This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wentworth,' a chapelry in the parish of Wath-upon-Dearne, West Riding of Yorkshire This surname has ramified strongly both in England and America. There is also a parish of this name in Cambridgeshire, four miles from Ely. There is clear evidence that this place has helped to swell the total.

Willelmus de Wynteworth, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes de Wynteworth, 1379: ibid.

1586. Paul Wentworthe, Buckinghamshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1593-4. George Wentworth, Yorkshire: ibid.

1610. Peter Wentworth, Norfolk: ibid.

1622. John Welbore and Anne Wenthworth (Bedfordshire): Marriage Lic. (London).

1677. Buried — Mary Wentworth: Reg. St. Antholin (London).

(English) belonging to Wentworth (Yorks: 14th cent. Wynt(e)worth, Domesday Winteworde; Cambs: a.d. 1428 Wynteworthe (Skeat, 'pl. Names Camb.,’ p. 27), Domesday Winteworde), Anglo-Saxon *Wintanworð = Winta’s Farm or Estate [Winta-the name of one of the early descendants of Woden-is apparently not a Teutonic name: it is prob. Celtic, t. the early form (v. under Wandsworth) of Welsh g)wyn, white, lair, blessed: + Old English worð, farm, estate, homestead]

(English) One who came from Wentworth (Wintra’s homestead), the name of places in Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire.

A chapelry in the parish of Wath-upon-Dearn, co. York. The estate is said to have been in the possession of the family before the Norman Conquest. The name is written in Domesday, Winterwade, and in the XIII. century it was changed to Wyntword. The male line continued at Wentworth until the extinction of the earldom of Strafford in the XVIII. century; and the existing Wentworth, of Wentworth Castle, is descended from the family on the female side.

Local. The Worth, farm, or place, on the river Went, in Northumberland, England.

Or De Oissy, or De Cambray. This family has been, without any proof, stated to be Anglo-Saxon. It was Flemish, and derived from the ancient Castellans of Cambray, of whom Walter de Lens is mentioned in the Chronicle of Baldric of Noyon, c. 950. Walter II., bis son, was Castellan of Cambray c. 990, and bad Walter, who was succeeded by bis nephew, Walter D'Oissy, Castellan in 1049. He bad issue Hugh, father of Hugh II., who wa3 Viscount of Meaux, and was living 1096 (Des Bois). Walter, a younger son of this bouse, accompanied the Conqueror in 1066. His descendants bore three crescents instead of one, as borne by the Castellans of Cambray. Walter (surnamed Flandrensis) obtained the Barony of Wahull, Bedford, which he held 1086. He had issue, 1. Simon, from whom descended the Barons de Wahull, by writ 1295; 2. William, father of Reiner; 3. Walter, who appears in York 1120 (Mon. ii. 101). Reiner Flandrensis, the son of William, founded Kirkby Priory, York, one of the witnesses being another Walter F. (Mon. i. 487). Reiner held in 1165 two fees of the Honour of Skipton (Lib. Niger). William Flandrensis, his son, granted lands at Wentworth to Fountains Abbey (Burton, Mon. Ebor. 119). William, son of William de Wentworth, occurs 13th cent. (Ib. 99). Henry de W. was father of Hugh, who gave lands to Arden (Ib. 98). From William de Wentworth, who m. the heiress of Woodhouse, the descent of this family is well known. Hence came the great and unfortunate Earl of Strafford.

A location name in Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire.