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Sir Thomas Wentworth 1500–1557 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: about 1500

Birth Location: Monk Bretton Manor, West Bretton, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1557

Death Location: Silkstone, Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England

Father: Matthew Wentworth

Mother: Elizabeth Woodruff

Spouse(s): Ann Dyneley

Children(s): Matthew Wentworth, Sir Wentworth, Alice Keresforth, Isabel Burdet, Lady Wentworth, Margaret Wentworth, Anne Wentworth, Frances Wentworth

Sir Thomas Wentworth was born in 1500 in Monk Bretton Manor, West Bretton, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, the child of Matthew Wentworth And Elizabeth Woodruff. Sir Thomas Wentworth married Ann Dyneley, and had children including Alice Wentworth Keresforth, Anne Wentworth, Frances Wentworth, Isabel Wentworth Burdet, Lady Elizabeth Wentworth, Margaret Wentworth, Matthew Wentworth, Sir Richard Wentworth. Sir Thomas Wentworth passed away in 1557 in Silkstone, Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Thomas Wentworth was born in 1500 in Monk Bretton Manor, West Bretton, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, the child of Matthew Wentworth And Elizabeth Woodruff.
  • Sir Thomas Wentworth married Ann Dyneley, and had children including Alice Wentworth Keresforth, Anne Wentworth, Frances Wentworth, Isabel Wentworth Burdet, Lady Elizabeth Wentworth, Margaret Wentworth, Matthew Wentworth, Sir Richard Wentworth.
  • Sir Thomas Wentworth passed away in 1557 in Silkstone, Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.

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Sir Wentworth's Ancestors

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Sir Wentworth
1500–1557
Birth Place: Monk Bretton Manor, West Bretton, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Matthew Wentworth
1466–1505
Bretton,Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth Woodruff
1477–1506
West Bretton, Yorkshire, England
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Wentworth's Descendants

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Sir (Thomas) Wentworth (about 1500–1557) m. Ann Dyneley (1503–1537)
  1. 1. Matthew Wentworth 1523–1572 m. Maud Middleton 1530–
    1. 1. Jane Wentworth 1550– m. William Rockley 1550–
      1. 1. Elizabeth Rockley 1594–1671 m. William Goodard 1595–1686
        1. 1. Nicholas Goodard 1620–1685 m. Mary Reade 1625–
  2. 2. Sir (Richard) Wentworth 1524–1578
  3. 3. Alice (Wentworth) Keresforth 1531–1571
  4. 4. Isabel (Wentworth) Burdet 1529–
  5. 5. Lady (Elizabeth) Wentworth 1535–1591
  6. 6. Margaret Wentworth 1525–1575
  7. 7. Anne Wentworth 1522–1575
  8. 8. Frances Wentworth 1531–

Sir Wentworth's Timeline

2 Records

1500
about 1500
Birth of Sir Thomas Wentworth in Monk Bretton Manor, West Bretton, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Monk Bretton Manor, West Bretton, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
1557
1557
Age 57
Death of Sir Thomas Wentworth in Monk Bretton Manor, West Bretton, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Monk Bretton Manor, West Bretton, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: about 1500
    Event Place: Monk Bretton Manor, West Bretton, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1557
    Event Place: Monk Bretton Manor, West Bretton, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Silkstone, Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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