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 98 WENTWORTH. but was taken prlaoner, 27 Oct following, at the leeond battle of Newbury, ami appears not to have been released till 1649. In 1660 he was made P.O. to Charles II at Beauvals, attended him to Scotland, and whs in oommsnd at the battle of Woroester, where he was captured, and, narrowly escapiog being sentenced to death, remained a prisoner in the Tower pn)bably as late as 1656. After tlie Restoratiun his estates and debts " formed the subject of 8 acta of Parl."(*) He m. firstly, in or shortly before 1612, Anne, da. of Sir John Grovts, of Saxham, co. Suffolk, by Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Shirlkt, of oo. Sussex. She d. 16 and was hur, 17 Jan. 1687/8, nt Toddington. He m. secondly, before 25 Oct 1638, Lu<^, da. and ooheir of Sir John Wbntwouth, Bart, of Qosfield, co. Essex, by Catherine, da. of Sir Moyle Finch, Bart She d. 8.p.m.(^') 23 Nov. and whs bur, 2 Deo. 1651 at Toddington. The Earl (having survived all his children but his <la. Anne, afterwards, 1686, Baroness Went- worth), d. s.p.m.s. 25 March and was bur. 4 April 1667 at Toddington, aged 76,(^) when Uie Earldom of (Meveland became exlind, but the Barony of Wentworth (which, poBsibly, had reverted to him on the death of hia son, 7 March 1664/5) devolved or had already [in 1665] devolved on hia granddaughter and heir.(<') Will dat 21 Sep. 1640. (•) Admon.2 June 1668 and again 16 Oct. 1686. V. 1640, 5. Thomas (Wbntworth) Lord Wentworth, s. autl to h. ap. by first wife ; was sum. v.p., as above in his father's Barony, 1665. by writ dat about Oct 1640, taking his seat 25 Nov. foUowinsf. He was b. at Toddington early in 1618 ; was K.B., 2 Feb. 1625/6 ; and was tt^fled Lord Wbntwouth, three days later, on his father's elevation to uu ]C<irl- dom ; was a prisoner in the Tower, June 1643, for intemperate language and duelling ; waa M.P. for Beds for a few weeks, from Oct till Nov. 1640, when he became u Peer as abovestated. He was in command of a troop of horse, on the aide of the King, was at the battle of Oropredy, 29 June 1644, and, after Qoring's retirement in Nov. 1645, commanded the whole of the horse, which, however, refusing the fight, led to the defeat at Turrington and the surrender 14 March 1646. He was at the battle of Worcester, escaping thence to the continent; was Gent, of the Chamber and Master of the Ceremonies to Charles II. when in exile ; promoted in 1653 a league between the Danes and Dutch against Cromwell, was Col. of the " lU>yal Keg. of Guards," then first raised in Flunders. Ho m. in or shortly before 1655, Philadclphin, 5th da. of Sir Kerdinnndo OAiiBr (grandson of Henry, 1st Baron Hunsdom), by Philippa, da. of Sir William Thuookmohton. He d. v.p. 1 and was bur. 7 March 1664/5, at Toddington in hU 52d year.(0 Admon. (as "of St Giles' in the fields ") 24 May 1665.(K) His widow, who was b. abroad and naturalised by act of Pari. 1662, having survived her only child (the succeeding Baroness) 10 years, d, 4 and whs bur. 9 May 1696 at Toddingt4»n afsd. M.I. Will, disposing of £12,000 in legacies, dat 2 April snd pr. May 1696. (*) Nettlestead had been sold in 1643 to William Lodge of London. Stepney and Hackney were seized by Pari., and tho' restored at the llestoration, were mortgaged to nearly their full vaUie. Toddington whs also umch encumliered. [^) Her da. and only child, Lady Catherine Wentworth, who inherited, from her, the estate of Codham Hall, m. William Spencer, of Cople, Beds, and d, s.p. and v.p. May 1670, being bur. at Cople. («) lx>rd Clarendon describes him as " a man of signal courage and an excellent officer upon any bold enterprise," and Sir Philip Warwick also calls him " of a daring courage, full of industry and activity as well as firm loyiilty, and usually succesiiful in what he attempted." Sir U. Nicholas speaks of him, 1 May 1653, as " a very intelligent person." There is a fine portrait of him by Vandyke, in the possession of the Earl of Verulam, engraved by " Doyle." (d) See note to that Lady. (•) It is signed, sealed, and duly witnessed. In June 1881 it was in the possession of T. C. Noble, who permitted Col. J. L. Chester to make an abstract of it. (f) His death appears to have been very sudden. He was present at a meeting of the Privy Council 22 Feb., not a week before it In Davy's " S^ffolk MS3." [19, 154, fo. 859] he is said to have been *' killed." (S) A picture of him, dated 1640 (when 27), in possession of H. R. Clifton, of Clifton Hall, Notts, has been engraved in Hamilton's ** Orenadier Quardt,*' 1874,