WENTWORTH, Sir George II (1599-1660), of Woolley, Royston, Yorks.

in the early 1630s, Wentworth’s fa. was fined £40 for distraint of knighthood.‘Compositions for not taking knighthood at the coronation of Charles I’ ed. W.P. Baildon, in Misc. 1 (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lxi), 91. In 1631, Wentworth purchased a third part of manors of Filey, Maltby and Muston, Yorks. for £1,650.E. Riding Archives, DDHU/17/27. In 1634, purchased manor of Darnton, Yorks.G.E. Wentworth, ‘Hist. of the Wentworths of Woolley’, YAJ xii. 25. and a third of manor of Maltby, Yorks.C54/3012/13. In 1635, purchased manors of Farsley and Wadlands, Yorks, for £2,300.Leeds Univ. Lib. YAS/DD12/I/18/8, 10, 11. In 1641, purchased capital messuage of Brearley, Yorks. for £650.Leeds Univ. Lib. YAS/MD363/10C. In 1646, estate inc. manors of Woolley and Notton and tithes and lands in adjoining townships; manor and capital messuage of Farsley and Wadlands; manors of Brackenholme and Darton; a third of manor of Maltby; franktenements in manors of Kirskill, Maltby, Owston and Poole and in lands and tenements in Arthington, Leathley and Poole; and an annuity out of lands and tenements in Boroughbridge, Yorks. In all, estate was reckoned to be worth about £1,000 p.a. although it was charged with annuities and rents totalling £245 p.a.SP23/199, pp. 117-20, 151-3; CJ v. 486a; Yorks. Stuart Fines ed. W. Brigg (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lviii), 186. His debts amounted to £600.CJ v. 486a. At d. estate worth about £1,250 p.a. and personal estate valued at £1,130.Leeds Univ. Lib. YAS/DD12/II/24/48; MS/DEP/Wentworth Woolley Hall/16, 40, 48.