Philip Wentworth

Philip Wentworth
Born 1424
England
Died 18 May 1464
Middleham, Yorkshire, England
Nationality English
Spouse Mary Clifford
Children Henry Wentworth
Elizabeth Wentworth
Parents Roger Wentworth, Esq.
Margery, Lady Ros

Sir Philip Wentworth, Knight, of Nettlestead, Suffolk (1424 - 18 May 1464) was an English knight.

He was Usher of the King's Chamber, King's Sergeant, Esquire of the Body, King's Carver, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, Constable of Llanstephen and Clare Castles, Chief Steward of the Honour of Clare.

He was the son of Sir Roger Wentworth, Esq., then Kt., of Parlington, Yorkshire, and of Nettlestead, Suffolk (died 24 October 1452), by wife, as her second husband, married before 2 March 1422/1423, Margery or Margaret Despencer (c. 1400 - 20 April 1478), widow of John de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, daughter and heiress of Philip le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, Knight[1][2].

He married Mary Clifford, daughter of John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford and Lady Elizabeth Percy[3].

From Douglas Richardson's Plantagenet Ancestry:

In 1458 he and his mother, Margery, Lady Ros, and their children "of both sexes" received a papal indult that a confessor of their choice may absolve them from all their vows and grant them absolution for their sins[4].

Philip Wentworth served in the army of King Henry VI of England, and died intestate 18 May 1464, being beheaded at Middleham, Yorkshire, after the Battle of Hexham, where he had been taken prisoner by the Yorkists. His wife, Mary, was buried at the Friars Minor at Ipswich, Suffolk[5][6].

Issue[7]

Name Notes
Sir Henry Wentworth His daughter Margery Wentworth married Sir John Seymour and had several notable children
Elizabeth Wentworth m. Martin De La See, Knight, of Barmston, East Riding of Yorkshire, son of Brian De La See, by Maud, daughter of John Monceaux[8].

Ancestors

References

  1. ^ Thomas Hawley (1878-1879). The Visitation of Essex by Hawley, 1552. 2 Vols. Ed. Wlater Charles Metcalfe. Publications of the Harleian Society, Visitation Series 13, 14. London: Harleian Society.
  2. ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, p. 1107.
  3. ^ Thomas Blore (1811). The History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland. Stanford: R. Newcomb.
  4. ^ Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland: Papal Letters. Ed. W. H. Bliss (vols. 1-5), C. Johnson (vol. 3), J. A. Twemlow (vols. 4-13) and Michael J. Haren (vols. 18-19). 19 Volumes in 21 to date. London: H.M.S.O., 1896. Letter 11 (1921): 170-171
  5. ^ Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry, Baltimore Md., 2004, p. 380. ISBN 0-8063-1750-7
  6. ^ Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry, Baltimore Md., 2005, p. 614. ISBN 0-8063-1759-0
  7. ^ W. Harvey. Visitations of Suffolk, Made of Hervey Clarenceux, 1577 and Raven Richmond Herald, 1612, with Notes and an Appendix of Additional Suffolk Pedigrees. Exeter, England: William Pollard, 1882.
  8. ^ W. Harvey et al. Visitations of the North 3. (Surtees Soc. 144) (1930): 78-79.