Peter Wentworth (priest)

Peter Wentworth (1601-1661) was an Anglican priest in the 17th century.[1]

Wentworth was born in Northamptonshire. He was a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.[2] He was Rector of Riseholme from 1633 to 1637, Dean of Armagh from 1637 to 1641; and Archdeacon of Carlisle from 1645.[3]

He his last post was as Rector of Great Haseley.[4] He died at Bath on 22 July 1661.[5]

References
  1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 400–401. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  2. Pages 1577-1600 Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714. Originally published by University of Oxford, Oxford, 1891
  3. Pages 18-20 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 11
  4. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p2 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  5. "The Wentworth Genealogy: English and American" Wentworth, J. p31: Boston; Little Brown; 1878


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