WENTWORTH, Sir Nicholas

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• Name	WENTWORTH, Nicholas
  Prefix	Sir
  Birth	1500	Wethersfield, Essex, England
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Jun 1557
  Death	24 Jun 1557	Lillingstone Dayrell, Buckinghamshire, England
  WAC	10 Jan 1913  [1]
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  Person ID	I30990	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	WENTWORTH, Sir Henry ,   b. 13 Feb 1426, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England Nettlestead, Suffolk, Englandd. 22 Mar 1482, Wethersfield, Essex, England (Age 56 years)
  Mother	FITZ-SIMON, Jane ,   b. 1428, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England Nettlestead, Suffolk, Englandd. 26 Aug 1559, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England (Age 131 years)
  Marriage	1460	Nettlestead, Suffolk, England   [2]
  Family ID	F14941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	JOCELYN, Joan ,   b. 1509, Boreham, Essex, England Boreham, Essex, Englandd. 26 Aug 1569, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	1525	Holme Lacey, Hertsfordshire, England
  Children	+ 1. WENTWORTH, Joan ,   b. 3 Jul 1529, High Easter, Essex, England High Easter, Essex, Englandd. 22 Apr 1578, Callington, Cornwall, England (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F14736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Nicholas was knighted by King Henry VIII in person during his expedition to Boulogne, France in August 1544. For many years he was Chief Porter of Calais, then an important government post. He possessed numerous estates in the counties of Oxford, Bucks, Northampton, Warwick and Lincoln, but his chief residence was at Lillingstone Lovell, Oxfordshire, which manor was given to him by the King in 1546, in exchange for certain lands in Northamptonshire. 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

  
  

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  [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. Sir Nicholas WENTWORTH; Male; Birth: 1482 Lillingstone, , Buckingham, England; Death: 24 JUN 1557; Baptism: 28 SEP 1993 JRIVE; Endowment: 14 APR 1994 JRIVE; Sealing to Parents: 04 MAY 1994 JRIVE; Henry WENTWORTH / Jane FITZ-SIMON; Father: Henry WENTWORTH; Mother: Jane FITZ-SIMON; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances. Search performed using PAF Insight on 31 Aug 2004 [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. Henry WENTWORTH; Male; Death: 22 MAR 1482; Spouse: Jane FITZSIMON; Marriage: < 1451> ; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 31 Aug 2004