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Wentworth: Wentworth of Nettlestead (Nettlested), Wentworth of North Elmsall, Wentworth of Wentworth
We30. John de Wentworth of Elmsall (a 1314)
m Joan dau of Richard le Tyas of Burgh Walleys
We29. John Wentworth of Elmsall
m. Alice Bisset (dau of John or Roger Bisset)
We28. John Wentworth of North Elmsall (a 1413)
m. Agnes Dronsfield (dau of Sir William Dronsfield of West Bretton)
Visitation shows the following John as father rather than brother of Roger of Nettlestead and Richard of West Bretton. It identifies Roger as the eldest son, Richard as the 2nd, and John (who married Miss Calverley) as the 3rd. We follow BEB1844 because the generations are consistent with the report in TCP of the ancestry of the 1st Lord Wentworth.
We27-1 John Wentworth of North Elmsall (d 11.06.1461)
m. Elizabeth Beaumont (dau of Richard Beaumont of Whitley)
a. John Wentworth of North Elmsall
BEB1844 (Wentworth of North Elmsall) suggests that John's wife was Elizabeth, daughter of William Calverley of Calverley. Visitation identifies her as Elizabeth, daughter of William Calverley. We follow BEB1844 (Calverley of Calverley) in identifying her as ...
m. Anne Calverley (dau of Walter Calverley of Calverley)
(1) Thomas Wentworth of North Elmsall (a 1522)
m Jane Mirfield b about 1461 Oliver Mirfield b Abt 1415 in Howley, Yorkshire, Eng
Isabel Savile b Abt 1436 in Thornhill Hall, Dewsbury, Yorkshire

John Savile b Abt 1410 in Thornhill Hall, Dewsbury, Yorkshire
m Alice Gascoigne b Abt 1415 in Gawthorpe Hall, Harewood, Yorkshire
A Sir John Wentworth of North Elmsall (d before 08.1544)
m1 Anne Crake (dau of Thomas Crake of Beverly)
m2. Jane Appleton (dau of Roger Appleton of Dartford)
B daughter (presumably Anne)
m Walter Hawksworth
C reported by Oliver Wentworth b Abt 1500 in North Elmsall, Hemsworth, West Riding Yorkshire
m Jane b Abt 1505
-1 William Wentworth b Bet 1525 and 1530 in Lincolnshire
-2 Francis Wentworth b Abt 1527 d about 1612 in Waltham
-1-1 Christopher Wentworth b Abt 1560
-1-2 Oliver Wentworth b Abt 1552 in Lincolnshire
-1-3 Thomas Wentworth b Abt 1554 in Lincolnshire
(2) Jane Wentworth
m. William Goldthorpe of Goldthorpe
We24 =27 Roger Wentworth of Nettlestead or Nettlested (d 21/4.10.1452)
m. Margery le Despenser (d 20.04.1478, dau of Philip le Despenser of Nettlestead and Goxhill, 2nd Lord) TCP reports that, according to modern doctrine, Margery may be viewed as 'Baroness le Despenser' and her successors as de jure Lords Le Despenser. The title was not recognised during their lifetimes.
We23 =26 Sir Philip Wentworth of Nettlestead or Nettlested d 18.05.1464
m. Mary Clifford dau of John de Clifford, Lord Clifford
We22 Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlestead, de jure 4th Lord le Despenser, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk then of Yorkshire d 1499/1500
m1 Ann Say dau of->
+1 Sir John Say of Sawbridgeworth b 1415 d 1478
m Elizabeth Cheney b 1422 d 25 Sep 1473
+2 Sir John Say b 1381 Poldington Bedfordshire
m 1406 Maud x
We21 Sir Richard Wentworth of Nettlestead, de jure 5th Lord le Despenser, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk d 17.10.1528
m Anne Tyrrell a 11.1529, dau of Sir James Tyrrell of Gipping
We20 Thomas Wentworth, 1st Lord (b 1501, d 03.03.1550/1)
m. (c1520) Margaret Fortescue (d before 12.05.1551, dau of Sir Adrian Fortescue)
We19-1 Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Lord (b 1525, d 13.01.1583/4)
m1. (09.02.1545/6) Mary Wentworth (dsp c1554, dau of Sir John Wentworth of Gosfield)
m2. (1555-6) Anne Wentworth (d 02.09.1574, dau of Henry Wentworth of Mountnessing)
((1)) William Wentworth (b 1555-6, dvpsp 07.11.1582)
m. (16.02.1581/2) Elizabeth Cecil (b 01.07.1564, d 04.1583, dau of William Cecil, 1st Lord Burghley)
((2)) Henry Wentworth, 3rd Lord (b 1558, d 16.08.1593)
m. (c1585) Anne Hopton (bur 10.05.1625, dau of Sir Owen Hopton)
((A)) Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Cleveland (b 1591, d 25.03.1667)
