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Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford High Sherriff of York, Baron Wentworth 1520–1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Wentworth, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 14 February 1587

Death Location: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England

Father: Sir ireland

Mother: Martha Miller

Spouse(s): Lady Gascoigne

Children(s): Sir Baronnet

The story of Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford High Sherriff of York, Baron Wentworth began in 1520 in Wentworth, Yorkshire, England. Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford High Sherriff of York, Baron Wentworth married Lady Margaretha Gascoigne, and had children including Sir William Wentworth Knight 1St Baronnet. Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford High Sherriff of York, Baron Wentworth passed away in 1587 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford High Sherriff of York, Baron Wentworth began in 1520 in Wentworth, Yorkshire, England.
  • Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford High Sherriff of York, Baron Wentworth married Lady Margaretha Gascoigne, and had children including Sir William Wentworth Knight 1St Baronnet.
  • Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford High Sherriff of York, Baron Wentworth passed away in 1587 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

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Sir Wentworth's Ancestors

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Sir Wentworth
1520–1587
Birth Place: Wentworth, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Sir Knight Baron Thomas John Wentworth Earl of Strafford, Lord deputy of ireland
1478–1548
Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, England
Martha Miller
1468–1524
Woolley, Yorkshire, Olde England
Grandparents
Sir (William III) Wentworth--
1440–1509
Bretton Hall, Wentworth, Yorkshire, England
Isabel, (Lady of Aldwark Yorkshire de) Fitzwilliam
1440–1509
Aldwarke, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir WENTWORTH
1414–1463
Lady REDMAYNE
1416–1454
Richard William
1415–1478
Lady Clarell
1415–1503
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William VIII
1395–1461
Isabella Reresby
1397–1462
Elizabeth Aldeburgh
1360–1417
Richard Redmanyne
1360–1426

Sir Wentworth's Descendants

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Sir (Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford High Sherriff of York, Baron) Wentworth (1520–14 February 1587) m. Lady (Margaretha) Gascoigne (1522–27 Mar 1574)
  1. 1. Sir (William Wentworth Knight, 1st) Baronnet 1562–1614 m. Lady (Anne Atkyns (Atkinson) of) Stowell 1567–1611
    1. 1. Sir (John Wentworth of) Strafford 1603–1675 m. Lady (ANNE) CREYKE 1600–1628
      1. 1. Sarah Wentworth 1628–1691 m. Thomas (Jeremiah Vayle) Vail 1622–1687
        1. 1. Samuel Vail 1650–1695 m. Elizabeth Hunt 1657–1747

Sir Wentworth's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford High Sherriff of York, Baron Wentworth in Wentworth, Yorkshire, England
Wentworth, Yorkshire, England
1587
14 February 1587
Age 67
Death of Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford High Sherriff of York, Baron Wentworth in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Wentworth, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 February 1587
    Event Place: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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