Margery Wentworth1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
F, #12718, b. circa 1463, d. 6 May 1540
Father Henry Wentworth, Esq.2,3,4,11,6,8,12,10 d. 22 Mar 1483
Mother Elizabeth Howard3,11,6,12,10 b. c 1421
Charts Pedigree of Eunice Allen Badger (#1)
Pedigree of Eunice Allen Badger (#2)
Margery Wentworth was born circa 1463 at of Codham Hall, Wethersfield, Essex, England.3 She married Sir William Waldegrave, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk, son of Sir Thomas Waldgrave and Elizabeth Fray, before 1483; They had 4 sons (George, Esq; Anthony, Esq; William; & Edmund) and 7 daughters (Mary; Margaret, wife of Sir John St. John; (daughter), wife of Robert Drury); Jane, a nun; Dorothy, wife of Sir John Spring; Bridget, wife of William Finderne, Esq., & of Sir John, 2nd Lord Marley; & Anne, wife of Mr. Barley).3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 Margery Wentworth died on 6 May 1540; Will proved. She was buried on 7 May 1540 at Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England.3,6,10
Family
Sir William Waldegrave, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk b. c 1465, d. 30 Jun 1527
Children

• George Waldegrave, Esq.+3,6,10 b. c 1483, d. 8 Jul 1528
• Anthony Waldegrave, Esq.+3,13,6,14,10 b. c 1488
• Bridget Waldegrave15 b. c 1490
• Margaret Waldegrave+2,3,4,6,8,10 b. c 1492
• Dorothy Waldegrave+16,17,6,18,10 b. c 1496

Citations
1.[S3537] Unknown author, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 4th Ed., by F. L. Weis, p. 78.
2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 114.
3.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 741.
4.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 218.
5.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 463.
6.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 283.
7.[S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 420.
8.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 383-384.
9.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 404.
10.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 293-294.
11.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 462-463.
12.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 403.
13.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 354.
14.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 11.
15.[S11568] The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. VIII, p. 524.
16.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 266.
17.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 62.
18.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 439.
From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p424.htm#i...
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• The Wentworth genealogy: English and American (1878) Vol. 1
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgeneal02wentgoog#page/n77/mo...
• (14) Sir Roger Wentworth, Kt., married, in June 1423, Margery, daughter and heir of Sir Philip le Despenser, Kt., of Nettlested, co. Suffolk, and relict of John, Lord de Roos (who died without issue, 22 March 1421-2). He settled at Nettlested, where he died 21 October 1452. She survived him, and died 20 April 1478. They had issue as follows: --
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgeneal02wentgoog#page/n78/mo...
  • (15) Henry Wentworth, of Codham Hall, in Wethersfield, co. Essex, married, first, Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Henry Howard, second son of Sir John Howard; and, secondly, Jane, daughter and heir of Henry Fitz Simon. She survived her husband and remarried Sir Richard Fitz Lewes, Kt., of West Horndon, do. Essex, whose Will she proved 24 November 1529. By his second wife Henry Wentworth had issue only one son, Nicholas, ancestor of the Wentworths of counties Oxford, Bucks, Northampton, Warwick, and Lincoln, of whom hereafter. The said Henry Wentworth died 22 March 1482-3, having had issue by his first wife as follows: --
    • 1. Roger, of whom hereafter.
    • 2. Henry, whose Will, dated 16 November 1610, was proved 6 February following. He was evidently unmarried, and was buried in the chancel of St. Olave, in the Old Jewry, London.
    • 3. Thomas, who proved his brother Henry's Will, but of whom nothing further is known.
    • 4. William, who also proved his brother Henry's Will in 1510-11. He had a license, 15 April 1524, being then of Wethersfield to marry Margaret Bendish, of Steeple Bumstead, co. Essex, but no later trace of him has been discovered.
    • 5. Robert, who was living in 1539-40.
    • 6. Margary, who married, before 1483, Sir William Waldegrave, Knight of the Bath, who died 30 January 1527-8, and was buried at Bures, in Suffolk, She survived him, and was also buried at Bures, 7 May 1540.
    • http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgeneal02wentgoog#page/n79/mo...
    • 7. Margaret, who is said to have married, first, William Ashfield; and secondly Edward Wingfield.
    • 8. Elizabeth, who married, first, William Abington, Esq., of Horseheath, co. Cambridge, who was killed at the battle of Bosworth Field, 22 August 1485; secondly, William Cheney, Esq.; and thirdly, Sir Ralph Chamberlain, Kt. Her Will, dated 19 May 1527, was proved 23 November 1528.
    • 9. Mary, who married first, Thomas Tymperley, Esq., who died in 1505; secondly, Edward Harvey, Esq.; and thirdly, __ Paulet, Esq.
    • Before proceeding with the main line, we give the descendants of the son by the second wife, just mentioned, viz.--
    • (16) Nicholas Wentworth, who became Sir Nicholas, being knighted by King Henry VIII in person during his expedition to Boulogne, 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, co. Oxford, which manor was given to him by the king in 1546, in exchange for certain lands in Northamptonshire. His Will, dated 7 February 1551-2, was proved 24 June 1557, and he probably died not long before the latter date. He married, before 1525, Jane, daughter of John Josselyn, Esq., of Newhall-Josselyn, co. Essex, and of Sabridgeworth, co. Herts, and sister of Sir Thomas Josselyn, Kt. She survived him, and was buried at Burnham, co. Bucks, 26 August 1659. Their issue were are follows: --

