Sir William Wentworth of Ashby

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William Wentworth, Sir

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Thornton, Lincolnshire, England
Death: July 03, 1644 (47-55)
Long Marston, York, North Yorkshire, UK (Battle of Marston Moor)
Place of Burial: Yorkshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir William Wentworth, 1st Bt of Wentworth Woodhouse and Anne Wentworth
Husband of Elizabeth Saville and Elizabeth Wentworth
Father of Anne Skinner and Sir William Wentworth of Northgatehead, High Sheriff of Yorkshire
Brother of Anne Savile (Wentworth); Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford; Michael Wentworth; Margaret Hutton; Matthew Wentworth and 5 others

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About Sir William Wentworth of Ashby

  • '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/details/wentworthgenealo01inwent
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n166/mo...
  • (21) Thomas Wentworth, Esq., married Margaret, daughter of Sir William Gascoigne, Kt., and had issue, four daughters, viz: Elizabeth, who married Thomas Danby, Esq.: Barbara, who died unmarried; Margaret, who married, first Michael, son and heir of Lord Darcy, and secondly, Jasper Blythman, Esq.: and Catherine, who married Thomas Gargrave, Esq.; and an only son --
    • (22) Sir William Wentworth, who was created a Baronet, 29 June, 1611, and died in 1614. By his wife Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Atkins, Kt., he had eight sons and three daughters; of whom John, Matthew, Philip, Michael, and Robert, all died unmarried. Mary married Sir Richard Hooton, Kt.; Anne married Sir George Savile, Kt.: and Elizabeth married James Dillon, third Earl of Roscommon, and was mother of the celebrated poet, Wentworth Dillon, fourth Earl of Roscommon.
      • 'The second son, Sir William Wentworth of Ashby Puerorum, in Lincolnshire, was knighted by Charles I., and fell in his service, at the battle of Marston Moor, 3 July, 1644. He married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Savile, Esq., and was the ancestor of the Wentworths of Wentworth Castle, Barons Raby, Viscounts Wentworth, and Earls of Strafford of the second creation, which line terminated in an heiress, and which dignities expired on the death of the third Earl, 7 August, 1799. The eighth son, Sir George Wentworth, was also knighted by Charles I., and made General of his forces in Ireland, and died before 1667; he married Frances, daughter and co-heir of Sir Francis Ruishe, Kt., of the county of Kent, and had issue; but his line also terminated in an heiress, who married Thomas, Lord Howard of Effingham. The direct line continued through--
      • (23) Sir Thomas Wentworth, second Baronet,
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  • 'William WENTWORTH
  • 'Born: ABT 1595
  • 'Died: 1644
  • Father: William WENTWORTH
  • Mother: Anne ATKINSON
  • 'Married: Elizabeth SAVILE
  • Children:
    • 1. William WENTWORTH
    • 2. Thomas WENTWORTH
    • 3. Anne WENTWORTH
  • http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WENTWORTH.htm#William WENTWORTH7
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  • Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 60 by George Atherton Aitken
  • WENTWORTH, THOMAS, Baron Raby and third Earl of Strafford (1672–1739), diplomatist, baptised at Wakefield on 17 Sept. 1672, was the eldest surviving son and heir of Sir William Wentworth of Northgate Head, Wakefield. His mother Isabella (d. 1733), daughter of Sir Allen Apsley (1616–1683) [q. v.], treasurer of the household to James, duke of York, was niece of Lucy, wife and biographer of Colonel John Hutchinson (1615–1664) [q. v.] The father, Sir William Wentworth (d. 1692), was son of 'William Wentworth of Ashby Puerorum, Lincolnshire (who was knighted by Charles I, and died at Marston Moor)', and was nephew of Thomas Wentworth, first earl of Strafford [q. v.] ....
  • [Memoir by Mr. Cartwright in the Wentworth Papers, 1883; Luttrell's Brief Relation, vols. iv. v. vi. passim; Swift's Works; Wyon's Queen Anne; Lord Stanhope's Queen Anne; Bolingbroke's Correspondence; Hist. MSS. Comm. 7th and 8th Reps. passim, 14th Rep. pt. ix, 15th Rep. pts. i. ii. vi.; Calendar of Treasury Papers, 1702–30; Foster's Yorkshire Pedigrees; G. E. C[okayne]'s Complete Peerage; Preambles to the patents for advancing … Thomas, Lord Raby, Viscount Wentworth, 1711.]
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  • http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wentworth,_Thomas_(1672-1739)_(DNB00)
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  • 'Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire (1874) Vol. 2
  • http://www.archive.org/details/pedigreesofcount02fost
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n257/mode...
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n258/mode...
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  • '3. SIR WILLIAM WENTWORTH of Ashby Puerorum, co. Linc., slain at Marston Moor, 3 July 1644, bd. at Poppleton church, will dated 20 Sept. 1640, proved at York 19 Sept. 1644. mar. ELIZABETH, dau. and co-h. of Thos. Savile of Northgatehead, (? of Haseldon Hall, co. York,) and co-h. to her nephew Wm. Savile of Wakefield, mar. at St. Giles' - in - the - Fields, 11 July 1627, died 9 Nov. 1666, aet. 69, bd. at Goxhill, co. Linc. Will dated 2 and proved 26 Nov. 1666 (C.P.C)
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  • 'The royal families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their descendants, sovereigns and subjects (1848)
  • http://www.archive.org/details/royalfamiliesofe01burk
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/royalfamiliesofe01burk#page/n437/mode...
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Sir William Wentworth of Ashby's Timeline

1593
April 13, 1593
Thornton, Lincolnshire, England
1627
1627
Goxhill, Lincolnshire, England
1627
1644
July 3, 1644
Age 51
Long Marston, York, North Yorkshire, UK
1644
Age 50
Poppleton Church, Yorkshire, England