Family and Education
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. adm. 25 Apr. 1670, aged 15. m. 18 Nov. 1673. Dorothy (d. 15 Jan. 1732), da. of Sir Godfrey Copley, 1st Bt., of Sprotborough, Yorks., 8s. (2 d.v.p.) 7da. Kntd. 5 July 1681; suc. fa. 1683.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 321-6.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1677 – 79, 1689 – 90, capt. of militia ft. 1677, col. 1689 – d., j.p. by 1680 – Aug. 1688, Nov. 1688–96; freeman Woodstock 1686.
Capt. ind. tp. June 1685, Earl of Peterborough’s Horse 1685–7.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Woolley, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
WENTWORTH, Sir Michael (c.1654-96)
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Oxford 1644
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