Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth
Thomas Wentworth PC ( * 1501, † March 3, 1551 at the Palace of Westminster, London ) was an English politician and courtier.
Life
Thomas Wentworth was born the eldest son of Sir Richard Wentworth, de jure 5th Baron Le Despencer and Anne Tyrrell, daughter of Sir James Tyrell 1501. He died 1551st
Political career
His first work in the civil service was of minor nature: He accompanied the Duke of Suffolk and Princess Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, from August to October 1523 on their expedition to France, because he belonged to the household of Suffolk and Princess Mary. When he on October 17, 1528 succeeded his father, his circumstances changed abruptly. He was first elected in 1529 as Member of Parliament for the county of Suffolk, but was shortly thereafter, in the same year, a Writ of Summons, who appointed him to the House of Lords and made him as 1st Baron Wentworth hereditary baron of the kingdom. He was then one of the signatories of the letter of 13 July 1530, Pope Clement VII, the king wanted to reach his divorce from Catherine of Aragon. Later, he was one of the peers that Anne Boleyn accused on May 15, 1536. Lord Wentworth supported the king and in the suppression of the rebellion northern English nobleman, the Pilgrimage of Grace, in which he presented at his request, Henry VIII 100 horsemen.
In October 1536, he submitted to the baptism of the heir, the future King Edward VI, the godparents -. The Duke of Norfolk and the Archbishop of Canterbury - the baptismal water. As a supporter of the Protestant party he helped the king in his efforts to eradicate heresy. He was also 1538/39 and nochnals 1545 appointed Commander for the defense of the coast of Suffolk, after he had already served in 1544 under the Duke of Norfolk in the campaign against France at the siege of Montreuil (Second Siege of Boulogne ) as one of the war councils. On the occasion of the fall of the Lord Protector, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, he was appointed to the Privy Council ( Privy Council ) called and appointed Lord Chamberlain of the Household, a post which he held until his death in 1551. In 1550, he was awarded for his services to the country estates Stepney and Hackney in the County of Middlesex. He was married to Margaret Fortescue around since 1520. He died on March 3, 1551 at the Palace of Westminster, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.