Wentworth, Thomas (1525 - 1583/4)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1525
Death Date: 1584-01-13

Notes

Imprisoned in France 7 Jan. 1557/8--March 1558/9. Indicted for high treason 2 July 1558; acquitted of treason and restored to lands 22 April 1559

Siblings

Female

Wentworth, Joan ( - 1614)

Primary Title

2nd Baron Wentworth

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1547-09-28
    Vacated 1583/4-01-13
  • 2nd Baron Wentworth
    Assumed 1550/1-03-03
    Vacated 1583/4-01-13

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Deputy, France 1553-12-13 1557/8-01-7
Privy Councillor, England 1553-8-21 (appointed to the Council on or before this date) 1558
JP, Middlesex 1562 1577
Commissioner of Musters, Middlesex 1565 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • (city) in Middlesex
  • Stepney, Middlesex
  • Nettlestead, Suffolk

Lands

  • Middlesex

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1553-1554 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Wentworth's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Wentworth's Minstrels Wentworth, Thomas (1525 - 1584) Entertainers/Minstrels 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)