Philip Wentworth

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Sir Philip Wentworth of Nettlested, ( 1424 - May 18, 1464 ) was an English knight .

Life

He was the eldest son and heir to Sir Roger Wentworth, squire of Nettlestead in Suffolk .

Philip Wentworth was Knight of the Shire for Suffolk in 1447, 1449 and 1453 member of the House of Commons . Wentworth served in Suffolk as Justice of Array in 1457, 1459 and 1460 and was served by Henry VI. in August 1457 as ambassador to Pope Kalixt III. posted. In the same year Wentworth was part of the English delegation that negotiated a ceasefire with Scotland that would last until 1459. Wentworth had many trustworthy posts in the immediate vicinity of the king, for example Usher to the Kings chamber , Kings Carver , Kings Sergeant and Esquire to the Kings Body . In 1451 Philip Wentworth served as protector at the ceremonial introduction of John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk to the Order of the Garter .

Wentworth received 1459/60 together with John Mowbray the royal order (English commission) to mobilize men for the fight against the House of York . At the same time, Wentworth was serving as sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Philip Wentworth was appointed Constable of Llansteffan Castle and Clare Castle by the King and reappointed to Parliament in November 1459.

During the Wars of the Roses Wentworth fought for the House of Lancaster at the First Battle of St Albans (1455), at Northampton (1460), at Wakefield (1460), at Towton (1461), at the Second Battle of St Albans (1461) Hedgeley Moor (1464) and finally at the Battle of Hexham (1464).

At the First Battle of St. Albans, Philip Wentworth was one of the King's Standard Bearers, but fled the battlefield. After the defeat at Towton, the first Edward IV Parliament imposed a Bill of Attainder on Wentworth. He fought in 1462 with the besieged Lancaster troops in Dunstanburgh Castle and was able to flee with Richard Tunstall when the castle fell .

After the defeat at Hexham, Philip Wentworth was taken prisoner to Middleham Castle and beheaded there on May 18, 1464.

Marriage and offspring

Philip Wentworth was married to Mary, daughter of John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford .

The couple had the following offspring:

  • Sir Henry Wentworth (1499–1501)
  • Margaret Wentworth ⚭ Thomas Cotton
  • Elizabeth Wentworth (1444–1480) ⚭ Sir Martin de la See (around 1433–1494)

Through his son Henry, Philip Wentworth was a great-grandfather of Jane Seymour , the third wife of Henry VIII.

Literature and web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e Egerton Brydges: Collin's Peerage of England. Volume 6, London 1812, p. 202.
  2. ^ A b Colin Richmond: John Hopton: A Fifteen Century Suffolk Gentleman. Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-521-02015-2 , p. 107 / p. 109.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Douglas Richardson: Magna Carta Ancestry. A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Douglas Richardson, 2011, ISBN 978-1-461-04520-5 , p. 236.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Towton Battlefield Society
  5. ^ A b Thomas Duffus Hardy: Syllabus of the Documents related to England and other Kingdoms. Volume 2, Longman & Co, London 1873, pp. 688/689.
  6. ^ A b Harris Nicholas: Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England. Volume 6, London 1837, p. 402 / S.lxxxiv.
  7. ↑ Ralph A. Griffith: The Reign of King Henry VI. The Exercise of Royal Authority 1422-1461. University of California Press, 1981, ISBN 978-0-520-04372-5 .
  8. ^ A b A. R. Myers: Crown, Household and Parliament in Fifteenth Century England. A&C Black, 1985, ISBN 978-0-826-44685-5 , p. 224.
  9. ^ The Register of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. John Barber, London 1724, p. 30.
  10. ^ A b c John Fenn: Paston Letters. Volume 1, Charles Knight, London 1840, p. 51, p. 63, p. 86.
  11. ↑ a b c d Richard III. Foundation Inc. ( Memento from January 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ^ A b Richard Brooke: Visits to the Fields of Battle in England. John R. Smith, London 1837, pp. 207/304.
  13. ↑ a b Rotuli Parliamentorum. Volume 5, 1775, pp. 472/480.
  14. ↑ a b James Bohn: The Chronicles of the White Rose of York. William Stevens, London 1845, S. liv.
  15. ^ Mary Ann Hookham: The Life and Time of Margaret of Anjou. Tinsley Brothers, London 1872, p. 5.
  16. ^ JG Edgar: The Wars of the Roses. Harper Brothers, New York 1873, p. 61 / p. 65.
  17. ↑ P. Burley, M. Elliot, H. Watson: The Battles of St. Albans , Pen & Sword 2013, ISBN 978-1-473-81903-0 , p. 38.
  18. ^ A b Malcolm Mercer: The Medieval Gentry: Power, Leadership and Choice during the Wars of the Roses. A&C Black 2010, ISBN 978-1-441-19064-2 , p. 80.
  19. ^ Bernard Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire , Harrison and Son London 1868, p. 351.
personal data
SURNAME Wentworth, Philip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sir Philip Wentworth of Nettlested
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH 1424
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1464
Place of death Middleham