WENTWORTH, Sir Thomas I (by 1500-51), of Nettlestead, Suff. and Westminster, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. by 1500, 1st s. of Sir Richard Wentworth, de jure 5th Lord le Despenser, of Nettlestead, by Anne, da. of Sir James Tyrrell of Gipping, Suff. m. by 1524 Margaret da. of Sir Adrian Fortescue of Shirburn and Stonor, Oxon., 8s. inc. Sir Thomas II 9da. Kntd. 1 Nov. 1523; suc. fa. 17 Oct. 1528; cr. Lord Wentworth of Nettlestead 2 Dec. 1529.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/49/8, 60. DNB; CP; LP Hen. VIII, iii; W. L. Rutton, Three Branches of the Fam. Wentworth, 24-35.

Offices Held

J.p. Suff. 1523 – d.; commr. subsidy 1523, 1524, coastal defence 1539, benevolence 1544/45, musters 1546, relief, London, Suff., royal household 1550; other commissions, Suff. and eastern counties 1534 – 45; member, household of Duke of Suffolk by 1524–?8; PC by 7 Aug. 1549; chamberlain, the Household Feb. 1550–d.E179/69/4–6; 371/300, r. 47; Burnet, Hist. Ref. iii. 321, 333; Lit Rems. Edw. VI, 248–9; D. E. Hoak, The King’s Council in the Reign of Edw. VI, 270; LP Hen. VIII, iii-v, vii, xii-xiv, xviii, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 89; 1553, pp. 358, 360–1, 363.

Parlimentarian

WENTWORTH, Sir Thomas I (by 1500-51), of Nettlestead, Suff. and Westminster, Mdx.

Main residences: Nettlestead, Suff.; Westminster, Mdx.

Author

M.K.D.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

WENTWORTH, Sir Thomas I (by 1500-51)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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