James Bentley (1568)

Born 1568 in Bentley, Hampshire, England

Ancestors

Died [date unknown] in Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Ruth SCHMIDT,^[1] states the following:

Captain James BENTLEY of the ROYAL STUART ARMY was captured in the wars with CROMWELL. He died a prisoner in PONTEFRACT CASTLE. His estate was confiscated and his home plundered, but his son, Thomas BENTLEY, had a small estate in his own rights at WOODLESFORD in PARISH of ROSHWELL, WAKEFIELD, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. Thomas was married twice. He was a 19th generation descendant of "DREW OF BENTLEY HAYE" the first known BENTLEY (1100 AD) PONTEFRACT is in the county of YORKSHIRE, east of WAKEFIELD and northwest of BENTLEY.

Over the years, many Bentley family "legends" lead back to James and Pontefract Castle. See Bentley Name Study for more information on Bentley History.

Sources

1. ↑ BENTLEY FAMILY HISTORY, "AS A TWIG IS BENT" 1975 update by Ruth Schmidt, Page 41 [available here]

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Michael Sherwood Sherwood for creating WikiTree profile Bentley-882 through the import of Sherwood Family Tree 9_14_09.ged on Jul 14, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael Sherwood and others.