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Wentworth, Thomas (1501 - 1550/1)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1501
Death Date: 1551-03-03

Notes

Member of the royal household March 1526/7

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Fortescue, Margaret ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 1st Baron Wentworth

Titles

  • 1st Baron Wentworth
    Assumed: 1529-12-02
    Vacated: 1550/1-03-03
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1523-11-01
    Vacated: 1550/1-03-03

Details of Offices

Began Ended
MP, Suffolk 1529 -11 -3
JP, Suffolk 1530/1 1532
JP, Suffolk 1537 1539
JP, Suffolk 1542/3 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bedfordshire 1543 1544
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1543 1544
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1543 1544
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1543 1544
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1543 1544
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1543 1544
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norwich 1543 1544
Commissioner of Array, Suffolk 1545
JP, Suffolk 1547
Privy Councillor, England 1549 -10 -9 (possibly held office before this date)
Chamberlain of the Household, England 1549/50 -2 1550/1 -03 -3

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Nettlestead, Suffolk

Lands

  • Middlesex
  • Suffolk
  • Westmorland

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Wentworth's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Wentworth's Players Wentworth, Thomas (1501 - 1551) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.