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Nicholas WENTWORTH (Sir Knight) Born: 1482 / ABT 1500, Lillingstone Lovell, Oxfordshire, England Died: ABT 1553 / 24 Jun 1557 Notes: held the office of chief porter of Calais. He is variously styled chief porter, master porter, or knight porter. He was knighted by Henry VIII at the siege of Boulogne, 1544, and died in 1557. He married the sister of Sir Thomas Josselyn, K.B., and lived at Lillingstone Lovell, then a detached bit of Oxfordshire surrounded by Buckinghamshire. Lady Wentworth survived to live with her younger son, Paul Wentworth, at Burnham Abbey, and was burled in Burnham church. Father: Henry WENTWORTH of Codham (Esq.) Mother: Joan FITZSIMON Married: Jane JOSSELYN (b. ABT 1482) (dau. of John Josselyn of Hyde Hall) 1525, Hertfordshire, England Children: 1. Peter WENTWORTH (Sir Knight) 2. Henry WENTWORTH 3. Joan WENTWORTH 4. Paul WENTWORTH 5. Francis WENTWORTH 6. Clara WENTWORTH http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WENTWORTH.htm#Nicholas WENTWORTH (Sir Knight)1
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- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Nicholas Wentworth, "Find A Grave Index"
- The Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570 ..., Part 1
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1549 · Book of Common Prayer
Book of Common Prayer, a product of the English Reformation, was published in 1549 for assistance in the administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England. The book outlined morning, evening, and communion prayers and orders for baptism and marriage, thus making England a truly Protestant state.
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English:
habitational name from Wentworth in Yorkshire. The placename probably derives from the Old English personal name Wintra + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.
habitational name from Wentworth in Cambridgeshire, which has the same etymology as the placename in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Nicholas WENTWORTH (Sir Knight) Born: 1482 / ABT 1500, Lillingstone Lovell, Oxfordshire, England Died: ABT 1553 / 24 Jun 1557 Notes: held the office of chief porter of Calais. He is variously s …
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