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- Dictionary of National Biography
- http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati60stepuoft#page/264/m...
- Pg. 265
- Margaret Wentworth, dau. of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth of Nettlestead and Margaret Fortescue, married 1st John, baron Williams of Thame [q.v.], secondly Sir William Drury [q.v.], and thirdly Sir James Crofts;
- http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wentworth,_Thomas_(1501-1551)_(DNB00) ____________________________
- Margaret WENTWORTH
- Born: ABT 1528
- Died: 1588
- Father: Thomas WENTWORTH (1° B. Wentworth of Nettlestead)
- Mother: Margaret FORTESCUE (B. Wentworth of Nettlestead)
- Married 1: John WILLIAMS (1º B. Williams of Thame) 19 Apr 1557
- Children:
- 1. Dau. WILLIAMS
- Married 2: William DRURY (Sir Governor of Ireland) 1560
- Children:
- 2. Jane DRURY
- 3. Anne DRURY
- 4. Elizabeth DRURY
- Married 3: James CROFT of Weston (Sir Knight) (See his Biography)
- From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WENTWORTH.htm#Margaret WENTWORTH7 ____________________
- 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)
- http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n176/mo...
- The line was continued by
- (17) Sir Richard Wentworth, Kt., of Nettlestead, Co. Suffolk, whose will was dated 15 October, and proved 21 November, 1528. By his wife, Anne, who survived him, daughter of Sir James Tirrell, of Gipping, Co. Suffolk, Kt., he had issue as follows:
- (18) Sir Thomas Wentworth, Kt., Lord Chamberlain of the Household; who, in 1529, was summoned to Parliament, by writ, as Baron Wentworth. He died on the 3d, and was buried on the 7 March, 1550-1, in Westminster Abbey. His wife, who survived him, was Margaret, daughter of Sir Adrian Fortescue, Kt. They had issue as follows:
- 1. Sir Thomas, 2d Baron, of whom hereafter.
- 2. Sir Henry (not 21 in 1544), who married his first cousin, Elizabeth Glemham. (See back to number (17-7) of this note.)
- 3. Richard (not 21 in 1544), who married Margaret Royden.
- 4. Philip (not 21 in 1544), who married a daughter of Sir Richard Corbet, Kt.
- 5. John (not 21 in 1455), who perished at sea, in 1564.
- 6. Edward (not 21 in 1544.)
- 7. James (not 21 in 1544), who perished at sea in 1564.
- 8. Roger (not 21 in 1544), who married, and had a daughter Katherine, who was buried at Stepney, Co. Middlesex, 14 July, 1577.
- 9. Anne, living 1544; the wife of Sir John Poley, Kt., of Badley, Suffolk.
- 10. Cicily (or Cecilia) married, after 1544, to Sir Robert Wingfield, Kt.
- 11. Mary, who married, after 1544, William Cavendish, Esq., eldest son of Sir Richard Cavendish, Kt.
- http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n178/mo...
- 12. Elizabeth, living 1544, unmarried.
- 13. Margaret, who married, after 1544, 1st John Lord Williams; 2dly, Sir William Drury, Kt.; and 3dly, Sir John Crofts, Kt.
- 14. Margery, living, 1544, unmarried.
- 15. Jane, married, after 1544, to Sir Henry Cheyne, Kt., Lord Cheyne of Toddington, Co. Bedford, She died without issue, 16 April, 1614, and was buried at Toddington.
- 16. Catherine, living, 1544, unmarried.
- 17. Dorothy, married, after 1544, 1st, to Sir Wm. Widmerpoole, Kt.; 1dly, to Sir Martin Frobisher, Kt.; and 3dly, to Sir John Savile, Kt., one of the Barons of the Exchequer, who survived her and died 2 February, 1606-7.
