Sir
Henry
"4th Lord Despenser"
Wentworth
KB
Born before in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
Ancestors 
Son of Philip Wentworth
and Mary (Clifford) Wentworth
Brother of
Elizabeth (Wentworth) de la See and Margaret (Wentworth) Cotton
Husband of
Anne (Saye) Wentworth
— married
about 1470 (to 25 Feb 1484) [location unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Neville) Scrope
— married
2 Oct 1494 in Deighton, Yorkshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Edward Wentworth, Jane Wentworth, Elizabeth (Wentworth) Bourchier, Dorothy (Wentworth) Broughton, Margaret (Wentworth) Seymour and Richard Wentworth Knt.
Died
after age 53
in Lincolnshire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Feb 2011
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Biography
Titles of Henry Wentworth (Royal Ancestry):
- Esquire of the Household
- Knight of the Body
- Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk 1481-2
- Sheriff of Yorkshire 1489-90, 1492
- Knight of the Shire for Yorkshire 1491-2
Sir Henry Wentworth (called by modern writers "de jure 4th Baron le Despenser") was born abt. 1447-48 in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England (age 30 in 1478).
Henry's father was Philip Wentworth[1]
Henry's mother was Mary Clifford[1]
Henry married Anne (Saye) Wentworth before 1484[2]. They had 2 sons
- Sir Richard
- Edward
and 4 daughters
- Elizabeth, wife of Roger Darcy Esq, of Sir Thomas Wyndham, and of Sir John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath
- Margery, wife of Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall
- Dorothy, 2nd wife of Sir Robert Broughton
- Jane
It's not known when Anne died, but Sir Henry obtained a licence to marry Elizabeth Neville (widow of Thomas le Scrope, 6th Lord Scrope of Masham) on 2nd, or 22nd, October 1494. They had no children.
Henry, K.B.,[1] died between 17 August 1499 and 27 February 1501 and was buried at Newhouse Abbey, Lincolnshire, England.[3][4]
Sir Henry was the grandfather of Queen Jane Seymour via his daughter Margery (Wentworth) Seymour
Sources
- Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. IV p. 219-220
- Wikipedia entry
- Marlyn Lewis
- The visitations of Suffolk, pg 77[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, p. 236
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 381.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 237-238.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 218.
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1. Gerald is the son of Margaret Florine (Leggott) Jones [unknown confidence] 2. Margaret is the daughter of Nina Mary (Jenks) Leggott [unknown confidence] 3. Nina is the daughter of Henry A. Jenks [unknown confidence] 4. Henry is the son of Adam Aadon Jenks [unknown confidence] 5. Adam is the son of Calvin Lewis Jenks [unknown confidence] 6. Calvin is the son of Elisha Jenks [unknown confidence] 7. Elisha is the son of Mary Rhoda (Smith) Jenks [unknown confidence] 8. Mary is the daughter of Jacob Smith [unknown confidence] 9. Jacob is the son of Patience (Mowry) Smith [unknown confidence] 10. Patience is the daughter of Joanna (Inman) Mowry [unknown confidence] 11. Joanna is the daughter of Frances (Hopkins) Mann [confident] 12. Frances is the daughter of William Hopkins [unknown confidence] 13. William is the son of Mary (Poole) Hopkins [confident] 14. Mary is the daughter of Anne (Wentworth) Poole [unknown confidence] 15. Anne is the daughter of Thomas Wentworth [unknown confidence] 16. Thomas is the son of Richard Wentworth Knt. [unknown confidence] 17. Richard is the son of Henry Wentworth KB [unknown confidence] This makes Henry the 15th great grandfather of Gerald.
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