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b. 13 Apr. 1593,Wentworth Pprs. ed. J.P. Cooper (Cam. Soc. ser. 4. xii), 319. 1st s. of Sir William Wentworth, 1st bt. of Wentworth Woodhouse and Anne, da. of Robert Atkinson of L. Inn, London and Stowell, Glos. Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 374. educ. Well g.s. Yorks.; I. Temple 1608; St. John’s, Camb. 1609; travelled abroad (France) 1611-12. Wentworth Pprs. 319; I. Temple database of admiss.; Al. Cant.; SCL, WWM, Strafford Pprs. 30. m. (1) settlement 8 Oct. 1611, Margaret (bur. 21 Sept. 1622), da. of Francis Clifford*, 4th earl of Cumberland, s.p.; C142/346/162; Wentworth Pprs. 319, 323; CP. (2) 24 Feb. 1625 (with £5,000), Arbella (d. 5 Oct. 1631), da. of (Sir) John Holles*, 1st earl of Clare, 1s.; Wentworth Pprs. 324; Holles Letters ed. P.R. Seddon (Thoroton Soc. rec. ser. xxxvi), 431, 484. (3) c.Oct. 1632, Elizabeth (d. 19 Apr. 1688), da. of Sir Godfrey Rodes of Great Haughton, Yorks., s.p. CP. Kntd. 6 Dec. 1611; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 151. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 1614; C142/346/162. cr. Bar. Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse, baron of Newmarch and Oversley 22 July 1628, Visct. Wentworth 13 Dec. 1628, baron of Raby and earl of Strafford 12 Jan. 1640, KG Oct. 1640. CP; Shaw, i. 33. exec. 12 May 1641. sig. Th[omas] Wentworth.
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Commr. sewers, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1611–d.; C181/2, f. 145v. j.p. and custos rot. W. Riding 1616 – 26, 1628 – d., j.p. E. and N. Riding, Ripon and Cawood liberties, Yorks., co. Durham, Northumbs., Southwell liberty, Notts., Cumb., Westmld. 1629–d.; C231/4, ff. 260v-1v; C181/3, ff. 265–6; Som. RO, Phelips DD/PH/219/66. commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1616 – 26, 1629–d.; C181/2, f. 234v; 181/3, ff. 180v, 208v, 262. member, Council in the North 1616 – 28, ld. pres. Dec. 1628-Apr. 1641; R. Reid, Council in the North, 498, 501. commr. subsidy, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1621, 1624, 1629; E179/283, vol. ‘JPR 6371’; C212/22/20–23; Fairfax Corresp. ed. G.W. Johnson, i. 210. recvr.-gen. Yorks. 1622–3; HMC 4th Rep. 276; Wentworth Pprs. 194. sheriff, Yorks. 1625–6; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 163. commr. Forced Loan, W. Riding 1626; SP16/44/4. recvr. recusancy fines, N. parts 1629–40; E351/427–32. kpr. Richmond and Middleham castles, Yorks. 1630; CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 306. collector, knighthood fines, Yorks., co. Dur., Northumbs., Cumb., Westmld. 1630–4; E101/668/9; E198/4/32. commr. sewers, R. Derwent 1631, York Ainsty, Yorks. 1633, R. Trent 1634, N. Riding 1638. C181/4, ff. 1, 174; Yorks. Arch. Soc. MD125.

Commr. decay of trade 1622; APC, 1621–3, p. 208. PC 1629 – 40; commr. exacted fees 1630 – 34, 1636 – 40, repair of St. Paul’s cathedral 1631; G.E. Aylmer, ‘Charles I’s Comm. on Fees, 1627–40’, BIHR, xxxi. 61; CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 6. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1633, R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 359. Council of War 1640. CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 458.

Ld. dep. [I] 1632 – 39, ld. lt. [I] 1639–40. APC, 1621–3, p. 208.

Lt.-gen., royal army 1640. E351/293.

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WENTWORTH, Sir Thomas (1593-1641), of Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorks.; later of Dublin Castle, co. Dublin
Main residences: Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorks.; Dublin Castle, co. Dublin, [I].
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S.H.
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Commons 1604-1629
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WENTWORTH, Sir Thomas (1593-1641)

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