Sir Henry Wentworth of

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, KB (born c. 1448 – died between 17 August 1499 and 27 February 1501), ''

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'' 4th

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, was the grandfather of Henry VIII's third wife,

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, and the great-grandfather of Jane's son,

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Life

Henry Wentworth, born about 1448, was the only son and heir of the courtier Sir Philip Wentworth (d. 18 May 1464) of

, beheaded after the

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, and Mary Clifford, daughter of

John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford (c. 1389 – 13 March 1422), also known as John, Lord Clifford, 7th Lord of the Honor of Skipton, KG, was an English peer. He was killed at the siege of Meaux, France. Family John Clifford, born about 13 ...

, by

Lady Elizabeth Percy John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford (c. 1389 – 13 March 1422), also known as John, Lord Clifford, 7th Lord of the Honor of Skipton, KG, was an English peer. He was killed at the siege of Meaux, France. Family John Clifford, born about 138 ...

, the daughter of Henry Percy. He was the grandson of Roger Wentworth and Margery le Despencer. In taking as her second husband Roger Wentworth, a younger son of John Wentworth of

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, Yorkshire, Sir Philip's mother, Margery, Lady Roos, who was the daughter and heiress of Philip le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer, was said to have 'married herself dishonourably without licence from the King'. Sir Philip Wentworth served in the army of

King Henry VI Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. The only child of Henry V, he succeeded to the English throne at ...

in the

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. He was taken prisoner at the

, and beheaded at

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, Yorkshire, on 18 May 1464. Wentworth was pardoned in 1462, and two years later his father's lands were restored to him by Parliament. In 1475 he went to France with the army of

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. He was invested as a

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in 1489. He served as an

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of the Household and a Knight of the Body, and held the offices of

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for Yorkshire, and High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1482. He was

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in 1489 and 1492. Wentworth's will, made on 17 August 1499, was proved 27 February 1501. He was buried in

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, Lincolnshire.

Marriages and issue

Wentworth married firstly, Anne Say (died before 22 October 1494), the daughter of

Sir John Say Sir John Say (born 1415 in Podington, Bedfordshire, England, died 12 April 1478) was an English courtier, MP and Speaker of the House of Commons. Life He was the son of John Say (born before 1445) and his wife Maud. His brother, aster Willia ...

and Elizabeth Cheyney, by whom he had two sons and four daughters: *Sir Richard Wentworth, who married Anne Tyrrell, the daughter of Sir James Tyrrell, by whom he had three sons,

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth and ''de jure'' 6th Baron le Despencer, PC (15013 March 1551) was an English peer and courtier during the Tudor dynasty. The Wentworths were originally from Yorkshire but a branch of the family had settled ...

, Richard and Philip, and five daughters, Anne, Elizabeth, Margery, Dorothy and Thomasine. *Edward Wentworth. *Elizabeth Wentworth (died after 22 September 1545), who married firstly, Sir Roger Darcy (d. 30 September 1508) of

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. She was appointed to wait on

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in October 1501. She was the mother of Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche (1506 – 28 June 1558). She married secondly, as his second wife, Sir Thomas Wyndham (d. 1522) of Felbrigg, Norfolk, Vice-Admiral and councillor to Henry VIII, by whom she was the mother of Sir Thomas Wyndham. She married thirdly, as his third wife,

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. *

Margery Wentworth Margery Wentworth, also known as Margaret Wentworth, and as both Lady Seymour and Dame Margery Seymour (c. 1478 – 18 October 1550). She was the wife of Sir John Seymour and the mother of Queen Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VI ...

(c. 1478 – c. October 1550), who married, before 1500, Sir John Seymour, by whom she was the mother of

, third wife of

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and mother of

. *Dorothy Wentworth, who married, as his second wife, Sir Robert Broughton. *Jane Wentworth. Wentworth married secondly, by licence dated 22 October 1494, Elizabeth Neville (d. September 1517), widow of Thomas Scrope, 6th

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and Upsall (d. 23 April 1493), and second daughter of

John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (c. 1431 – 14 April 1471) was a major magnate of fifteenth-century England. He was a younger son of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and the younger brother of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwi ...

by Isabel, daughter of Sir Edmund Ingaldsthorpe, by whom he had no issue.

Lady Margaret Beaufort Lady Margaret Beaufort (usually pronounced: or ; 31 May 1441/43 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late fifteenth century, and mother of King Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch. A descendant o ...

gave her a primer book and a

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.Nicholas Harris Nicolas, ''Testamenta Vetusta: Illustrations from Wills'', vol. 1 (London, 1826), p. 588. She died in September 1517, and left a will dated 7 March 1518, which was proved 9 December 1521. She was buried with her first husband at the Blackfriars, London.

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External links

Will of Sir Henry Wentworth, proved 25 February 1501, PROB 11/12/265, National Archives
Retrieved 1 August 2013
Will of Sir Richard Wentworth, proved 21 November 1528, PROB 11/22/654, National Archives
Retrieved 1 August 2013
Will of Elizabeth, Lady Scrope, widow, of Masham, Yorkshire, proved 9 December 1521, PROB 11/20/300, National Archives
Retrieved 2 August 2013

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