Wentworth (Strafford)

Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, acquired large portions of land in Sligo in the mid-17th century.

Associated Families

Wentworth

No houses were found for this estate

Archival sources

Microfilm copy of rental of Earl of Strafford's estate, 1682-84. MF/R.20; Sligo County Library
Rental of Earl of Strafford's estate, mainly Sligo town, 1682-84. Ms. 10,223. ; National Library of Ireland
Copy of grant of manor & lands to Earl of Strafford, 1666. 14 B 4. ; Royal Irish Academy Library

Contemporary printed sources

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 56

Modern printed sources

''Irish Economic and Social History'': O'Dowd, Mary. Land inheritence in early modern Sligo. X (1983), 5-18.
O'DOWD, Mary. ''Power, politics and land: early modern Sligo, 1568-1688''. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, 1991. : 52-54, 131-138
BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical history of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire''. London: Harrison, 1883: 575-577