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Wentworth, Thomas (1525 - 1583/4)

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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

Parents

Siblings

Female

Male

  • Wentworth, John ( - 1562/3)
  • Wentworth, James ( - 1562/3)

Primary Title

  • 2nd Baron Wentworth

Titles

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

Details of Offices

Began Ended
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

Details of Properties

Residence

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

Lands

  • Middlesex

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - 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.