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Lady Roberta (Downes) Wentworth 1531–1585 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1531

Birth Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: Abt. 1585

Death Location: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England

Father: Thomas Wentworth

Mother: Baroness (Wentworth)

Spouse(s): Ralph Dunham

Children(s): Joan Downes, Dunham None, George Dunham, Margaret Dunham, Isabell Dunham

Lady Roberta (Downes) Wentworth was born in 1531 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, the child of Thomas Wentworth Baron Wentworth And Baroness Margaret Fitzwilliam Hammerton Fortesque Wentworth. Lady Roberta (Downes) Wentworth married Ralph Dunham, and had children including Dunham, George Hugh Dunham, Isabell Dunham, Joan Downes, Margaret Dunham. Lady Roberta (Downes) Wentworth passed away in 1585 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Roberta (Downes) Wentworth was born in 1531 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, the child of Thomas Wentworth Baron Wentworth And Baroness Margaret Fitzwilliam Hammerton Fortesque Wentworth.
  • Lady Roberta (Downes) Wentworth married Ralph Dunham, and had children including Dunham, George Hugh Dunham, Isabell Dunham, Joan Downes, Margaret Dunham.
  • Lady Roberta (Downes) Wentworth passed away in 1585 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Wentworth's Ancestors

Self
Lady Wentworth
1531–1585
Birth Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Thomas Wentworth Baron Wentworth
1501–1551
Nettlestead (Suffolk) England
Baroness (Margaret FitzWilliam Hammerton (Fortesque)) (Wentworth)
1502–1551
Stonor, Oxfordshire, , England
Grandparents
Joan (De) Montacute
1500–1519
Kent, England
Adrian Fortescue
1476–1539
England
Margaret Neville
1515–1559
Raby, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas MONTACUTE
1480–1517
Alice Bigge
1484–1575
John Fortescue
1434–1500
Alice
1438–1485
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Wentworth's Descendants

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Lady (Roberta (Downes)) Wentworth (1531–Abt. 1585) m. Ralph Dunham (1526–1585)
  1. 1. Joan Downes 1553–1586 m. Thomas Morse 1567–1597
    1. 1. Sarah Morse 1590–
    2. 2. Margaret Morse 1587–
  2. 2. Dunham 1560–
  3. 3. George (Hugh) Dunham 1554–1655
  4. 4. Margaret Dunham 1552–1585
  5. 5. Isabell Dunham 1554–1596

Lady Wentworth's Timeline

4 Records

1531
1531
Birth of Lady Roberta (Downes) Wentworth in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
1550
Abt. 1550
Age 19
Lady Roberta (Downes) Wentworth was married in Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England or St Peter Westcheap, Long, England
Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England or St Peter Westcheap, Long, England
1554
27 Apr 1554
Age 23
Lady Roberta (Downes) Wentworth was married in Saint Peter Westcheap,London,London,England
Saint Peter Westcheap,London,London,England
1585
Abt. 1585
Age 54
Death of Lady Roberta (Downes) Wentworth in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1531
    Event Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Abt. 1550
    Event Place: Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England or St Peter Westcheap, Long, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 27 Apr 1554
    Event Place: Saint Peter Westcheap,London,London,England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. 1585
    Event Place: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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