WENTWORTH, Sir Michael (c.1654-96), of Woolley, Yorks.

b. c. 1654, 1st s. of John Wentworth, of Woolley by Elizabeth, da. of Arthur Aldborough, of Aldborough, Yorks. educ. Wakefield g.s.; St. John’s, Camb. matric. 25 Apr. 1670, aged 15. m. 18 Nov. 1673, Dorothy (d. 1732), da. of Sir Godfrey Copley, 1st Bt., of Sprotborough, Yorks., sis. of Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Bt.*, 8s. (2 d.v.p.) 7da. (1 d.v.p.). Kntd. 5 July 1681; suc. fa. 1683. Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Clay, ii. 323–4.