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• Margery WENTWORTH
• Born: 1453, Codham, Yorkshire, England
• Died: 7 May 1540
• Buried: St. Mary, Bures St. Mary, County Suffolk, about 5 miles southeast of Sudbury
• Father: Henry WENTWORTH of Codham (Esq.)
• Mother: Elizabeth HOWARD
• Married: William WALDEGRAVE ABT 1474, Codham, Yorkshire, England
• Children:
  • 1. George WALDEGRAVE of Smallbridge (Sir)
  • 2. Anthony WALDEGRAVE
  • 3. William WALDEGRAVE
  • 4. Mary WALDEGRAVE
  • 5. Margaret WALDEGRAVE
  • 6. Jane WALDEGRAVE
  • 7. Edmund WALDEGRAVE
  • 8. Dorothy WALDEGRAVE
  • 9. Bridget WALDEGRAVE
  • 10. Anne WALDEGRAVE
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WENTWORTH.htm

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Margaret Wentworth Waldegrave
Birth 1453
Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Death 1540 (aged 86–87)
Bures St Mary, Babergh District, Suffolk, England
Burial St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard
Bures St Mary, Babergh District, Suffolk, England
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 48775158
Family Members
Parents
Sir Henry Wentworth
1429–1483

Elizabeth Howard Wentworth
1430–1483

Spouse
William Waldegrave
1462–1527

Siblings
Sir Roger Wentworth
1465–1539

Elizabeth Wentworth Chamberlain
unknown–1527

Mary Wentworth Timperley

Half Siblings
Sir Nicholas Wentworth
1480–1554

Children
George Waldegrave
1483–1528

Margaret Waldegrave St John
1485 – unknown

Agnes Waldegrave le Hunt
1495–1530

Dorothy Waldegrave Spring
unknown–1564
From: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48775158/margaret_waldegrave
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• Magna Carta ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
• http://books.google.com/books?id=wHZcIRMhSEMC&pg=PA460&lpg=PA460&dq...
• Pg. 459
• 11. Henry Wentworth, Esq., of Codham Hall ( in Wethersfield, Essex, younger son. He married (1st) Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Henry Howard, of Wiggenhall, Norfolk, by Mary, daughter of Henry Hussey [see HOWARD 8.ii for her ancestry]. They had seven sons, Roger, Knt., Henry, Roger, Esq. [2ns of name], Henry, Esq. (again), Thomas, William, and Robert, and two daughters, Margery and Elizabeth (wife of William Allington, Knt.). He married (2nd) Joan Fitz Simon, widow of Roger Timperley, and daughter and heiress of Robert Fitz Simon, of North Shoebury, Essex. They had one son, Nicholas, Knt. Henry Wentworth, Esq., died 22 March 1482/3.
• Morant 'Hist. & Antiqs. of Essex 2' (1768): 372-373. Brydges 'Collin's Peerage of England 1' (1812): 50-143. Wentworth Wentworth Gen. 1 (1878): 27. Hawley et al. 'Vis. of Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 & 1634 1' (H.S.P. 13) (1878): 100-101 (Sharpe pedigree: "Jane da. & heire to Robert Sitzsymond. = Henry Wentworth."). 124-125 (Wentworth pedigree: "Henry Wentworth 2 sonne of Codham in Essex. [1] = Elizabeth da. & sole heir to Henry Howard, [2] = Joanne da. & heire to Robt. Fytz Symond."), 312-316 (Wentworth pedigree: "Henry Wentworth of Codham in com. Essex, Esquier, sonne and heir... he was but 2 sonne, no heire, [1] = Elizabeth, dau. and heir to Sr Henry Howard Kt. sonne to Sr Henry Howard 2d sonne first wife, [2] = Joanne daugh. to Fitz Symonds second wife."). Burke 'Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited & Extinct Peerages' (1882): 284 (sub Howard). East Agnlian n.s. 2 (1887-8): 161-164, 279-282 (Wentworth pedigree). Harvey et al. 'Vis. of Norfolk 1563 & 1613' (H.S.P. 32) (1891): 162-164 (Howard pedigree: "Elizabeth [Howard] mar. to Henry Wentworth of Codham."). Muskett 'Suffolk Manorial Fams. 1' (1900): 313-314. Paget 'Lineage & Anc. of Prince Charles 2' (1977) 426.
• Children of Henry Wentworth, Esq., by Elizabeth Howard:
  • i. Roger Wentworth, Knt. [see next].
• Pg. 460
  • ii. Margery Wentworth, married William Waldegrave, Knt. of Smallbridge (in Bures St. Mary), Suffolk [see Waldegrave 12].

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