m1. (before 1612) Anne Crofts (d 16.01.1637/8, dau of Sir John Crofts of Little Saxham by Mary, dau of Sir Thomas Shirley of Wiston)
((i)) Thomas Wentworth, 'Lord Wentworth of Nettlested' (bpt 02.02.1612/3, dvp 01.0.1664/5)
m. (before 21.03.1657/8) Philadephia Carey (d 04.05.1696, dau of Sir Ferdinando Carey)
((a)) Henrietta Maria Wentworth, Baroness Wentworth b 11.08.1660, d unm 23.04.1686
((ii)) Anne Wentworth, Baroness Wentworth bpt 29.07.1623, d 07.05.1697
m 11.07.1638 John Lovelace, 2nd Lord of Hurley b c1616, d 24.09.1670
((iii))+ other issue - Anne (b 1610, bur 04.07.1612), Mary b c1614, bur 29.01.1632/3
m2 before 25.10.1638 Lucy Wentworth d 23.11.1651, dau of Sir John Wentworth, Bart of Gosfield
((v)) Katherine Wentworth (b c1639, dsp bur 21.05.1670)
m. (c07.1661) William Spencer of Cople
((B)) Henry Wentworth (d 1644, Major General)
((C)) Jane Wentworth
m. Sir John Finet of West Keele
((3)) Elizabeth Wentworth (dsp)
m1. John Hutton of Dry Drayton
m2. William Hynde (d 1606, son of Sir Francis)
m3. Sir Arthur Capell
We19-2 Sir Henry Wentworth 'of Blakenham'
m Elizabeth Glenham (dau of Sir Christopher Glenham)
We19-3 Richard Wentworth
m. Margaret Roydon
We19-4 Philip Wentworth
m. _ Corbet (dau of Sir Richard Corbet)
We19 Anne Wentworth
m Sir John Poley or Pooley of Bradley
We19-6 Cicily Wentworth
m Sir Robert Wingfield
We19-7 Mary Wentworth
m. William Cavendish
We19-8 Margaret or Margery Wentworth d 20.07.1587/8?
m1 after 19.04.1557 John Williams, Lord Williams of Thame b c1500, d 14.10.1559
m2. 10.10.1560 Sir William Drury d c13.10.1579, Lord Justice of Ireland
m3. (before 15.07.1580) James Crofts (d 1624)
We19-9 Joan Wentworth (d 16.04.1614)
m. Henry Cheney, Lord of Toddington (bur 03.09.1587)
We19-10 Dorothy Wentworth
m. Paul Withypoole
We19-11+ other issue - John, Edward, James, Roger, Elizabeth, Catherine, Margery
We20-2 Margery Wentworth (bur 26.03.1587)
m1. Sir Christopher Glemham
m2. Francis Colby
We20-3 Dorothy Wentworth of Nettlestead Suffolk b c 1510 Helmingham Hall Suffolk
m Sir Lyonell Tallmache of Creeks Hall Suffolk b 1501 son of Lionel Tollemache b 1483 Hellingham Suffolk m1 Edith Joyce + 1 ch m2 Ann Helmingham + 1 ch
-1 Mary Tollemache b 1535 Helmingham d 6 Aug 1606 Depden Suffolk m John Jermyn
-2 Humphrey Tollemache b c 1536
-3 Cecily Tollemache b c 1537 Creekshall Suffolk
-4 Edyth Tollemache b c 1541
-5 Lionel Tollemache b 1545 Helmingham
-6 Thomas Tollemache b c 1549
-1-1 Thomas Jermyn b 1561 Depden Suffolk m Sarah Stephens b c 1565 dau of John Stephens b c 1540 Althorne Essex -1-1-1 Jane Jermyn m Thomas Wright son of Thomas Wright b and Agnes Fisher -1-1-1-1 Jermyn Wright
We20-4 Thomasine Wentworth
m Richard Pinder of Ipswich
We21-2 Margaret Wentworth (d 1550)
m. Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall (d 21.12.1536)
We21-3 Elizabeth Wentworth (a 1542)
m1. Sir Roger Darcy of Banbury
m2. Sir Thomas Wyndham of Felbrigg (d 1521)
m3. (sp) John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath (d 30.04.1539)
m2. (10.1494, sps) Elizabeth Nevile (d 09.1517, dau of John Nevile, Marquess Montague)
We26 Henry Wentworth of Codham Hall (d 22.03.1482)
m1. Elizabeth Howard (dau of Henry Howard of Teringhampton)
m2. Joane FitzSymonds (dau of Robert FitzSymonds)
We26-3 Anne Wentworth
m. John Calthorpe
We26-4 Margaret Wentworth
m. (John or) William Hopton (a 1483)
We26-5 Agnes Wentworth
m. Sir Robert Constable of Flamburgh, Sheriff of Yorkshire (d 1488)
We27-3 Thomas Wentworth of Doncaster (a 1448)
We27-4 Richard Wentworth of West Bretton (a c1440)
m. Maud Clifford (dau of Thomas, Lord Clifford)
a. Richard Wentworth of West Bretton
This generation omitted by Visitation (Essex).
m. Isabell Fitzwilliam (dau of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Sprotborough)

Main source(s):
(1) For Wentworth of North Elmsall : BEB1844 (Wentworth of North Elmsall), Visitation (Essex, 1558+1612, Wentworth).
(2) For Wentworth of Nettlestead : TCP (Wentworth of Wellesborough), BE1883 (Wentworth of Cleveland) with some support from TCP (Despenser).
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