Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth PC (* 1501 ; † March 3, 1551 in the Palace of Westminster , London ) was an English politician and courtier.
Life
Thomas Wentworth was born in 1501 as the eldest son of Sir Richard Wentworth, de iure 5th Baron le Despenser , and Anne Tyrrell, daughter of Sir James Tyrell. He died in 1551.
Political career
His first work in the civil service was of a minor nature: he accompanied the Duke of Suffolk and Princess Maria Tudor , the sister of Henry VIII , on their expedition to France from August to October 1523, as he was part of the household of Suffolk and Princess Maria . When he inherited his father on October 17, 1528, his circumstances suddenly changed. He was first elected Member of Parliament for the county of Suffolk in 1529 , but shortly thereafter, in the same year, received a Writ of Summons which appointed him to the House of Lords and made him Baron Wentworth the hereditary baron of the kingdom. He was then one of the signatories of the letter of July 13, 1530 to Pope Clement VII , with which the king wanted to obtain his divorce from Catherine of Aragón . He was later one of the peers who indicted Anne Boleyn on May 15, 1536 . Lord Wentworth also supported the king in suppressing the rebellion of the northern English nobles, the Pilgrimage of Grace , in which he asked Henry VIII to ask 100 mounted men.
In October 1536 he submitted at the baptism of the heir to the throne, who later became King Edward VI. , the godparents - the Duke of Norfolk and the Archbishop of Canterbury - the baptismal water. As a supporter of the Protestant party, he helped the king in his efforts to eradicate heresy. He was also appointed Commander for the Defense of the Suffolk Coast in 1538/39 and again in 1545, after serving as one of the councils of war under the Duke of Norfolk in 1544 during the campaign against France at the siege of Montreuil ( Second Siege of Boulogne ). On the occasion of the fall of the Lord Protector , Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset , he was appointed to the Privy Council ( Privy Council appointed) and the Lord Chamberlain appointed, a post which he held until his death 1551st In 1550 he received the Stepney and Hackney estates in Middlesex for his services . He was married to Margaret Fortescue since about 1520. He died on March 3, 1551 in the Palace of Westminster and was buried in Westminster Abbey .
literature
- PRN Carter: Wentworth, Thomas, first Baron Wentworth (1501-1551), nobleman. In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of January 2008
- Albert Frederick Pollard: Wentworth, Thomas (1501–1551) . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 60: Watson - Whewell. MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1899, pp 264 - 265 (English).
Web links
- Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth on thepeerage.com
Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| New title created |
Baron Wentworth 1529–1551 |
Thomas Wentworth |
| William Paulet |
Lord Chamberlain of the Household 1550–1551 |
Thomas Darcy |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wentworth, Thomas, 1st Baron Wentworth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wentworth, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English politician and courtier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1501 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1551 |
| Place of death | Palace of Westminster , London |