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SJLM/5/4
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- 1502 (Creation)
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1 item, parchment
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Biographical history
Sir Richard Wentworth, 5th Lord le Despenser, was born circa 1480 at Nettlestead, Kent. He was the son of Sir Henry Wentworth by his first wife, Anne (Saye) Wentworth, and married Anne Tyrrell around 1499. He served as Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. On his death in October 1528, Sir Richard was buried at Ipswich in Suffolk.
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Bond of Richard Wentworth to Lady Margaret, to abide by her arbitration in a dispute with Lady Elizabeth Scrope.
Signature and seal of: Rychard Wentworth
Dorse: Lady Scrope, who married as her second husband Sir Henry Wentworth, of Nettlestead, Suffolk.
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Publication note
See Complete English Peerage, vol xi, p. 570
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Wentworth and others were seeking to claim rights in the manors of "Trappyfeld, Stanbryge the less, Essex, or the manors of Towshyll, Halton, Lymber, Aldebourgh, Staynton, Roxham, Poynton, Gedney and Basyngham, Lincolnshire, or the manors of Chetsham, Sibton and Myngiston, Kent, lately belonging to Sir Harry Wentworth, father of Richard."
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- Scrope, Elizabeth (Subject)