- (18) Sir Thomas Wentworth, Kt., Lord Chamberlain of the Household; who, in 1529, was summoned to Parliament, by writ, as Baron Wentworth. He died on the 3d, and was buried on the 7 March, 1550-1, in Westminster Abbey. His wife, who survived him, was Margaret, daughter of Sir Adrian Fortescue, Kt. They had issue as follows:
- The line was continued by _________________
- Margery Wentworth1
- F, b. circa 1530
- Father Sir Thomas Wentworth, 6th Lord le Despenser, 1st Lord Wentworth1 b. c 1500, d. 3 Mar 1551
- Mother Margaret Fortescue1 b. c 1502, d. bt 23 Apr 1546 - 12 May 1551
- Margery Wentworth was born circa 1530 at of Nettlestead, Suffolk, England.2 She married Sir William Drury, Deputy Lieutenant of Ireland, son of Sir Robert Drury and Elizabeth Brudenall, circa 1555.1
- Family Sir William Drury, Deputy Lieutenant of Ireland b. c 1527, d. 13 Oct 1579
- Child
- Jane Drury3 b. c 1563, d. b 1589
- Citations
- 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 381.
- 2.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, SLC Archives.
- 3.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 205.
- From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2987.htm#... ______________________
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 61
- Williams, John (1500?-1559) by Albert Frederick Pollard
- WILLIAMS , JOHN, Baron Williams of Thame (1500?–1559), born about 1500, was the second son of Sir John Williams of Burfield, Buckinghamshire, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Richard More of Burfield. His father sprang originally from Glamorganshire, and was a kinsman of Thomas Cromwell alias Williams, whose service John Williams entered .... etc.
- Williams married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Bledlow and widow of An- drew Edmunds of Cressing Temple, Essex. She died on 25 Oct. 1556, and was buried on 4 Nov. at Ricot, Oxfordshire (Machyn, pp. 118, 354). Williams married, secondly, Margaret, daughter of Thomas, first baron Wentworth [q. v.]; he left no issue by her, and she married, secondly, on 10 Oct. 1560, Sir William Drury [q. v.], and, thirdly, Sir James Crofts; she survived until 1588 (see Acts P. C. vols. xv–xvii. passim). By his first wife Williams had issue three sons: John, who died unmarried, and was buried at St. Alphege, London Wall, on 18 Feb. 1558–9, his funeral sermon being preached by John Véron [q. v.]; Henry, who married Anne, daughter of Henry Stafford, first baron Stafford [q. v.], but died without issue on 20 Aug. 1551; and Francis, who died unmarried. The barony thus became extinct, if it was created by patent; if it was created by writ, it fell into abeyance between his two daughters, Isabel (who married Richard Wenman, great-grandfather of Thomas, second viscount Wenman [q. v.]) and Margaret (who married Sir Henry Norris, afterwards Baron Norris of Rycote [q. v.]).
- [Cal. Letters and Papers of Henry VIII, ed. Brewer and Gairdner, vols. iv–xvi. passim; State Papers, Henry VIII, 11 vols.; Cal. State Papers Dom. 1547–80, and Addenda 1547–65; Acts of the Privy Council, ed. Dasent, vols. i–viii.; Hatfield MSS. i. 454; Lit. Rem. of Edward VI (Roxburghe Club); Machyn's Diary; Wriothesley's Chron., Chron. Queen Jane and Queen Mary, and Narr. of the Reformation (Camden Soc.); Strype's Works (general index); Gough's Index to Parker Soc. Publ.; Burnet's Hist. of the Reformation, ed. Pocock, passim; Foxe's Actes and Mon. ed. Townsend; Carlisle's Endowed Grammar Schools ii. 312–15; Off. Return Members of Parliament; F. G. Lee's Hist. of Thame, 1883; Davenport's Lord Lieutenants and High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire, p. 37; Lists of Sheriffs, 1898; G. E. C[okayne]'s Complete Peerage, viii. 140–1.]
- From: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Williams,_John_(1500%3F-1559)_(DNB00)
- https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati61stepuoft#page/412/mode... ___________________
- John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame (c.1500 – 14 October 1559) was Treasurer of the King's Jewels, Lord Chamberlain of England (1553–1557) and Lord President of the Council of the Welsh Marches. He was summoned to parliament as Lord Williams of Thame on 17 February 1554.
- Williams was the son of Sir John Williams of Burghfield in Berkshire and his wife, Elizabeth, the daughter and eventual heiress of Richard Moore also of Burghfield and of Preston Candover in Hampshire.
- .... etc.
