Family and Education
b. 1524, 1st s. of Sir Nicholas Wentworth of Lillingstone Lovell, chief porter of Calais, by Jane, da. of John Josselyn of Hyde Hall, Sawbridgeworth, Herts.; bro. of Paul. educ. L. Inn 1542. m. (1) Lettice, da. of Sir Ralph Lane of Orlingbury, Northants. by Maud, da. and coh. of William, 1st Baron Parr of Horton; (2) Elizabeth (d.1596), da. of William Walsingham of Footscray, Kent, sis. of (Sir) Francis Walsingham, wid. of Geoffrey Gate(s) of Walton or Waltham, Essex, 4s. inc. Walter 5da. prob. all by (2). suc. fa. 1557.Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 225, 229; Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 186; PCC 19 Wrastley; C142/258/142.
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J.p. Oxon 1559 (rem. bef. 1562).
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Main residence: Lillingstone Lovell, Oxon.
Notes
For Wentworth’s life and references, see Neale, ‘Peter Wentworth’ EHR, xxxix. 36-54, 175-205 and Neale, Parlts. vols. i, ii. Wentworth’s speech of 8 Feb. 1576 and the subsequent committee proceedings have been dealt with at length in Neale, Parlts. i. 318-32. The references for Wentworth’s activities in the House of Commons are D’Ewes, 175, 179, 206, 236-44, 260, 288, 307; CJ , i. 104, 114; Trinity, Dublin, Thos. Cromwell’s jnl. ff. 18, 44, 45, 47, 58, 62; I. Temple, Petyt 538/17.
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Commons 1558-1603
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WENTWORTH, Peter (1524-97)
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