The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Sir Henry Wentworth, 4th Baron le Despenser (1448 - 1499/1501)

He fought for King Henry VI in the Wars of the Roses. He held various offices, including those of Knight of the Shire for Yorkshire and High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1489 and 1492. Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wentworth Relevant locations: Lived at or near Suffolk, England
 Relationships: William Calverley (1445-c. 1507) was a correspondent of Sir Henry Wentworth
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

Of private Persons, the oldest is Sir Henry Wentworth to Sir W. Calverley upon the Landing of Perkyn Warbeck 1497. Garter Wrythesley concerning the Funeral of Qu. Elizabeth, Wife to Hen. 7. Mr. Tho. Perkyn concerning Muskelborough Castle. The following Names are taken out of a vast Number of the Clergy and Laity, as more eminent for Learning, Benefactions, or military Atchievements, &c.