475330. Sir Henry Wentworth & 475331.
Anne Saye
1448, Henry born in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England, heir
& s/o 950660. Philip Wentworth &
950661. Mary Clifford.
~1450, Anne born in England, d/o 950662. Sir John Saye & 184695. Elizabeth Cheney.
6/28/1461, Edward IV succeeded Henry VI as King of England.
[War of the Roses.]
1461, Henry’s father, a Lancastrian, attained in parliament.
1462, Henry pardoned in parliament for any infractions of
his family.
4/1463 at Parliament, Finding a way around the consequences
of attainder was the object of Henry Wentworth, the son of the Lancastrian
Philip Wentworth. He did not suggest that the judgement against his father be
reversed. Henry's concern was with his own legal status, ‘disabled for ever’.
He argued that because Philip had possessed no inherited land at the time of
his attainder, no damage would be done to the king's interests if he, Henry,
was allowed to inherit his ancestors’ lands. Henry's petition received the
royal approval. (S) Parliament Rolls, Edward IV, April 1463.
4/25/1464, Henry and his father Philip at the Battle of
Hedgeley Moor. Henry was in the forces of the Henry, Duke of Somerset. The Duke
of Somerset’s men were quickly defeated at a heavy cost. Sir Henry managed to
intercept and kill Lord Roos with 2 blows from his sword.
5/15/1464, The Battle of Hexham, Northumberland. Yorkist
John Neville had about 3000 men. Lancanstrians, the Duke of Somerset and Lord
Hungerford’s men were defeated. Henry’s and his father were captured. Henry was
taken to the Tower.
5/18/1464, Henry’s father executed.
1465, Edward IV captured Henry VI and put him in the Tower
of London.
12/1466, Henry pardoned by King Edward and restored to his
lands.
[––Henry &
Anne––]
~1468, Henry married Anne.
1468-1485, Henry Esquire of the King’s Household.
10/3/1470, Henry VI regained the throne of England. [Earl of
Warwick & Duke of Clarance effectively ruling.]
5/11/1471, Edward IV regained the crown after the Battle of
Tewkesbury.
1474-75, Indentures between the king and the following,
retaining them for service in his invasion of France. Henry Wentworth the
younger.
6/1475, Henry served with the King’s army in France. A force
of about 13,000 landed at Calais.
8/29/1475, at Picquigny, France, west of Amiens, King Edward
and King Louis XI met on a bridge to sign a peace agreement.
8/30/1477, Margery [Henry’s paternal grandmother] wrote her
will: … to Henry Wentworth, my heir, 12 dishes of silver, and I will that the
said Henry shall cause at his own proper expense, the body of [his] father Dni
Philip Wentworth, Knight, to be transferred to the Church of Newsam, in Lincolnshire,
… and another marble to be laid upon the body of his mother, in the Church of
Friars Minors at Ispwich ; … (S) Testamenta Vetusta, V1, P347.
1478, Henry age 30.
1478-80, Henry knighted.
3/27/1480, Henry Wentworth, knight, on a commission of peace
in Suffolk. (S) CPRs.
1480-83, Defendants: Henry Wentworth, knight, Thomas
Fastolf, esquire, and others ... (S) UKNA.
1481-82, Henry, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk.
2/10/1483, Commission to enquire what persons in the
counties of Norfolk and Suffolk have committed treasons, insurrections, and
rebellions ... : William Clopton, knight, Henry Wentworth, knight, … (S) CPRs.
6/26/1483, Richard III succeeded Edward V as King of
England. The same day, Henry Wentworth, knight, on a commission of peace in
Suffolk. (S) CPRs.
1483, Henry Wentworth nominated, but not elected, to the
Order of the Knights of the Bath by the Duke of Suffolk. (S) Court Chivalry and
Politics, Gumus, 2007, P276.
8/1/1483, Commission to collect subsidies in the county of
Suffolk: William Brandon, knight, Henry Wentworth, knight, … (S) CPRs.
