See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

PETER See also:

• WENTWORTH, WILLIAM CHARLES (1793-1872)

WENTWORTH (1530-1596)  was the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother of the above-mentioned See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul, and like his brother was a prominent puritan See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, which he first entered as member for See also:

• BARNSTAPLE

Barnstaple in 1571 . He took a See also:

• FIRM

firm attitude in support of the liberties of parliament against encroachments of the royal See also:

• PREROGATIVE

prerogative, on which subject he delivered a memorable speech on the 8th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1576, for which after examination by the See also:

• STAR

Star Chamber he was committed to the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower . In February 1587 See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

Anthony See also:

• COPE
• COPE (M.E. cape, cope, from Med. Lat. capa, cappa)
• COPE, EDWARD DRINKER (1840-1897)
• COPE, EDWARD MEREDITH (1818-1873)

Cope (1548-1614) presented to the See also:

• SPEAKER

Speaker a See also:

• BILL

bill abrogating the existing ecclesiastical See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, together with a puritan revision of the See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

Prayer See also:

• BOOK

Book, and See also:

• WENTWORTH, WILLIAM CHARLES (1793-1872)

Wentworth supported him by bringing forward certain articles touching the liberties of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons; Cope and Wentworth were both committed to the Tower for interference with the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen's ecclesiastical prerogative . In 1593 Wentworth again suffered imprisonment for presenting a See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition on the subject of the See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to the See also:

• CROWN

Crown; and it is probable that he did not regain his freedom, for he died in the Tower on the loth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1596 . While in the Tower he wrote A Pithie Exhortation to her See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

Majesty for establishing her Successor to the Crown, a famous See also:

• TREATISE

treatise preserved in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum . See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter Wentworth was twice married; his first wife, by whom he had no See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, was a See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin of See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine See also:

• PARR
• PARR, CATHERINE (1512-1548)
• PARR, SAMUEL (1747-1825)
• PARR, THOMAS (c. 1483—1635)

Parr, and his second a See also:

• SISTER

sister of Sir See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• WALSINGHAM, SIR FRANCIS (c. 1530-1590)
• WALSINGHAM, THOMAS (d. c. 1422)

Walsingham, See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth's secretary of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . His third son, See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Wentworth (c . 1568-1623), was an ardent and some-times a violent opponent of royal prerogative in parliament, of which he became a member in 1604, continuing to represent the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford from that See also:

• YEAR

year until his See also:

• DEATH

death . He was called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1594 and became See also:

• RECORDER
• RECORDER, FIPPLE FLUTE

recorder of Oxford in 1607 . Another son, See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter Wentworth, was also a member of parliament .