- Williams married firstly, by July 1524, Elizabeth (c.1504 – 25 October 1556), daughter & coheiress of Thomas Bledlow of Bledlow in Buckinghamshire, grandson of Thomas Bledlow and Elizabeth Starky, daughter of Sir Humphrey Starkey, Chief Baron of the Exchequer.[1] Elizabeth Bledlow was the widow of Andrew Edmonds (d. 23 June 1523)[2] of Cressing, Essex, by whom she had a son, Sir Christopher Edmonds (d.1596), and a daughter, Ursula Edmonds.[3] By Elizabeth Bledlow, Williams had three sons, John, Henry and Francis, and two daughters, Isabel, who married Sir Richard Wenman, and Margery, who married Henry Norreys, 1st Baron Norris of Rycote.[4]
- Williams married secondly, on 19 April 1557, Margaret Wentworth (d.1587), the daughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth of Nettlestead, Suffolk. She survived him, and later married Sir William Drury, and James Croft of Weston, Oxfordshire.[5]
- Williams' three sons predeceased him, and the barony became extinct at his death on 14 October 1559.[6] His elder daughter, Isabel, inherited Thame, and his younger daughter, Margery, inherited Rycote.[7]
- From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams,_1st_Baron_Williams_of_T... _________________
- WILLIAMS, Sir John (by 1503-59), of Rycote and Thame, Oxon.
- b. by 1503, 2nd surv. s. of Sir John Williams of Burghfield, Berks. by Isabel, da. and coh. of Richard More of Burghfield. m. (1) by July 1524, Elizabeth (d. 25 Oct. 1556), da. and coh. of Thomas Bledlow of Bledlow, Bucks., wid. of Andrew Edmonds (d. 23 June 1523) of Cressing Temple, Essex, 3s. inc. Henry 2da.; (2) settlement 19 Apr. 1557, Margaret, da. of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Lord Wentworth, of Nettlestead, Suff., 1da. Kntd. 15 Nov. 1538/28 June 1539; cr. Lord Williams of Thame 1554.1
- From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/wi... ________________
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 16
- Drury, William (1527-1579) by Robert Dunlop
- DRURY, Sir WILLIAM (1527–1579), marshal of Berwick and lord justice to the council in Ireland, third son of Sir Robert Drury of Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Brudenell, esq., was born at Hawstead in Suffolk on 2 Oct. 1527. Having completed his education at Gonville Hall .... etc.
- .... Drury had again the misfortune to fall into the enemy's hands; but beyond a short detention he seems to have suffered no other injury, for on 10 Oct. 1560 he married Margaret, daughter of Thomas, lord Wentworth, and widow of John, last lord Williams of Thame, in the church of St. Alphage, London. .... etc.
- From: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Drury,_William_(1527-1579)_(DNB00)
- https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati16stepuoft#page/60/mode/1up ____________________
- Sir William Drury (2 October 1527 – 13 October 1579) was the son of Sir Robert Drury (c.1503–1577) the grandson of Sir Robert Drury (c.1456–2 March 1535), Speaker of the House of Commons, and the nephew of Sir William Drury. He was an English statesman and soldier.
- William Drury, born at Hawstead in Suffolk on 2 October 1527, was the third son of Sir Robert Drury (c.1503–1577) of Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire, and Elizabeth Brudenell, the daughter of Edmund Brudenell of Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire. He was the grandson of another Sir Robert Drury (c.1456–2 March 1535), Speaker of the House of Commons in 1495. He was a brother of Sir Robert Drury (1525–1593) and Sir Drue Drury (1531/2–1617).[1]
- .... etc.
- On 10 October 1560 at St Alphage London Wall Drury married Margaret Wentworth (d.1587), widow of John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame, and daughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth of Nettlestead, Suffolk, by whom he had three daughters:[3][4][5]
- Jane Drury, who married Sir Richard Chetwood, son of Richard Chetwood and Agnes Wodehull.[6]
- Anne Drury, who married Robert Hartwell, esquire.[7]
- Elizabeth Drury, who was born 12 December and baptized 29 December 1573 at Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, with Queen Elizabeth I, Lady Wentworth, and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, as godparents.[8]
- After Drury's death his widow married, in 1580, James Croft (d. September 4, 1624), the third son of Sir James Croft of Croft Castle, Herefordshire. Croft had served as a captain under Margaret's second husband, Sir William Drury, in 1578–9. The couple settled on property in Weston-on-the-Green, Oxfordshire, which had come to Margaret through her first marriage.[9]
- From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Drury __________________
- DRURY, William (1527-79).
