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Sir Thomas 1st Baron Wentworth Wentworth 1503–1551 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1503

Birth Location: Granges, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 3 March 1551

Death Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England

Father: Sir Wentworth

Mother: Lady Tyrrell

Spouse(s): Margaret Fortescue

Children(s): Anne Wentworth, Philip Wentworth, Jane Wentworth, Sir Wentworth

Sir Thomas 1st Baron Wentworth Wentworth was born in 1503 in Granges, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Richard Baron Wentworth And Lady Anne Margaret Tyrrell. Sir Thomas 1st Baron Wentworth Wentworth married Margaret Fortescue, and had children including Anne Agnes Wentworth, Jane Wentworth, Philip Wentworth, Sir Thomas 2Nd Baron Wentworth Wentworth. Sir Thomas 1st Baron Wentworth Wentworth passed away in 1551 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Thomas 1st Baron Wentworth Wentworth was born in 1503 in Granges, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Richard Baron Wentworth And Lady Anne Margaret Tyrrell.
  • Sir Thomas 1st Baron Wentworth Wentworth married Margaret Fortescue, and had children including Anne Agnes Wentworth, Jane Wentworth, Philip Wentworth, Sir Thomas 2Nd Baron Wentworth Wentworth.
  • Sir Thomas 1st Baron Wentworth Wentworth passed away in 1551 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Wentworth's Ancestors

Self
Sir Wentworth
1503–1551
Birth Place: Granges, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Richard Baron Wentworth
1475–1528
Nettlestead, Europe., Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Anne Margaret) Tyrrell
1480–1534
Gipping, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Henry (4th Baron le Despenser) Wentworth
1448–1499
Anne Say
1458–1494
Borough, Of, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England
James Tyrrell
1450–1502
Gipping, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Anne Arundell
1446–1523
Cornwall, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Wentworth
1424–1464
William Gripping
1408–1462
Margaret Darcy
1425–1476
Sir VII
1421–1473
Lady Morley
1424–1447
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Tyrrell
1382–1437
Alice Coggeshall
1382–1422

Sir Wentworth's Descendants

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Sir (Thomas 1st Baron Wentworth) Wentworth (1503–3 March 1551) m. Margaret Fortescue (1502–12 May 1551)
  1. 1. Anne (Agnes) Wentworth 1520–1575 m. John Poley 1513–1589
    1. 1. Susanna Poley 1543–1603
    2. 2. Edmund Poley 1545–1613
    3. 3. Henry Poley 1558–1618
    4. 4. Margaret Poley 1542–1625
    5. 5. Martha Poley 1556–1603
    6. 6. Mirabel Poley 1552–1581
    7. 7. Richard Poley 1546–1591
    8. 8. Thomas Poley 1540–1625
  2. 2. Philip Wentworth 1536–1583 m. Elizabeth Corbet 1540–
  3. 3. Jane Wentworth 1541–1614 m. Henry Cheyne 1540–1587
    1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Cheyne 1578–1656
    2. 2. Oliver Cheney 1581–
  4. 4. Sir (Thomas 2nd Baron Wentworth) Wentworth 1522–1584 m. Mary Wentworth 1524–1554 m. Ann Wentworth 1530–1571

Sir Wentworth's Timeline

2 Records

1503
1503
Birth of Sir Thomas 1st Baron Wentworth Wentworth in Granges, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Granges, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1551
3 March 1551
Age 48
Death of Sir Thomas 1st Baron Wentworth Wentworth in Kings Palace at Westminster, London, Middlesex, Europe., London, England, United Kingdom
Kings Palace at Westminster, London, Middlesex, Europe., London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1503
    Event Place: Granges, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [5] North America, Family Histories
    [6] UK, Portraits and Photographs
    [7] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Record Source: UK, Portraits and Photographs

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 March 1551
    Event Place: Kings Palace at Westminster, London, Middlesex, Europe., London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [3] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
    [4] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [5] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [6] North America, Family Histories
    [7] England, Extracted Parish and Court Records
    [8] UK, Portraits and Photographs
    [9] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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