whom he acquired that estate, and dying s.p. left it to his nephew JOHN.
  • The elder son,
    • WILLIAM DE WENTWORTH, succeeded his father in 1295, and m. Isabel, daughter and co-heir of William Pollington, of Pollington, in the county of York, and had issue,
      • WILLIAM (Sir), his heir.
      • John, who inherited EMSALL, from his uncle, and marrying Joan, daughter of Richard de Teys, of Burgh-Walleys, in Yorkshire, was patriarch of the Barons and Viscounts Went-
      • Pg. 564
      • worth; the Knightly family, seated at Bretton, with divers other branches.
    • William de Wentworth was s. by his elder son,
      • SIR WILLIAM WENTWORTH, who m. Isabel (or Lucy), daughter and heir of Robert Hooten, of Hooten-Roberts, in Yorkshire, and was s. by his 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. 75
• 3. William de Wentworth, living 2 Edw. II., married Isabella, daughter and co-heiress of Wm. de Pollington (Quarter III.), and their son William maried Isabella, daughter and coheiress of Walter de Tinsley. The crest was a griphon argent; and Thomas Wentworth, who married Margaret, the heiress of Gascoigne, and died in 1587, bequeaths to his heir, his chain of gold and gold ring, whereon is engraven his crest, badge, and cognizance, and a dozen of silver spoons, with gryphons' heads at the ends. From this line proceeded the Earl of Strafford. The crest is given as a gryphon argent. __________________________
• Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts (1908), Volume 1 By William Richard Cutter
• https://archive.org/details/genealogicalpers00cutt
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalpers00cutt#page/492/mode/1up
• Pg. 492
• (IX) William Wentworth, son of Robert (8), of Wentworth-Woodhouse, married Beatrice, daughter of Gilbert Thakel, of Yorkshire. Children: 1. William, mentioned below. 2 Richard, became prebendary of St. Paul's, and in 1338 was made Bishop of London, and in the same year Lord High Chancellor of England. He died 1339, one of the most distinguished men of his day.
• (X) William Wentworth, son of William (9), married first, 1288, Dionysia, daughter of Peter de Rotherfield; second, Lucy, daughter of Sir Adam Newmarch. He died 1295, in the lifetime of his father, at whose death in 1308-9 the family estate went to William (11). Children, all by first wife: 1. William, mentioned below. 2. John, married Alice, daughter of John Bissett.
• (XI) William Wentworth, son of William (10), inherited Wentworth-Woodhouse. He married Isabel, daughter of William Pollington, Esq., of Pollington, Yorkshire. Children: 1. William, who was knighted and continued the direct line of the family of Wentworth-Woodhouse. 2. John, mentioned below.
• (XII) John Wentworth, son of William (11), of North Elmsall, Yorkshire, inherited that estate from his uncle John Wentworth (11), and which is at no great distance from Wentworth-Woodhouse, being in the parish of South Kirkby, about nine miles from Doncaster. He married Joan, daughter of Richard Tyas, of Burghwallis, Yorkshire. ____________________
• Three Branches of the Family of Wentworth: I. Wentworth of Nettlestead ... By William Loftie Rutton
• https://books.google.com/books?id=YhY5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&d...
• Pg.xvi
• WILLIAM WENTWORTH of Wentworth Woodhouse, co. York ; died 1308. = Isabella, dau. and coheir of William Pollington of Pollington, co. York ; ch: William (m. Isabella Tinsley), John (m. Joan Tyas) Wentworth
  • WILLIAM WENTWORTH of Wentworth-Woodhouse, co. York; living 1314. = Isabella, da. and coheir of Walter Tinsley of Tinsley, co. York. ch: Wentworth of Wentworth-Woodhouse. Wentworth of Wooley, co. York. Wentworth of Wentworth Castle, co. York.
  • JOHN WENTWORTH; living 1314. = Joan, da. and coheir of Richard le Tyas of Burgh-Wallis, co. York. ; ch: John (m. Alice Bissett) Wentworth
    • JOHN WENTWORTH, ju. ux. of North Elmsall, co. York, temp. Edw. III. = Alice, da. and coheir of Roger Bissett of North Elmsall, co. York. ; ch: John (m. Agnes Dronsfield) Wentworth
      • JOHN WENTWORTH, of North Elmsall ; living 1413. = Agnes, sister and coheir of Sir William Dronsfield of West Bretton, co. York. ; ch: John, Roger (m. Margery Despenser), Richard Wentworth
        • RICHARD WENTWORTH of West Bretton, co. York. = ; ch: Wentworth of West Bretton, co. York.
        • JOHN WENTWORTH of North Elmsall. = ; ch: Wentworth of North Elmsall, South Elmsall, Brodworth, and U.S. America.
        • ROGER WENTWORTH. ju. ux. of Nettlestead, co. Suffolk; died 1452. = Margery, da. and heir of Sr Philip Despenser, Knt., of Nettlestead; widow of John, Lord Roos; she died 1478. ; ch: Sir Philip, Henry (m. Elizabeth Howard & Joan FitzSimon) Wentworth
          • SIR PHILIP WENTWORTH, Knt., of Nettlestead, co. Suffolk; died 1464. = ; ch: Sir Henry Wentworth
            • SIR HENRY WENTWORTH, Knt., of Nettlestead; died 1499. = ; ch: Wentworth of Nettlestead, co. Suffolk.
          • HENRY WENTWORTH of Codham Hall, co. Essex; died 1482. = Elizabeth, da. and heir of Henry Howard, uncle of John, 1st Duke of Norfolk. 1st wife. ; ch: Sir Roger Wentworth ; = Joan, da. and heir of Robert FitzSimon of North Shoebury, Essex. 2nd wife. ; ch: Sir Nicholas Wentworth
            • SIR ROGER WENTWORTH, Knt., of Gosfield; died 1539. = ; ch: Wentworth of Gosfield, co. Essex.
            • SIR NICHOLAS WENTWORTH, Knt., of Lillingstone Lovell; died 1552 or 1553. = ; ch: Wentworth of Lillingstone Lovell, co. Oxford. _____________________________
• Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire (1874) Vol. 2
• http://archive.org/details/pedigreesofcount02fost
• http://archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n257/mode/1up
• Pedigree Chart - 4 pages
• Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse, Earls of Strafford (Watson Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham), Vernon Wentworth of Wentworth Castle, and Wentworth of Woolley.
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