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Lord Sir Knigh Thomas Wentworth 1503 – 1549 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1503

Birth Location: Woolley, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 4 JUL 1549

Death Location: Kings Palace at Westminster, London, Middlesex, England

Father: Sir Wentworth

Mother: Lady Tyrrell

Spouse(s): Lady Beeston, Margaret Fortescue

Children(s): Lord Wentworth, Lord Wentworth

The story of Lord Sir Knigh Thomas Wentworth , 1st Baron of Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 6th Baron of Despencer, Lord deputy of ireland began in 1503 in Woolley, Yorkshire, England. Lord Sir Knigh Thomas Wentworth , 1st Baron of Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 6th Baron of Despencer, Lord deputy of ireland married Lady Katherine Beeston, Margaret Fortescue, and had children including Lord Thomas Wentworth, Lord Sir Thomas Henry de Wentworth. Lord Sir Knigh Thomas Wentworth , 1st Baron of Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 6th Baron of Despencer, Lord deputy of ireland passed away in 1549 in Kings Palace at Westminster, London, Middlesex, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Lord Sir Knigh Thomas Wentworth , 1st Baron of Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 6th Baron of Despencer, Lord deputy of ireland began in 1503 in Woolley, Yorkshire, England.
  • Lord Sir Knigh Thomas Wentworth , 1st Baron of Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 6th Baron of Despencer, Lord deputy of ireland married Lady Katherine Beeston, Margaret Fortescue, and had children including Lord Thomas Wentworth, Lord Sir Thomas Henry de Wentworth.
  • Lord Sir Knigh Thomas Wentworth , 1st Baron of Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 6th Baron of Despencer, Lord deputy of ireland passed away in 1549 in Kings Palace at Westminster, London, Middlesex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Wentworth
1475 – 1528
Birth Location: Nettlestead (Suffolk) England
SW
Lady Tyrrell
1480 – 1534
Birth Location: Gipping, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Lady Beeston
1506 – 1549
Birth Location: Beeston, Yorkshire, England
LB
Margaret Fortescue
1502 – 1551
Birth Location: Stonor, Oxfordshire, England
MF

Children(s)

Lord Wentworth
1520 – 1574
Birth Location: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
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Lord Wentworth
1529 – 1554
Birth Location: South Kirby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Lord Wentworth's Ancestors

Self
Lord Wentworth
1503 – 1549
Birth Place: Woolley, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Sir Knight Richard Wentworth
1475 – 1528
Nettlestead (Suffolk) England
Lady (Anne Margaret) Tyrrell
1480 – 1534
Gipping, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Wentworth's Descendants

1.
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Lord (Sir Knigh Thomas) Wentworth (1503 – 4 JUL 1549) m. Lady (Katherine) Beeston (8 Oct 1506 – 1549) m. Margaret Fortescue (01 Jan 1502 – 12 May 1551)
  1. 1. Lord (Thomas) Wentworth (1520 – 27 Mar 1574) m. Lady (Grace Margaret de) Gascoigne (1537 – 1592) m. Ellen Gilby (1523 – 1579)
    1. 1. Lord (Sir William de) Wentworth (3 Jul 1562 – 10 Sep 1614) m. Lady (Anne) Atkinson (Jan 11 1567 – 23 July 1611)
      1. 1. Lord (William) Wentworth (13 Apr 1593 – 3 Jul 1644) m. Elizabeth Savile (1595 – 9 Nov 1666)
        1. 1. Ann (Elizabeth) Wentworth (1627 – 20 Sep 1707) m. Edward Skinner (24 Jun 1624 – 13 May 1657)
  2. 2. Lord (Sir Thomas Henry de) Wentworth (1529 – 20 Nov 1554) m. Lady (Grace Margaret) Gascoigne (1522 – 27 Mar 1574)
    1. 1. Mary (Patience Love) Wentworth (1569 – 17 April 1627) m. William Brewster (24 Jan 1566 – 16 Apr 1644)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Brewster (26 July 1584 – About 1666) m. Thomas (Frederic) Emerson (1591 – Jan 1660)
        1. 1. Joseph Emerson (25 June 1620 – 3 Jan 1680) m. Elizabeth Woodmansey (1638 – 24 December 1654)

Lord Wentworth's Timeline

9 Records

1484
1484
Birth of Lord Sir Knigh Thomas Wentworth , 1st Baron of Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 6th Baron of Despencer, Lord deputy of ireland in Woolley, Yorkshire, England
Woolley, Yorkshire, England
1501
1501
Birth of Lord Sir Knigh Thomas Wentworth , 1st Baron of Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 6th Baron of Despencer, Lord deputy of ireland in Woolley, Yorkshire, England
Woolley, Yorkshire, England
1501
1501
Birth of Lord Sir Knigh Thomas Wentworth , 1st Baron of Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 6th Baron of Despencer, Lord deputy of ireland in Woolley, Yorkshire, England
Woolley, Yorkshire, England
1501
1501
Birth of Lord Sir Knigh Thomas Wentworth , 1st Baron of Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 6th Baron of Despencer, Lord deputy of ireland in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
1503
1503
Birth of Lord Sir Knigh Thomas Wentworth , 1st Baron of Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 6th Baron of Despencer, Lord deputy of ireland in Woolley, Yorkshire, England
Woolley, Yorkshire, England
1527
1527
Age 24
Lord Sir Knigh Thomas Wentworth , 1st Baron of Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 6th Baron of Despencer, Lord deputy of ireland was married in Southe Kirkby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Southe Kirkby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1549
4 JUL 1549
Age 46
Death of Lord Sir Knigh Thomas Wentworth , 1st Baron of Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 6th Baron of Despencer, Lord deputy of ireland in Kings Palace at Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
Kings Palace at Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
1551
3 Mar 1551
Age 48
Death of Lord Sir Knigh Thomas Wentworth , 1st Baron of Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 6th Baron of Despencer, Lord deputy of ireland in Kings Palace at Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
Kings Palace at Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
1551
03 Mar 1551
Age 48
Death of Lord Sir Knigh Thomas Wentworth , 1st Baron of Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 6th Baron of Despencer, Lord deputy of ireland in Kings Palace at Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
Kings Palace at Westminster, London, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Woolley, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Woolley, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1484
    Event Place: Woolley, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1503
    Event Place: Woolley, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1527
    Event Place: Southe Kirkby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Mar 1551
    Event Place: Kings Palace at Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 03 Mar 1551
    Event Place: Kings Palace at Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 JUL 1549
    Event Place: Kings Palace at Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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