Sir Nicholas WENTWORTH, Knight

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• Alt. Birth: Abt 1500; Alt. Birth
• TitleOfNobility: Aug 1544; Knighted

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Nicholas was knighted by King Henry VIII in person during his expedition to Boulogne, in August 1544. He possessed numerous estates in Oxford, Bucks, NOrthampton, Warwick and Lincoln, but his chief residence was at Lilling- stone Lovell, co. Oxford which was given to him by the King in 1546. His will was proved 24 June 1557.

Born: 1482 Lillingstone Lovell, Oxfordshire, England

Died: ABT 1553 / 24 Jun 1557

Notes: held the office of chief porter of Calais. He is variously styled chief porter, master porter, or knight porter. He was knighted byHenry VIII at the siege of Boulogne, 1544, and died in 1557. He married the sister of Sir Thomas Josselyn, K.B., and lived at Lillingstone Lovell, then a detached bit of Oxfordshire surrounded by Buckinghamshire. Lady Wentworth survived to live with her younger son, Paul Wentworth, at Burnham Abbey, and was burled in Burnham church.

Nicholas married Jane "Joan" JOSSELYN in 1525 in Hertfordshire, England. Jane (daughter of Sir John JOSSELYN and Philippa BRADBURY) was born about 1504 in Newall, Josselyn, Essex, England; died in in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England; was buried on 26 Aug 1659 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir Knight Peter WENTWORTH was born about 1529 in Lillingstone, Dayrell, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 10 Nov 1596 in Tower Of London, London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Chapel Of St. Peter Ad Vincula T Of London, Middlesex, England.
2. Joan WENTWORTH was born on 3 Jul 1529 in High Easter, Essex, England; died on 22 Apr 1578 in Callington, Cornwall, England.
3. Henry WENTWORTH was born about 1531 in London, Midddlesex, England; died on 1 Jan 1614 in St Sepulchre, London, England; was buried on 1 Jan 1614 in All Saints Church with St Peter Churchyard, Malden, Essex, England.
4. Francis WENTWORTH was born about 1534 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England; was buried on 4 Sep 1564.
5. Paul WENTWORTH was born in 1534 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 13 Jan 1594 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England; was buried on 13 Jan 1594 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England.
6. Katherine Balsac WENTWORTH was born in 1537 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England; died in 1631 in Nonington, Kent, England.
7. Clara WENTWORTH was born about 1537 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England; died between 1563 and 1631 in Nonington, Kent, England.
8. Sybyl WENTWORTH was born in 1539 in England; died in 1601.

Nicholas married in 1525 in Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Henry Wentworth, Knight of Codham Hall who died March 22, 1481/82; He married firstly Elizabeth Howard of the Ducal family, called of Wiggenhall and secondly, Joan Fizsimon.

Henry married Jane FITZSIMON about 1452 in England. Jane (daughter of Henry FITZ-SIMON and Katherine MANFIELD) was born after 1428 in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England; died on 26 Aug 1489 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Title: Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists: The Descent from
the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, and Edward
III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies
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Abbrev: Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry"
Author: David Faris
Publication: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1999
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Roger married Baroness Ros Margery Le DESPENCER in Jun 1422 in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England. Margery (daughter of Baron Philip Le DESPENCER and Elizabeth TIBETOT) was born about 1397 in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England; died on 20 Apr 1478 in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Margaret, was a generous benefactress to the Queen's College Cambridge.

Her father was Philip Le Despenser, 2nd Baron le Despenser (c.1365 Nettlestead, Suffolk, England - 20 June 1424) was the son and heir of Philip le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser.[1] Philip is listed in the Complete Peerage as being age 36 at the death of his father Philip Despencer in 1401.[2] He was knighted in 1385.

He married Elizabeth De Tiptoft (or Tibetot, Tybotot), co-heiress and daughter of Robert Tiptoft, 3rd Lord Tybotot and his wife Margaret Deincourt. By this marriage he inherited the manors of Nettlestead and Barrow among others.

It appears that he was never summoned to Parliament, and died on 20 June 1424 without male heir. His title passed to his only daughter, Margery le Despenser, wife of John de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros and secondly Roger Wentworth of Nettlestead, Esq. Margery and Roger Wentworth were ancestors to Jane Seymour, third queen consort of King Henry VIII.

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Henry married Katherine MANFIELD. Katherine was born in 1400; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Agnes DRONSFIELD. Agnes (daughter of William DRONSFIELD) was born about 1373 in West Bretton, Yorkshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Source: Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 5th Ed., Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1999],

Philip Le Despenser, 2nd Baron le Despenser (c.1365 Nettlestead, Suffolk, England - 20 June 1424) was the son and heir of Philip le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser.[1] Philip is listed in the Complete Peerage as being age 36 at the death of his father Philip Despencer in 1401.[2] He was knighted in 1385.

He married Elizabeth De Tiptoft (or Tibetot, Tybotot), co-heiress and daughter of Robert Tiptoft, 3rd Lord Tybotot and his wife Margaret Deincourt. By this marriage he inherited the manors of Nettlestead and Barrow among others.

It appears that he was never summoned to Parliament, and died on 20 June 1424 without male heir. His title passed to his only daughter, Margery le Despenser, wife of John de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros and secondly Roger Wentworth of Nettlestead, Esq. Margery and Roger Wentworth were ancestors to Jane Seymour, third queen consort of King Henry VIII.

Philip married Elizabeth TIBETOT before 23 Nov 1385. Elizabeth (daughter of Roger TIBETOT and Margaret DEINCOURT) was born about 1370 in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England; died on 20 Apr 1478; was buried in Grey Friars, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Nettlestead), Suffolk, England