- b. 2 Oct. 1527, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Robert Drury II, and bro. of Dru† and Robert I. educ. Gonville, Camb. m. 10 Oct. 1560, Margaret, da. of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Lord Wentworth, wid. of Sir John Williams, Lord Williams of Thame, Oxon., 3da. Kntd. 11 May 1570.1
- From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/dr... __________________
- CROFT, James (d.1624), of Weston, Oxon.
- 3rd s. of Sir James Croft of Croft Castle, Herefs. by his 1st w.; bro. of Edward Croft and half-bro. of Thomas Wigmore. educ. G. Inn 1562 m. (1) 1580, Margaret (d.c.1588), da. of Thomas†, 1st Baron Wentworth, wid. of John†, Lord Williams of Thame, Oxon. and of Sir William Drury†, ld. deputy of Ireland. Kntd. 1603.1
- From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/cr... __________________
- Sir Thomas Wentworth
- Birth: 1500 Nettlestead, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
- Death: Mar. 3, 1551, England
- Baron Wentworth. 6th Lord Despenser, of Nettlestead, Suffolk. Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, Privy Councilor, Lord Chamberlain for the Household of King Edward VI.
- Son and heir to Sir Richard Wentworth and Anne Tyrrell, grandson of Sir Henry Wentworth, Lord Despenser and Anne Say, Sir James Tyrrell (executed for treason as an accomplice to Richard de la Pole) and Anne Arundel.
- Husband of Margaret Fortescue, daughter of Sir Adrian Fortescue (beheaded for refusing to take the oath of supremacy) and Anne Stonor. They were married about 1520 and had eight sons and nine daughters
- Thomas
- Henry
- Richard
- Philip
- John
- Edward
- James
- Roger
- Anne, wife of John Poley
- Cecily, wife of Sir Robert Wingfield
- Mary, wife of William Cavendish
- Elizabeth, wife of John Cock and Leonard Matthew
- Margaret
- Margery, wife of John Williams Lord Thame, Sir William Drury and Sir James Croft
- Jane, wife of Lord Henry Cheney
- Katherine
- Dorothy, wife of Paul Withypoll, Sir Martin Frobisher and Sir John Savile
- Sir Thomas took part in the Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk's expedition to France in 1523, was created Lord Wentworth and admitted to the House of Lords 02 Dec 1529. He was also one of the peers to try Queen Anne Boleyn. Sir Thomas served with Thomas Howard, the Duke of Norfolk at the Siege on Montreuil as one of his Council of War. Sir Thomas was granted the manors of Stepney, Hackney, and Cheney Gate, Westminster, Middlesex in 1550.
- Margaret was heir to her younger sister, Frances, the wife of Thomas FitzGerald, and Margaret died between 23 April 1546 and 12 May 1551.
- Sir Thomas died testate at the King's Palace at Westminster and was buried in the Westminster Abbey 07 March 1551.
- Family links:
- Parents:
- Richard Wentworth (1480 - 1528)
- Children:
- Philip Wentworth (____ - 1583)*
- Anne Wentworth Poley (1520 - 1575)*
- Burial: Westminster Abbey, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
- Plot: Chapel of St John the Evangelist
- Find A Grave Memorial# 109856403
- From http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=wentworth&GSf... __________________________
- Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ... By Douglas Richardson
- http://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&printsec=frontcover&d...
