Sir
Roger
Wentworth
Born about in North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of John Wentworth
and Agnes (Dronsfield) Wentworth
Husband of
Margery (Despenser) Wentworth
— married
before 2 Mar 1423 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Agnes (Wentworth) Constable, Philip Wentworth, Henry Wentworth, Thomas Wentworth, Margaret (Wentworth) Hopton and Elizabeth (Wentworth) Calthorpe
Died
at about age 57
in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jan 2010
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Biography
Sir Roger Wentworth was born abt. 1395 and died October 24, 1452. Father: John Wentworth Mother: 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 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 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
- G.E. Cokayne and Vicary Gibbs eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. IV: Dacre - Dysart, 2nd ed. London, 1916, p. 291-292. Archive.org.
- http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/cp/p_despenser.shtml
- Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. III p. 234-235
- Burke's Peerage
- Wentworth, John: The Wentworth Genealogy, 2nd edn. (1878), page 39; chart G, page xxii.
- Visitation of Yorkshire: Page 342 Wentworth
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