Richard Wentworth (nobleman)
Sir Richard Wentworth | |
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| Born | c. 1480 |
| Died | October 17, 1528 |
| Burial place | Suffolk |
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Sir Richard Wentworth and 5th Baron le Despencer of the 1387 creation (c. 1480-1528) was an English nobleman who served as the Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk from 1509 to 1510, and later from 1516 to 1517.[1]
Knighthood[edit]
Although it is mostly accepted that Wentworth was knighted on the eve of King Henry VIII's coronation on 24 June 1509, British historian Albert Pollard dates the event 3 years later, in 1512.[1][2]
Life[edit]
Wentworth served at the battle of the Spurs in 1513 against France and was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, seven years later, in June 1520.[2]
He died on 17 October 1528 and was buried in Ipswich.[1]
Family[edit]
The Wentworths were originally from Yorkshire but a branch of the family had settled in Nettlestead, Suffolk, beginning with Richards great-grandfather Roger Westworth (d. 1452).[3][4]
Richard Wentworth was the son of Henry Wentworth and Anne Say. He married Anne Tyrrell (d. 11. November 1529), the daughter of Sir James Tyrrell and Anne Arundel. His children include Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth (b. 1501 - 1551).[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. Douglas Richardson. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-4610-4513-7.
- ^ a b Pollard, Albert Frederick (1899). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 60. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 264.
- ^ Rutton, William Loftie (1891). Three Branches of the Family of Wentworth. Mitchell and Hughes. p. 16.
- ^ McNeill, Ronald John (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 520.