- Pg.216
- 15. THOMAS WENTWORTH, Knt., de jure 6th Lord Despenser, of Nettlestead, Suffolk, Harston, Cambridgeshire, etc., Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, Privy Councillor, Lord Chamberlain of the Household to King Edward VI, son and heir, born about 1500 (age 28 in 1528). He married about 1520 MARGARET FORTESCUE, daughter of Adrian Fortescue, K.B., of Stonor (in Pyrton) and
- Pg.217
- Shirburn, Oxfordshire, and St. Clement Danes, London, by his 1st wife, Anne (descendant of Kind Edward III), daughter and heiress of William Stonor, Knt. [see STONOR 14 for her ancestry]. They had eight sons, Thomas [2nd Lord Wentworth], Henry, Richard, Philip, Gent., John, Edward, James, and Roger, and nine daughters, Anne, Cecily (wife of Robert Wingfield, Knt.), Mary wife of William Cavendish), Elizabeth (wife of John Cock and Leonard Matthew), Margaret, Margery (wife of John Williams [Lord Williams of Thame], William Drury, Knt., and James Croft, Knt.), Jane (wife of Henry Cheney [Lord Cheny]), Katherine, and Dorothy (wife of Paul Withypoll, and Martin Frobisher, Knt., John Savile, Knt.). He took part in the Duke of Suffolk's expedition to France in 1523. He was created Lord Wentworth and admitted to the House of Lords, 2 Dec. 1529. In 1530 he was one of the peers who tried Queen Anne Boleyn. His wife, Margaret, was heiress in 1540 to her younger sister Frances, wife of Thomas Fitz Gerald, 10th Earl of Kildare. In 1544 he served under the Duke of Norfolk as the Siege of Montreuil, being one of his Council of War. Margaret died between 23 April 1546 and 12 May 1551, presumably before her husband. He was granted the manor of Stepney, Hackney, and Cheyney Gate (now The Deanery), Westminster, all in Middlesex, in 1550. SIR THOMAS WENTWORTH, 1st Lord Wentworth, died at the King's Palace at Westminster 3 March 1550/1, and was buried 7 March 1550/1 in Westminster Abbey. He left a will proved 27 Nov. 1551 (P.C.C. 35 Bucke).
- .... etc. ___________________________
- THIS MARY LISTED AS THOMAS' DAU. WHO MARRIED WILLIAM DRURY, IS LISTED AS MARGARET ON WILLIAM DRURY'S PAGE
- Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth and de jure 6th Baron le Despencer, PC (1501 – 3 March 1551) was an English peer and courtier during the Tudor dynasty.
- The Wentworths were originally from Yorkshire but had settled in Nettlestead, Suffolk in the mid-fifteenth century, where Wentworth was born. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Wentworth, de jure 5th Baron le Despencer of the 1387 creation, and was a nephew of Margery Wentworth, the mother of Jane Seymour. His mother was Anne, the daughter of Sir James Tyrrell, the supposed murderer of the Princes in the Tower.
- Circa 1520. Wentworth married Margaret Fortescue, the eldest daughter of Sir Adrian Fortescue. They had a large family of eight sons and nine daughters, including Thomas, later 2nd Baron Wentworth and Mary, who married Sir William Drury.
- In 1523, Wentworth took part in Suffolk's failed invasion of France and was knighted by him. In 1529, he was also created Baron Wentworth in the Peerage of England. In 1536, he was present at the trials of Anne Boleyn and her brother, Lord Rochford and at those of Lord Montagu and the Marquess of Exeter in 1538.
- In 1550, Lord Wentworth was appointed Lord Chamberlain to Edward VI and died the following year. His funeral was held at Westminster Abbey and he was buried in the abbey's Chapel of St John the Baptist. His title passed to his eldest son, Thomas.
- Source
- Carter, P. R. N., - Wentworth, Thomas, first Baron Wentworth (1501–1551), nobleman - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wentworth,_1st_Baron_Wentworth _______________________
- The visitations of Suffolk made by Hervey ... 1561, Cooke ... 1577, and ... By William Hervey, Robert Cook
- http://books.google.com/books?id=EycAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&dq=M...
- Pg. 78 _________________________
- Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire (1874) Vol. 2 Pg.n258
- http://www.archive.org/details/pedigreesofcount02fost
- Pedigree of Wentworth, of Elmsall, Bretton and Baron Wentworth, of Nettlested.
- http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n265/mode...
- http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n266/mode...
- SEE DOCUMENTS OR SOURCES for IMAGES __________________
- 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)
- http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n176/mo...
- The line was continued by
- (18) Sir Thomas Wentworth, Kt., Lord Chamberlain of the Household; who, in 1529, was summoned to Parliament, by writ, as Baron Wentworth. He died on the 3d, and was buried on the 7 March, 1550-1, in Westminster Abbey. His wife, who survived him, was Margaret, daughter of Sir Adrian Fortescue, Kt. They had issue as follows:
- 1. Sir Thomas, 2d Baron, of whom hereafter.
- 2. Sir Henry (not 21 in 1544), who married his first cousin, Elizabeth Glemham. (See back to number (17-7) of this note.)
