WORTLEY, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (1591-1652), of Wortley Hall, Tankersley, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. 15 Aug. 1591,C142/281/88. 1st s. of Sir Richard Wortley of Wortley Hall and Elizabeth, da. of Edward Boughton† of Cawston, Warws.; bro. of Edward*. J. Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 325. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1609; G. Inn 1624; MA Camb. 1635-6. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss.; Al. Cant. m. (1) settlement 28 Nov. 1610, Grace (d.1615), da. of (Sir) William Brouncker† of Melksham, Wilts., 1s. 1da.; (2) 19 Apr. 1625, Hester, da. of George Smithies, goldsmith, of London, wid. of Christopher Eyre, merchant, of Coleman Street, London, 1da. Hunter, ii. 325; SCL, Wh M/D/45; Oxford DNB; IGI; G.E. Cokayne, Some Acct. of the Ld. Mayors and Sheriffs of the City of London During the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Cent. 54-5. suc. fa. 1603; C142/281/88. Kntd. 15 Jan. 1611; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 150. cr. bt. 29 June 1611. C66/1942/50. d. by 13 Sept. 1652. PROB 11/224, f. 375v. sig. Fra[ncis] Wortley.

Offices Held

Gent. of privy chamber extraordinary to Prince Henry c.1610–12, SP14/67/147. to Charles I 1630-at least 1641. LC5/132, p. 176; LC3/1.

Member, Virg. Co. 1610, Guiana Co. 1627, E.I. Co. by 1628. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 408; CSP Col. E.I. 1625–29, p. 507.

J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) by 1614-at least 1641, C66/1988; 66/2859. Derbys. 1619-at least 1623, C231/4, f. 87; C66/2310. Notts. 1629–37, C231/5, pp. 13, 251. liberties of Southwell and Scrooby Notts., 1627 – at least41, custos. rot. 1630 – at least39; commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1617 – 41, Midland circ. 1630 – 42, sewers, W. Riding 1623 – at least31, Yorks., Notts and Lincs. 1629, 1634 – 37, Yorks. and Notts. 1635; C181/2, f. 266v; 181/3, ff. 86 222, 249v; 181/4, ff. 16v, 26v, 28v, 82, 174; 181/5, ff. 16v, 87, 203, 216, 220. dep. lt. Derbys. by 1621-at least 1624; HMC Rutland, i. 460; HMC 9th Rep. pt. 2, p. 389. steward, Barnsley and Dodsworth manors, Derbys. 1621; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 237. commr. subsidy, Derbys. 1621 – 22, 1624, W. Riding 1621 – 22, 1624, 1629, 1641–2, C212/22/20–1, 23; Fairfax Corresp. ed. G.W. Johnson, i. 210; SR, v. 61, 83, 150. Forced Loan, W. Riding 1627, C193/12/2, f. 15. array, Yorks. 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

Capt. vol. horse 1640, col. (roy.) 1642 – 44; gov. Wortley Hall 1643–4. J.T. Cliffe, Yorks. Gentry from the Reformation to the Civil War, 333; Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, Life of William, Duke of Newcastle, 87.

Parlimentarian

WORTLEY, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (1591-1652), of Wortley Hall, Tankersley, Yorks.

Main residence: Wortley Hall, Tankersley, Yorks.

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

WORTLEY, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (1591-1652)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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