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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)
- http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n107/mo...
- http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n170/mo...
- 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.
- *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:-- _______________________________
- Name Thomas Wentworth, rector of Barrow [1, 2, 3, 4]
- Born Abt 1432
- Died Bef 9 May 1501 of, Barrow, Suffolk, England [2]
- Father Sir Roger Wentworth, Lord Wentworth, b. Abt 1396, of, Nettlestead, Kent, England d. 24 Oct 1445 (Age ~ 49 years)
- Mother Margery le Despenser, Baroness Ros, b. Cal 1398, d. 20 Apr 1478 (Age ~ 80 years)
- Sources
- [S88] #542 Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire (1874), Foster, Joseph, (2 volumes in 12. London: W. Wilfred Head, 1874), FHL book Q 942.74 D2f; FHL microfilm 924,024., vol. 1 pt. 4 Pedigree of Wentworth of Woodhouse.
- [S882] The Wentworth genealogy : English and American, Wentworth, John, (Boston, Massachusetts : Little, Brown and Co., 1878), 929.273 W488w., vol. 1 p. 27.
- [S23] Magna Carta Ancestry: A study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Richardson, Douglas, (Kimball G. Everingham, editor. 2nd edition, 2011), vol. 3 p. 235.
- [S289] #4271 The Visitation of Suffolke, Made by William Hervey, Clarenceaux King of Arms, 1561: with Additions from Family Documents, Original Wills, Jermyn, Davy, and Other Mss, &c, Hervey, William, (2 volumes. London: Whittaker and Col., 1866-1871), FHL microfilm 453035 items 2-3., vol. 2 pt. 1 p. 165.
- From: https://histfam.familysearch.org//getperson.php?personID=I48459&tre... ______________________
- Roger Wentworth, Esq.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
- M, #12724, d. 24 October 1452
- Father John Wentworth, Esq.4,5,12,13 d. a 1413
- Mother Agnes Dornsfield4,12
- Roger Wentworth, Esq. was born at of North Elmsall, York, England. He married Margery le Despenser, daughter of Sir Philip IV le Despenser, Lord le Despenser and Elizabeth Tibetot, before 2 March 1423 at of Nettlestead, Suffolk, England; Married without royal license. They had 3 sons (Sir Philip; Henry, Esq; & Thomas (a cleric)) and 3 daughters (Elizabeth, wife of John Calthorpe; Margaret, wife of Sir William Hopton; & Agnes, wife of Sir Robert Constable).3,4,5,11,12,13 Roger Wentworth, Esq. died on 24 October 1452 at Nettlestead, Suffolk, England.4,5,12
- Family Margery le Despenser b. c 1398, d. 20 Apr 1478
- Children
- Henry Wentworth, Esq.+16,4,17,12 d. 22 Mar 1483
- Agnes Wentworth+18,2,4,6,7,19,8,9,12,14,15 b. c 1424, d. 20 Apr 1496
- Sir Philip Wentworth, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk, Constable of Llanstephan & Clare Castles+20,4,12 b. c 1424, d. 18 May 1464
- Margaret Wentworth+3,4,11,12 b. c 1430, d. 20 Apr 1478
- Elizabeth Wentworth+10 b. c 1436
- Citations
- [S3543] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 291; Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 4th Ed., by F. L. Weis, p. 78; The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 46.
- [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 127.
- [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 401.
- [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 234-235.
- [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 456.
- [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 468.
- [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 243.
- [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 527.
- [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 138-139.
- [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 177.
- [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 313.
- [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 215-216.
- [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 496-497.
- [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 515.
- [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 223-224.
- [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 462.
- [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 403.
- [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 527.
- [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 284.
- [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 380.
- From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p424.htm#i... ______________________
- ACCORDING TO OTHER SOURCES ROGER'S PARENTS WERE JOHN AND AGNES (DRONSFIELD) WENTWORTH
- Roger WENTWORTH of Nettlestead (Sir)
- Born: ABT 1397, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
- Died: 24 Oct 1452, Nettlested, Suffolk, England
- Buried: Grey Friars, Ipswich
- Notes: Member of Parliament
- Father: John WENTWORTH of North Elmsall
- Mother: Elizabeth BEAUMONT
- Married: Margery (Margaret) DESPENCER (B. Ros of Hamlake) 25 Jun 1423, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
- Children:
- 1. Phillip WENTWORTH (Sir Knight)
- 2. Henry WENTWORTH of Codham (Esq.)
- 3. Margaret WENTWORTH
- 4. Elizabeth WENTWORTH
- 5. Thomas WENTWORTH
- 6. Agnes WENTWORTH
- From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WENTWORTH.htm#Roger WENTWORTH of Nettlestead (Sir)1 __________________
- Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire (1874) Vol. 2 Pg.n258
- http://www.archive.org/details/pedigreesofcount02fost
- Pedigree Chart -
- Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse, Earls of Strafford (Watson Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham), Vernon Wentworth of Wentworth Castle, and Wentworth of Woolley.
- http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n257/mode...
- http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n258/mode...
- http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n260/mode...
- 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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Thomas Wentworth's Timeline
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1428
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Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
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May 9, 1501
Age 73
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Barrow, Suffolk, England
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May 28, 1912
Age 73
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June 7, 1912
Age 73
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