q.13. Ambrose, gent., geb. 1582, Wortley, Yorkshire, Engeland of Aldwark, oorl. 30/01/1632, Wath
upon Dearne, Yorkshire, Engeland.
Ambrose was die seun van Francis Wortley en Francis Burdet.
Chris Heath in sy beskrywing van Thomas Burdet skryf:
As early as
the days of
Henry VI, we are reminded
by Sir John Fortescue " that knights,
barons, and the
greatest nobility of
the Kingdom often " place their
children in these
Inns of Court,
not so much
to make the
laws " their study, much
less to live
by their profession,
having large patrimonies" of their
own, but to
form their manners." In
the Registers of
these Inns we consequently find
information which elsewhere
we seek in
vain, relating to
families and individuals in every portion
of the realm;
the fact, moreover,
that this information is contained
in a legal
register, invests it
with an authority
superior to that of
the treasured Heralds'
Visitations, while it
enjoys with them
the advantage of dealing
with the aristocratic
classes. For, to
quote from Feme's
Glory of Generosity (London, 1586): — "Nobleness of
blood, joyned with
virtue, compteth the
person as "most meet to
the enterprizing of
any publick service;
and for that
cause it was,
not "for nought, that
our antient Governors
in this land,
did with a
special foresight and "Wisdom, provide,
that none should
be admitted into
the Houses of
Court, being
"Seminaries, sending forth
men apt to
the Government of
Justice, except he
were a "gentleman of
blood." (https://archive.org/stream/registerofadmiss00gray/registerofadmiss00gray_djvu.txt)
The register of admissions to Gray’s Inn, 1521-1889, together with the register of marriages in Gray’s inn achapel, 1695 – 1754
1596-7. folio 354.
Ambrose Wortley, of Aldwark, co. York, gent.
(https://archive.org/stream/registerofadmiss00gray/registerofadmiss00gray_djvu.txt)
Plaintiff Defendant Description County
Op 20 Julie 1623 teken Ambrose as een van die getuies by sy broer Samuel se huweliksbevestiging.
Feb Buried M' Ambrose Wortley the 4* day
