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Lot Essay
The present lot relates to the portrait of c.1550 by an unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth in the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 1851).
Born at Nettlestead in Suffolk, Thomas was the eldest son of Sir Richard Wentworth, de jure fifth Baron Despenser (d. 1528), and his wife, Anne, daughter of Sir James Tyrell of Gipping, Suffolk, the alleged murderer of the princes in the Tower. About 1520 he married Margaret, elder daughter of Sir Adrian Fortescue and his first wife, Anne Stonor (d. 1518), with whom he had a large family, which numbered at least eight sons and nine daughters.
Wentworth participated in the invasion of France in 1523, during which he was knighted by the duke of Suffolk. He was elevated to the nobility in 1529. As a peer Wentworth participated in the trials of Queen Anne and Lord Rochford in May 1536, and in those of Baron Montague and the marquess of Exeter in 1538. In October 1549 he was named one of six noblemen to attend upon the king in his privy chamber, and in 1550 he became lord chamberlain of the household.
Born at Nettlestead in Suffolk, Thomas was the eldest son of Sir Richard Wentworth, de jure fifth Baron Despenser (d. 1528), and his wife, Anne, daughter of Sir James Tyrell of Gipping, Suffolk, the alleged murderer of the princes in the Tower. About 1520 he married Margaret, elder daughter of Sir Adrian Fortescue and his first wife, Anne Stonor (d. 1518), with whom he had a large family, which numbered at least eight sons and nine daughters.
Wentworth participated in the invasion of France in 1523, during which he was knighted by the duke of Suffolk. He was elevated to the nobility in 1529. As a peer Wentworth participated in the trials of Queen Anne and Lord Rochford in May 1536, and in those of Baron Montague and the marquess of Exeter in 1538. In October 1549 he was named one of six noblemen to attend upon the king in his privy chamber, and in 1550 he became lord chamberlain of the household.