Individual Details
Roger Wentworth Esquire
(Abt 1395 - 24 Oct 1452)
} == Biography == Sir Roger Wentworth was born abt. 1395 and died October 24, 1452. Father: [[Wentworth-57|John Wentworth]] Mother: [[Dronsfield-1|Agnes Dronsfield]] Roger Wentworth, of Nettlestead, Suffolk, which he acquired through marriage (by 25 June 1422, originally secretly because of their difference in rank) with [[Despencer-26|Margery de jure Baroness le Despenser]] (died 20 April 1478), in her own right, widow of 7th Lord (Baron) de Ros of Helmsley and daughter and heir of 2nd Lord (Baron) le Despenser, 17 Dec 1387 Margery and Roger Wentworth were ancestors to [[Seymour-225|Jane Seymour]], third queen consort of King Henry VIII. Roger is often credited with a knighthood, but this seems to be unsupported by primary evidence. == Sources == *Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. III p. 234-235 * Burke's Peerage* Wentworth, John: ''The Wentworth Genealogy'', 2nd edn. (1878), [https://archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01went#page/38/mode/2up page 39]; [https://archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01went#page/n29/mode/2up chart G, page xxii]. == Acknowledgements ==This page has been edited according to [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Acknowledgements Style Standards] adopted January 2014. Descriptions of imported gedcoms for this profile are under the Changes tab.
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== Biography ==
Sir Roger Wentworth was born abt. 1395 and died October 24, 1452.
Father: [[Wentworth-57|John Wentworth]]
Mother: [[Dronsfield-1|Agnes Dronsfield]]
Roger Wentworth, of Nettlestead, Suffolk, which he acquired through marriage (by 25 June 1422, originally secretly because of their difference in rank) with [[Despencer-26|Margery de jure Baroness le Despenser]] (died 20 April 1478), in her own right, widow of 7th Lord (Baron) de Ros of Helmsley and daughter and heir of 2nd Lord (Baron) le Despenser, 17 Dec 1387
Margery and Roger Wentworth were ancestors to [[Seymour-225|Jane Seymour]], third queen consort of King Henry VIII.
Roger is often credited with a knighthood, but this seems to be unsupported by primary evidence.
== Sources ==
*Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. III p. 234-235
* Burke's Peerage* Wentworth, John: ''The Wentworth Genealogy'', 2nd edn. (1878), [https://archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01went#page/38/mode/2up page 39]; [https://archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01went#page/n29/mode/2up chart G, page xxii].
== Acknowledgements ==This page has been edited according to [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Acknowledgements Style Standards] adopted January 2014. Descriptions of imported gedcoms for this profile are under the Changes tab.
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== Biography ==
Sir Roger Wentworth was born abt. 1395 and died October 24, 1452.
Father: [[Wentworth-57|John Wentworth]]
Mother: [[Dronsfield-1|Agnes Dronsfield]]
Roger Wentworth, of Nettlestead, Suffolk, which he acquired through marriage (by 25 June 1422, originally secretly because of their difference in rank) with [[Despencer-26|Margery de jure Baroness le Despenser]] (died 20 April 1478), in her own right, widow of 7th Lord (Baron) de Ros of Helmsley and daughter and heir of 2nd Lord (Baron) le Despenser, 17 Dec 1387
Margery and Roger Wentworth were ancestors to [[Seymour-225|Jane Seymour]], third queen consort of King Henry VIII.
Roger is often credited with a knighthood, but this seems to be unsupported by primary evidence.
== Sources ==
*Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. III p. 234-235
* Burke's Peerage* Wentworth, John: ''The Wentworth Genealogy'', 2nd edn. (1878), [https://archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01went#page/38/mode/2up page 39]; [https://archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01went#page/n29/mode/2up chart G, page xxii].
== Acknowledgements ==This page has been edited according to [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Acknowledgements Style Standards] adopted January 2014. Descriptions of imported gedcoms for this profile are under the Changes tab.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1395 | North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England | |||
| Marriage | 2 Mar 1423 | Margaret Despenser | |||
| Death | 24 Oct 1452 | Nettlestead, Suffolk, England | |||
| Alt name | Roger Wentworth | ||||
| Reference No | 64211 | ||||
| Reference No | 74066 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Despenser (1398 - 1478) |
| Child | Philip Wentworth Knt (1424 - 1464) |
| Child | Henry Wentworth Esq. (1426 - 1483) |
| Child | Thomas Wentworth (1428 - ) |
| Child | Margaret Wentworth (1430 - 1478) |
| Child | Elizabeth Wentworth (1436 - 1480) |
| Child | Agnes Wentworth ( - 1496) |
| Father | John Wentworth II (1370 - 1413) |
| Mother | Agnes Dronsfield (1373 - 1437) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Wentworth (1400 - ) |