Philip WENTWORTH, Knt.

Male Abt 1424 - 1464  (40 years)


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  • Name Philip WENTWORTH  [1, 2
    • Philip Wentworth, Knt., of Nettlestead, Suffolk jure uxoris, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, M.P. is the son and heir apparent of Robert Wentworth, Knt., of North Elmsall, co. York, by Margery, daughter and heiress of Philip Despenser, Knt., of Nettlestead, Sufflk, 2nd Lord le Despenser.

      He served in the army of King Henry VI, and died intestate on 18 May 1646, being beheaded at Middleham, co. York, after the battle of Hexham, where he had been taken prisoner by the Yorkists. [1]
    Suffix Knt. 
    Birth Abt 1424  Nettlestead, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 18 May 1464  [1, 2
    Burial New Sarum Abbey, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I60371  Main Tree
    Last Modified 19 May 2022 

    Father Sir Roger WENTWORTH, Knt.,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 5 Jun 1452, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Margaret DESPENCER,   b. 1398/1400, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1478 (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage Bef 25 Jun 1423  Nettlestead, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Family ID F04163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary DE CLIFFORD 
    Children 
    +1. Henry WENTWORTH, Knt.,   b. Abt 1448   d. Between 17 Aug 1499 and 27 Feb 1500/1 (Age 51 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Elizabeth WENTWORTH,   b. 1440-1450  [Birth]
    Family ID F00300  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

    2. [S13027] John Wentworth, L.L.D., The WENTWORTH Genealogy, Comprising The Origin of the name, The Family in England, and a Particular Account of Elder William WENTWORTH, The Emigrant and of his Descendants Vol 1.

    3. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.

    4. [S13112] George Edward Cokayne, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and The United Kingdom Vol. VI.