@article{LastWillandTestamentofSirGeorgeWentworth:3275, recid = {3275}, title = {Last Will and Testament of Sir George Wentworth, 1655, with codicil, 1656}, address = {1655}, pages = {parchment ; 54 x 53.6 cm.}, note = {The Last Will and Testament of George is the will of Sir George Wentworth (ca. 1609-1660) of Wentworth-Woodhouse, York, England. Sir George was a knight and Member of Parliament (1640-1644), and the brother of Sir Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Stafford (1593-1641). He was a Royalist in the English Civil War, and was appointed General of Charles I's forces in Ireland, where he may have met his wife. Her father, Frances Ruishe had property near Castle Jordan in County Meath, and left his two daughters property formerly of the Manor of Sarrein in Kent that is discussed at length in the will. <br>}, url = {http://digitalcoll.skidmore.edu/record/3275}, }