The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Michael Wentworth (1655 - 1696)

Descended from a junior branch of the family which acquired Woolley in 1599; married Dorothy (d. 15 Jan 1732), daughter of Sir Godfrey Copley, 1st Baronet of Sprotborough. He was on the Yorkshire commission of the peace by 1680 and was knighted in 1681. He served as member of parliament for Aldborough several times between 1685 and 1696 (Henning). See also Dugdale, 2: 323-4. Other biography: https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/wentworth-sir-michael-1654-96 Relevant locations: Lived at or near Woolley, Yorkshire
Member of parliament for Aldborough, Yorkshire
Residence at Wooley, Yorkshire
 Relationships: Michael Wentworth was a father of Godfrey Wentworth (1678-c. 1717/8)
Michael Wentworth was a father-in-law of William Wombwell (1670/1-1716)

Godfrey Copley (1623-1678) was a father-in-law of Michael Wentworth
Linked manuscript items: as Mentioned or referenced by - "[Guest Book to Thoresby's Museum]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27, Leeds
 Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions.
as Mentions or references - The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690.
 References in Documents:
Ralph Thoresby's guestbook of visitors to his museum (Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27) 29.th Apr 1703 Omnia admirabilia[*] Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologia, Quaestio XXXII, Article VIII; or, more likely, just a simple comment about how wonderful the collection is: "All things admirable." Godf.rGodfrey Wentworth (of Lond:London MerchtMerchant son of S.rSir Mich:Michael W of Wooley)