- 3. Richard (not 21 in 1544), who married Margaret Royden.
- 4. Philip (not 21 in 1544), who married a daughter of Sir Richard Corbet, Kt.
- 5. John (not 21 in 1455), who perished at sea, in 1564.
- 6. Edward (not 21 in 1544.)
- 7. James (not 21 in 1544), who perished at sea in 1564.
- 8. Roger (not 21 in 1544), who married, and had a daughter Katherine, who was buried at Stepney, Co. Middlesex, 14 July, 1577.
- 9. Anne, living 1544; the wife of Sir John Poley, Kt., of Badley, Suffolk.
- 10. Cicily (or Cecilia) married, after 1544, to Sir Robert Wingfield, Kt.
- 11. Mary, who married, after 1544, William Cavendish, Esq., eldest son of Sir Richard Cavendish, Kt.
- 12. Elizabeth, living 1544, unmarried.
- 13. Margaret, who married, after 1544, 1st John Lord Williams; 2dly, Sir William Drury, Kt.; and 3dly, Sir John Crofts, Kt.
- 14. Margery, living, 1544, unmarried.
- 15. Jane, married, after 1544, to Sir Henry Cheyne, Kt., Lord Cheyne of Toddington, Co. Bedford, She died without issue, 16 April, 1614, and was buried at Toddington.
- 16. Catherine, living, 1544, unmarried.
- 17. Dorothy, married, after 1544, 1st, to Sir Wm. Widmerpoole, Kt.; 1dly, to Sir Martin Frobisher, Kt.; and 3dly, to Sir John Savile, Kt., one of the Barons of the Exchequer, who survived her and died 2 February, 1606-7.
- The line was continued by ____________________
- Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ... By Douglas Richardson
- http://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&printsec=frontcover&d...
- Pg.216
- 15. THOMAS WENTWORTH, Knt., de jure 6th Lord Despenser, of Nettlestead, Suffolk, Harston, Cambridgeshire, etc., Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, Privy Councillor, Lord Chamberlain of the Household to King Edward VI, son and heir, born about 1500 (age 28 in 1528). He married about 1520 MARGARET FORTESCUE, daughter of Adrian Fortescue, K.B., of Stonor (in Pyrton) and
- Pg.217
- Shirburn, Oxfordshire, and St. Clement Danes, London, by his 1st wife, Anne (descendant of Kind Edward III), daughter and heiress of William Stonor, Knt. [see STONOR 14 for her ancestry]. They had eight sons, Thomas [2nd Lord Wentworth], Henry, Richard, Philip, Gent., John, Edward, James, and Roger, and nine daughters, Anne, Cecily (wife of Robert Wingfield, Knt.), Mary wife of William Cavendish), Elizabeth (wife of John Cock and Leonard Matthew), Margaret, Margery (wife of John Williams [Lord Williams of Thame], William Drury, Knt., and James Croft, Knt.), Jane (wife of Henry Cheney [Lord Cheny]), Katherine, and Dorothy (wife of Paul Withypoll, and Martin Frobisher, Knt., John Savile, Knt.). He took part in the Duke of Suffolk's expedition to France in 1523. He was created Lord Wentworth and admitted to the House of Lords, 2 Dec. 1529. In 1530 he was one of the peers who tried Queen Anne Boleyn. His wife, Margaret, was heiress in 1540 to her younger sister Frances, wife of Thomas Fitz Gerald, 10th Earl of Kildare. In 1544 he served under the Duke of Norfolk as the Siege of Montreuil, being one of his Council of War. Margaret died between 23 April 1546 and 12 May 1551, presumably before her husband. He was granted the manor of Stepney, Hackney, and Cheyney Gate (now The Deanery), Westminster, all in Middlesex, in 1550. SIR THOMAS WENTWORTH, 1st Lord Wentworth, died at the King's Palace at Westminster 3 March 1550/1, and was buried 7 March 1550/1 in Westminster Abbey. He left a will proved 27 Nov. 1551 (P.C.C. 35 Bucke).
