Sir Henry Wentworth

Birthdate:	circa 1426
Birthplace:	Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
Death:	Died March 22, 1482 in Codham Hall,Wethersfield,Essex,England
Occupation:	Lord of Codham Hall in Essex, Sir

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Last Updated:	March 3, 2012

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'The Wentworth genealogy, comprising the origin of the name, the family in England, and a particular account of Elder William Wentworth, the emigrant, and of his descendants (1870)
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XIII. John Wentworth, Esq., of North Elmsall, who married Agnes, sister and co-heir of Sir William Dronsfield, of West Bretton, in Yorkshire, and living in 1413. He had four sons, viz:
- 1. John, of whom hereafter.
- 2. Sir Roger Wentworth, who married Margery, relict of John Lord de Roos (who died without issue, 22 March, 1421-2). She was daughter and heir of Philip le Despencer, of Nettlestead,* County Suffolk, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Tiptoft, of Nettlestead, and relict of William Scrope, Earl of Wiltshire. Sir Roger settled at Nettlestead, and died before his wife. Lady Margery died 20 April 1478. Her Will was dated 30 August, 1477, and proved 28 May 1478. He was settled at Nettlestead, and became ancestor of the Barons Wentworth of Nettlestead and the Earl of Cleveland. His direct line terminated in Lady Anne Wentworth, who married John, Lord Lovelace. He was also the ancestor of the Wentworths of Gosfield, in the county of Essex, members of which family were scattered over the kingdom, especially in the counties of Bucks, Oxford, and Dorset. From Lady Anne Wentworth, who married John, Lord Lovelace, was descended Anna Isabel (born 1794, and died 16 May, 1860), daughter and heir of Sir Ralph Milbanke and grand daughter of Sir Edward Noel, Baronet, Lord Wentworth. She married, in 1815, the celebrated poet, Lord Byron, whose name was George Gordon, and left an only child, Ada, who married Earl Lovelace, and died, in 1852, leaving children.
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- *Sir Roger had the following issue:
  - 1. Sir Philip, of whom hereafter.
  - 2. 'Henry Wentworth, Esq., of Codham Hall, County Essex, the first of the family who settled in that county. He died 22 March, 1482-3, having had two wives. by the 2d, Jane, daughter of Henry Fitz Lewes, who survived him, he had no issue. By his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Henry Howard( 2d son of Sir John Howard, by Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Hussey, of Co. Sussex, Kt.,) he had, with other issue, Sir Roger Wentworth, of Codham Hall, aforesaid, Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire in 1499, and died 9 August 1539, who married Anne, only daughter and heir of Humphrey Tyrrell, Esq., of Little Warley, Co. Essex. She died 28 August, 1534, leaving, with other issue, Sir John Wentworth, Kt., of Gosfield, Co. Essex, born 1494, died 15 September, 1567; he married Anne, daughter of John Bettenham, Esq., of Pluckley, Co. Kent, who was buried at Gosfield, Co. Essex, 30 November, 1595. They had two daughters. One of them, Anne, married three times: 1st. Sir Hugh Rich, 2d son of Lord Chancellor Rich, who died 1 November 1554; 2d. Henry Fitzallen, Lord Maltravers, who died in 1556; and 3d. Wm. Deane, Esq. Lady Maltravers was buried in Gosfield Church, 10 January, 1580-1. The other daughter of Sir John and Lady Anne Wentworth, viz., Mary, was married at Gosfield, 9 February, 1545-6, to Sir Thos. Wentworth, Kt., 2d Baron of Nettlestead. She died without issue, and evidently shortly after her marriage. (See forward to number 19 of this note for further account of her husband.)
  - 3. Thomas, a priest, one of his mother's executors.
  - 4. Elizabeth, who married Sir John Calthorpe.
  - 5. Margaret, who married Sir William Hopton, Kt.
  - 6 Agnes, who married Sir Robert Constable, Kt.
  - The direct line was continued by
  - (15) Sir Philip Wentworth, Kt., of Nettlestead, who married Mary, daughter of John, Lord Clifford, of Westmoreland, and had issue as follows:--
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http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p424.htm#i12719
'Henry Wentworth, Esq.1,2
M, d. 22 March 1483
Father Roger Wentworth, Esq. d. 24 Oct 1452
Mother Margery le Despenser b. c 1398, d. 20 Apr 1478
'Henry Wentworth, Esq. was born at of Cobham Hall, Wethersfield, Essex, England. He married Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Henry Howard, Esq. and Mary Hussey, in 1442 at of Clapham, Yorkshire, England; They had 7 sons (Roger, Henry, Roger, Henry, Thomas, William, & Robert) and 2 daughters (Margery & Elizabeth).3 Henry Wentworth, Esq. died on 22 March 1483.
Family Elizabeth Howard b. c 1421
Children
?Elizabeth Wentworth+
?Margery Wentworth+2,4 b. c 1463, d. 6 May 1540
?Sir Roger Wentworth, Sheriff of Essex & Hertfordshire+ b. 1465, d. 9 Aug 1539
Citations
1.[S3538] Unknown author, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 4th Ed., by F. L. Weis, p. 78; Wallop Family, p. 824.
2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 114.
3.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 235.
4.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 741
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http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WENTWORTH.htm#Henry WENTWORTH of Codham (Esq.)
'Henry WENTWORTH of Codham (Esq.)
Born: ABT 1429, Codham Hall, Essex, England
Died: 22 Mar 1482/3
Buried: Probably Weathersfield
Father: Roger WENTWORTH of Nettlestead (Sir)
Mother: Margery (Margaret) DESPENCER (B. Ros of Hamlake)
'Married 1: Elizabeth HOWARD
Children:
- 1. Margery WENTWORTH
- 2. Elizabeth WENTWORTH
- 3. Margaret WENTWORTH
- 4. Roger WENTWORTH (Sir)
'Married 2: Joan FITZSIMON (b. ABT 1428)
Children:
- 1. Nicholas WENTWORTH (Sir Knight)
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1425	1425	Birth of Elizabeth Wentworth Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
1426	1426	Birth of Sir Henry Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
1437	1437 Age 11	Marriage of Sir Henry to Jane Wentworth Oxford,Berkshire,England
1442	1442 Age 16	Marriage of Sir Henry to Elizabeth Wentworth Clapham,Yorkshire,England
1446	1446 Age 20	Birth of Roger Wentworth, Sir Wethersfield, Essex, England
1453	1453 Age 27	Birth of Margery Wentworth Yorkshire, UK
1457	1457 Age 31	Birth of Margaret Ashfield / Wingfield Yorkshire, England
1482	March 22, 1482 Age 56	Death of Sir Henry at Codham Hall,Wethersfield,Essex... Codham Hall,Wethersfield,Essex,England
	1482 Age 56	Burial of Sir Henry England
1500	1500 Age 56	Birth of Nicholas Wentworth, Sr. Lillingstone Lovell, Oxfordshire, , England

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