In 1581, his father inherited Gosfield Hall, Essex from his relative Ann, Lady Maltravers.[1]
Career
He succeeded to his father's estates in 1588 before being appointed
High Sheriff of Essex in 1592, and serving until 1593. He was a
Member of the
Parliament of England for
Essex in 1597 and for
Wootton Bassett, presumably due to the influence of his wife's uncle, the
Earl of Hertford, in 1601. He leaves little trace on the records of Parliament, nor does he seem to have been active in county affairs. On the other hand, he built up the family estates into "a splendid inheritance", despite the very heavy debts run up by his father-in-law, who had left £23,000 in debts, which involved him in much trouble and litigation over his wife's inheritance. He was also noted for his charity to the poor.[1]
He died in 1613 and was buried at Gosfield. He was succeeded in the family estates, that "splendid inheritance", by his eldest son
Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet, who dissipated the wealth accumulated by his father. His widow remarried the soldier, diplomat and scholar
Sir Edward Hoby. She died in 1618.[1]
^Cokayne, George Edward, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint,
Gloucester,
U.K.:
Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume I, page 100.