Sir Philip Wentworth, Knight

Knight

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, of Nettlestead

Nettlestead, Suffolk

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, Suffolk

Suffolk

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 (1424 - 18 May 1464) was an English

England

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 knight.

He was Usher

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 of the King's Chamber, King's Sergeant, Esquire of the Body, King's Carver, Sheriff of Norfolk

Norfolk

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 and Suffolk

Suffolk

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, Knight of the Shire for Suffolk

Suffolk

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, Constable of Llanstephen and Clare Castle

Clare Castle

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s, Chief Steward

Chief Steward

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 of the Honour of Clare.

He was the son of Sir Roger Wentworth, Esq., then Kt., of Parlington, Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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, and of Nettlestead, Suffolk (died 24 October 1452), by wife, as her second husband, married before 2 March 1422/1423, Margery or Margaret Despencer (c. 1400 - 20 April 1478), widow of John de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros

John de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros

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, daughter and heiress of Philip le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer

Philip le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer

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, Knight.

He married Mary Clifford, daughter of John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford

John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford

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 and Lady Elizabeth Percy

Lady Elizabeth Percy

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.

From Douglas Richardson's Plantagenet Ancestry:

In 1458 he and his mother, Margery, Lady Ros, and their children "of both sexes" received a papal indult

Indult

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 that a confessor of their choice may absolve them from all their vows and grant them absolution for their sins.



Philip Wentworth served in the army of King Henry VI of England

Henry VI of England

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, and died intestate 18 May 1464, being beheaded at Middleham

Middleham

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, Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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, after the Battle of Hexham

Battle of Hexham

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, where he had been taken prisoner by the Yorkists. His wife, Mary, was buried at the Friars Minor at Ipswich

Ipswich

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, Suffolk

Suffolk

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.

Issue

Name	Notes
Sir Henry Wentworth Henry Wentworth Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlestead, Suffolk, KB , de jure Lord Despenser, was the grandfather of King Henry VIII's third Queen, Jane Seymour, and the great-grandfather of Jane's son, King Edward VI.-Life:Sir Henry Wentworth was born about 1448, the only son and heir of the courtier Sir Philip...	His daughter Margery Wentworth Margery Wentworth Margery Wentworth, also known as Margaret Wentworth was the wife of Sir John Seymour and the mother of Queen Jane Seymour, the third wife of Henry VIII of England. She was the grandmother of King Edward VI of England.-Family:...  married Sir John Seymour and had several notable children
Elizabeth Wentworth	m. Martin De La See Martin De La See Martin De La See was the son of Brian De La See, by Maud, daughter and heiress of John Monceaux. He married Margaret Spencer, daughter and heiress of Christopher Spencer, by whom they had one daughter, Margaret. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Wentworth, Knight, of Nettlestead, Suffolk,... , Knight, of Barmston, East Riding of Yorkshire, son of Brian De La See, by Maud, daughter of John Monceaux.

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