Knight of Nettlestead, Suffolk Sir Philip de Wentworth

1423 - 1464  (41 years)

• Name	Sir Philip de Wentworth  [1]
  Title	Knight of Nettlestead, Suffolk
  Birth	1423	Nettlestead, Suffolk, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military - Old World	Sir Philip served in the army of King Henry VI and died at Middleham, Yorkshire, beheaded after the Battle of Hexham, where he had been captured by the Yorkists
  Occupation	Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, Constable of Llanstephan and Clare Castles
  Occupation	Usher of the King's Chamber, King's Sergeant, Esquire of the Body of the King, King's Carver, Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, Chief Steward of the honour of Clare
  Death	18 May 1464	Nettlestead, Suffolk, England   [1]
  Burial	Salisbury, Wiltshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I14458	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Margery de Clifford,   b. 1421, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Westmorland, England d. 13 Oct 1478, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England (Age 57 years)
  Children	1. Knight of the Bath -- Knight of Nettlestead, Goxhill, Lincolnshire, Parlington and Pontefract, Yorkshire, London Sir Henry Wentworth,   b. 1450, Suffolk, England d. 1 Aug 1499, Lincolnshire, England (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5255	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1423 - Nettlestead, Suffolk, England Death - 18 May 1464 - Nettlestead, Suffolk, England Burial - - Salisbury, Wiltshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-WENTWORTH Wentworth/de Wentworth Coat of Arms - Sable, a chevron between three leopard's heads

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Philip de Wentworth 1423-1464. Sir Philip de Wentworth - Knight of Nettlestead, Suffolk, Usher of the King's Chamber, King's Sergeant, Esquire of the Body of the King, King's Carver, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, Constable of Llanstephan and Clare Castles, Chief Steward of the honour of Clare. Son and heir to Roger Wentworth, Esq., and Margery Despenser, grandson of John Wentworth and Agnes Dronfield, Sir Philip le Despenser and Elizabeth Tibetot. Direct descendant of Sir Hugh le Despenser. Husband of Mary Clifford, daughter of Sir John Clifford and Elizabeth, daughter of Henry 'Hotspur' Percy. They had one son and two daughters; Sir Henry, Margaret, the wife of Thomas Cotton and Elizabeth, the wife of Martin de la See. Sir Philip served in the army of King Henry VI and died at Middleham, Yorkshire, beheaded after the Battle of Hexham, where he had been taken prisoner by the Yorkists. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74834181/philip_de-wentworth