- .... etc. ___________________________
- Sir Thomas Wentworth, 6th Lord le Despenser, 1st Lord Wentworth1,2
- M, b. circa 1500, d. 3 March 1551
- Father Sir Richard Wentworth, 5th Lord le Despenser, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk2 b. c 1480, d. 17 Oct 1528
- Mother Anne Tyrrell2 b. c 1481, d. a 11 Nov 1529
- Sir Thomas Wentworth, 6th Lord le Despenser, 1st Lord Wentworth was born circa 1500 at of Nettlestead, Suffolk, England; Age 28 in 1528.2 He married Margaret Fortescue, daughter of Sir Adrian Fortescue and Anne Stonor, circa 1520; They had 8 sons (Thomas, Henry, Richard, Philip, John, Edward, James, & Roger) and 9 daughters (Anne, Cecily, Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret, Margery, Jane, Katherine, & Dorothy).1,2,3 Sir Thomas Wentworth, 6th Lord le Despenser, 1st Lord Wentworth died on 3 March 1551 at King's Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England.4 He was buried on 7 March 1551 at Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England.4
- Family Margaret Fortescue b. c 1502, d. bt 23 Apr 1546 - 12 May 1551
- Children
- Anne Wentworth+5 b. c 1521, d. 28 Aug 1575
- Margery Wentworth+2 b. c 1530
- Dorothy Wentworth6,2 b. c 1540, d. 3 Jan 1601
- Philip Wentworth+5 b. c 1550, d. b 10 Oct 1583
- Citations
- 1.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. XII/2, p. 497-499.
- 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 381.
- 3.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 692.
- 4.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 382.
- 5.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 381-382.
- 6.[S147] Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 1938 ed., by Sir Bernard Burke, p., 1723.
- From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2881.htm#... __________
- Sir Thomas Wentworth
- Birth: 1500 Nettlestead, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
- Death: Mar. 3, 1551, England
- Baron Wentworth. 6th Lord Despenser, of Nettlestead, Suffolk. Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, Privy Councilor, Lord Chamberlain for the Household of King Edward VI.
- Son and heir to Sir Richard Wentworth and Anne Tyrrell, grandson of Sir Henry Wentworth, Lord Despenser and Anne Say, Sir James Tyrrell (executed for treason as an accomplice to Richard de la Pole) and Anne Arundel.
- Husband of Margaret Fortescue, daughter of Sir Adrian Fortescue (beheaded for refusing to take the oath of supremacy) and Anne Stonor. They were married about 1520 and had eight sons and nine daughters
- Thomas
- Henry
- Richard
- Philip
- John
- Edward
- James
- Roger
- Anne, wife of John Poley
- Cecily, wife of Sir Robert Wingfield
- Mary, wife of William Cavendish
- Elizabeth, wife of John Cock and Leonard Matthew
- Margaret
- Margery, wife of John Williams Lord Thame, Sir William Drury and Sir James Croft
- Jane, wife of Lord Henry Cheney
- Katherine
- Dorothy, wife of Paul Withypoll, Sir Martin Frobisher and Sir John Savile
- Sir Thomas took part in the Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk's expedition to France in 1523, was created Lord Wentworth and admitted to the House of Lords 02 Dec 1529. He was also one of the peers to try Queen Anne Boleyn. Sir Thomas served with Thomas Howard, the Duke of Norfolk at the Siege on Montreuil as one of his Council of War. Sir Thomas was granted the manors of Stepney, Hackney, and Cheney Gate, Westminster, Middlesex in 1550.
- Margaret was heir to her younger sister, Frances, the wife of Thomas FitzGerald, and Margaret died between 23 April 1546 and 12 May 1551.
- Sir Thomas died testate at the King's Palace at Westminster and was buried in the Westminster Abbey 07 March 1551.
- Family links:
- Parents:
- Richard Wentworth (1480 - 1528)
- Children:
- Philip Wentworth (____ - 1583)*
- Anne Wentworth Poley (1520 - 1575)*
- Burial: Westminster Abbey, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
- Plot: Chapel of St John the Evangelist
- Find A Grave Memorial# 109856403
- From http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=wentworth&GSf... __________________________
- Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire (1874) Vol. 2 Pg.n258
- http://www.archive.org/details/pedigreesofcount02fost
- Pedigree of Wentworth, of Elmsall, Bretton and Baron Wentworth, of Nettlested.
- http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n265/mode...
- http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n266/mode...
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Margaret (Margery) Croft's Timeline
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1530
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Nettlestead, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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| 1561 |
1561
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Warkworth, Northamptonshire
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1588
Age 58
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Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
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