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Roger Wentworth 1397 – 1452 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1397

Birth Location: Nettlestead, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 24 Oct 1452

Death Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Father: John Wentworth

Mother: Agnes Dronsfield

Spouse(s): Margaret Despencer

Children(s): Philip Wentworth, Thomas Wentworth, Henry Wentworth, Elizabeth Wentworth, Margaret Wentworth, Mary Wentworth

Roger Wentworth was born in 1397 in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England, the child of John Godfrey Wentworth and Agnes Dronsfield. Roger Wentworth married Margaret Le Despencer, and had children including Philip Wentworth, Thomas Wentworth, Henry Wentworth, Elizabeth Wentworth, Margaret Wentworth, Mary Wentworth. Roger Wentworth passed away in 1452 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • Roger Wentworth was born in 1397 in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England, the child of John Godfrey Wentworth and Agnes Dronsfield.
  • Roger Wentworth married Margaret Le Despencer, and had children including Philip Wentworth, Thomas Wentworth, Henry Wentworth, Elizabeth Wentworth, Margaret Wentworth, Mary Wentworth.
  • Roger Wentworth passed away in 1452 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Wentworth
1369 – 1425
Birth Location: North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England
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Agnes Dronsfield
1360 – 1437
Birth Location: Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Despencer
1397 – 1478
Birth Location: Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
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Children(s)

Philip Wentworth
1424 – 1464
Birth Location: Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
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Thomas Wentworth
1428 – 1474
Birth Location: Barrow, Cheshire, England
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Henry Wentworth
1429 – 1482
Birth Location: Essex, England
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Elizabeth Wentworth
1432 – 1496
Birth Location: Nettlestead, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Margaret Wentworth
1433 – 1479
Birth Location: of Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
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Mary Wentworth
1434 – 1488
Birth Location: Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
MW

Roger Wentworth's Ancestors

Self
Roger Wentworth
1397 – 1452
Birth Place: Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
Parents
John Godfrey Wentworth
1369 – 1425
North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England
Agnes Dronsfield
1360 – 1437
Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William Dronsfield
1320 – 1380
Bretton, Yorkshire, England
Anne Gascoigne
1322 – 1388
Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Dronsfield
1320 – 1373
Ann Gascoigne
1322 – 1388
William Gascoigne
1298 – 1366
Margaret Clarell
1310 – 1396
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Dronsfield
1301 – 1344
Agnes Thornhill
1302 –
John Thornhill
1260 – 1322
Beatrice Talboner
– 1329

Roger Wentworth's Descendants

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Roger Wentworth (1397 – 24 Oct 1452) m. Margaret (Le) Despencer (1397 – 20 Apr 1478)
  1. 1. Philip Wentworth (Abt 1424 – 18 May 1464) m. Mary (De) Clifford (1421 – 4 Oct 1478)
    1. 1. Margaret Wentworth (1441 – 28 Apr 1478) m. Thomas (de) Cotton (1439 – 13 Jul 1499)
    2. 2. Elizabeth Wentworth (Abt 1441 – 20 Nov 1494) m. John Ridgeway (1484 – 1556) m. Martin (de la) See (Abt 1420 – 15 Dec 1494)
    3. 3. Elizabeth Wentworth (Abt 1441 – 20 Nov 1494)
    4. 4. Richard Wentworth (1445 – ) m. Anne Tyrrell (1485 – 1528)
    5. 5. Henry Wentworth (13 Feb 1448 – 27 Feb 1501) m. Anne (De) Saye (1453 – Bef 22 Oct 1494) m. Elizabeth Scrope m. Elizabeth* (de) Neville (1465 – 25 Apr 1515)
      1. 1. Sir (Richard) Wentworth (Abt 1490 – 21 Oct 1528) m. Anna Tyrell (Abt 1480 – )
        1. 1. Thomasine Wentworth (Abt 1498 – ) m. Richard Pinder (Abt 1510 – Bet 1492 and 1600) m. Richard Pounder m. Richard Pinder m. Richard Pinder (Abt 1504 – ) m. Richard Pander (Abt 1496 – )
        2. 2. Thomas Wentworth (1501 – 3 Mar 1551) m. Baroness (Margaret) Fortescue (1502 – 12 May 1551)
        3. 3. Anne Wentworth (1503 – Deceased)
        4. 4. Elizabeth Wentworth (1505 – )
        5. 5. Dorothy Wentworth (Abt 1508 – Bef 1571) m. Lionel Tollemache (1508 – Bef 20 Jan 1571) m. Lionel (Tollemache) II (1508 – 1571)
        6. 6. Margery Wentworth (1509 – 1587) m. Christopher Glemham (1508 – ) m. Francis Colby (Abt 1510 – 1 May 1599) m. Christopher Gilman (1501 – 1549)
        7. 7. Philip Wentworth (1510 – )
        8. 8. Richard Wentworth (1512 – 1528)
        9. 9. Margery Wentworth (Abt 1520 – 1588)
        10. 10. Richard Wentworth m. Margaret Fortescue
  2. 2. Thomas Wentworth (1428 – 1474)
  3. 3. Henry Wentworth (1429 – 22 Mar 1482) m. Elizabeth Howard (26 Aug 1428 – 22 Mar 1483) m. Joan FitzSimon (1431 – 26 Aug 1521)
    1. 1. Henry Wentworth (1450 – 1 Aug 1499) m. Ann Hammond (Abt 1448 – )
    2. 2. Thomas Wentworth (1450 – 17 Oct 1528)
    3. 3. William Wentworth (1452 – 9 Aug 1539)
    4. 4. Margery Wentworth (1453 – 7 May 1540)
    5. 5. Elizabeth (Alice) Wentworth (1455 – 1528) m. Charles Morton (1478 – 1531)
    6. 6. Agnes Wentworth (1456 – 1500) m. Robert Timperley (Abt 1453 – 1494)
    7. 7. Margaret Wentworth (Abt 1457 – Aft 1530) m. Edmund Wingfield (1468 – 1530)
    8. 8. Mary Wentworth (Abt 1458 – 1500) m. Thomas Tymperley (Abt 1477 – 1505)
    9. 9. Roger Wentworth (Abt 1465 – 9 Aug 1539) m. Anna Tyrell (1474 – 28 Aug 1534)
    10. 10. William Wentworth (1468 – 17 Oct 1528)
    11. 11. Robert Wentworth (1470 – )
    12. 12. Margery Wentworth (1478 – Oct 1550) m. John Seymour (1474 – 21 Dec 1536)
    13. 13. Henry Wentworth ( – 1511)
  4. 4. Elizabeth Wentworth (1432 – 20 Apr 1496) m. John Calthorpe (Abt 1438 – Bef 22 Aug 1503) m. John Calthorpe (Abt 1431 – 1494)
  5. 5. Margaret Wentworth (1433 – 28 Apr 1479) m. William Hopton (1430 – 7 Feb 1484)
  6. 6. Mary Wentworth (1434 – 20 Apr 1488) m. Richard Benning (1426 – 1483)

Roger Wentworth's Timeline

3 Records

1397
1397
Birth of Roger Wentworth in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
1452
24 Oct 1452
Age 55
Death of Roger Wentworth in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
1452
26 Oct 1452
Age 55
Burial of Roger Wentworth in Grey Friars, Ipswich, Ipswich Borough, Suffolk, England
Grey Friars, Ipswich, Ipswich Borough, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1397
    Event Place: Nettlestead, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Oct 1452
    Event Place: Ipswich, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 26 Oct 1452
    Event Place: Grey Friars, Ipswich, Ipswich Borough, Suffolk, England
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