2/20/1484, Licence, … for Thomas Say [Joan his wife], son of
John Say, knight, deceased, … successive remainders to William Say, knight, son
and heir of the said John, … Leonard Say, son of the said John … Anne the wife
of Henry Wentworth, knight, one of the daughters of the said John, the heirs of
Elizabeth late the wife of Thomas Sampson, both deceased, another of the
daughters of the said John, Katherine the wife of Thomas Bassyngburne, the 3rd
daughter, and Mary the wife of Philip Calthorpe, the 4th daughter.
(S) CPRs.
1/8/1484, Henry VII succeeded Richard III as King of
England.
5/1/1484, Henry Wentworth, knight, on a commission of array
in Suffolk. (S) CPRs.
4/9/1486, King Henry, on a visit to the north of England,
stopped at ‘Pomfreyte’. His retinue included Sir Henry Wentworth, Knyght. (S) A
Memoir of the Court of Henry VII, Cavel, 2001.
1489, Henry, High Sheriff of Yorkshire.
1489-99, Henry a Knight of the Body to Henry VII.
1489, Henry of Nettlested in Suffolk, Knight of the Bath.
(S) Henry VII, Breverton, 2016.
5/22/1489, Sir Henry Wentworth and Sir Richard Tunstall
appointed as stewards to the Earl of Surrey. (S) A Memoir of the Court of Henry
VII, Cavel, 2001.
1490, Henry Wentworth de Woodhouse, miles, High Sheriff of
Yorkshire. (S) Eboracum, V2, 1788, P102.
5/6/1490, Sir Henry mentioned in a letter from Edward
Plumpton to Sir Robert Plumpton, stating that Henry was at the time the Steward
of Knaresborough. (S) The Plumpton Letters and Papers, Kirby, 1996, P93.
1492, Henry Wentworth, mil., High Sheriff of Yorkshire. (S)
Eboracum, V2, 1788, P102.
Anne died.
[––Henry––]
1493-1500, Plaintiffs: Sir James Tyrell, knight. Defendants:
Sir Henry Wentworth, knight. Subject: Performance of the covenant made at the
marriage of Richard, son and heir of defendant, with Anne, eldest daughter of
complainant. (S) UKNA.
12/26/1493, Wardship and marriage of John Seymour (married
to daughter Margery) granted to Sir Henry Wentworth. (S) Seymours of Wolf Hall,
Loades, 2015.
10/22/1494, Henry married 2nd Elizabeth Neville,
widow of Lord Thomas Scrope. [No children.]
11/10/1495, IPM of Joan Inggaldethorp … John Stonour, and
Elizabeth wife of Henry Wentworth, knight, (who was the wife of Thomas, late
Lord de Scrop, of Upsale, Knight) … (S) Lincolnshire N&Qs, V3, 1893, P139.
1495-1500, Plaintiffs: Sir Henry Wentworth, knight, and Dame
Elizabeth, his wife. Yorkshire. (S) UKNA.
8/17/1499, Henry wrote his will.
By 2/27/1501, Henry died, buried in Newhouse Abbey,
Lincolnshire.
(S) Peerage of England, Collins, 1812, P149. (S) Magna Carta
Ancestry, P614.
Family notes:
·
Early in this Henry’s life, he is Henry
Wentworth ‘the younger’. A Henry Wentworth, ‘the elder’, of Shardolewes, Suffolk,
also has a daughter Margery, born 1460, who’s marriage settlements may be
confused with this Margery.
Children of Henry
and Anne:
i. Sir Richard Wentworth, born ? in England.
Richard married Anne, d/o Sir
James Tyrell.
ii. Elizabeth Wentworth, born ? in England.
By 1505, Elizabeth married 1st
Sir Roger Darcy of Danbury, Essex.
1508, Roger died.
iii. Margery Wentworth (237665), born ~1475 in England.
[Mother of Queen Jane Seymour.]
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