CHAWORTH, George (d.1615), of Gray’s Inn, London and Harthill, Yorks.

Family and Education

3rd s. of George Chaworth of Linby, Notts. by Mary, da. of Sir Henry Sacheverell of Morley, Derbys. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1572; Barnard’s Inn; G. Inn 1576, called 1583. m. c.1591, Gertrude, da. of Ralph Leak of Hasland, Derbys., wid. of Anthony Serlby of Harthill, ?s.p. Kntd. 1608.Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 127; Vis. Yorks. ed. Glover, 503; J. Hunter, South Yorks. i. 140; J. T. Godfrey, Notts. Churches, Hundred of Bingham, 303.

Offices Held

Ancient, G. Inn 1589, reader 1601; steward, Mansfield 1587; clerk, Sherwood forest 1587; j.p. Yorks. (West Riding) 1600; member of council in the north 1608–d. Reid, Council of the North, 497; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 463; Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. liv. 2; HMC Rutland, i. 245, 293.

Parlimentarian

CHAWORTH, George (d.1615), of Gray’s Inn, London and Harthill, Yorks.

Main residences: Gray's Inn, London; Harthill, Yorks.

Author

H.G.O.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

CHAWORTH, George (-d.1615)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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