In 1581, his father inherited Gosfield Hall, Essex from his relative Ann, Lady Maltravers.[1]
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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]
^ abcde"WENTWORTH, John (1564-1613), of Gosfield Hall, Essex". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
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^Armstrong, Mostyn John (1781). History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk. ... J. Crouse. p. 128. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^Wentworth, John (1878). Wentworths whose origin is unknown. Indexes. Little, Brown & Company. p. 199. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^Hardy, William John; Robinson, F. E.; Baildon, William Paley (1907). The Home Counties Magazine: Devoted to the Topography of London, Middlesex, Essex, Herts, Bucks, Berks, Surrey, Kent and Sussex. F.E. Robinson. p. 235. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ abCourthope, William (1839). Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: With Additions to the Present Time and a New Set of Coats of Arms from Drawings by Harvey. J. G. & F. Rivington. Retrieved 20 September 2019.