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	Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (April 13, 1593 – May 12, 1641) was an English statesman, a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War.
		He was born in London, the son of Sir William Wentworth, of Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, a member of an old Yorkshire family, and of Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Atkins of Stowell, Gloucestershire.
		Sir Thomas Roe speaks of him as "Severe abroad and in business, and sweet in private conversation; retired in his friendships but very firm; a terrible judge and a strong enemy." His appearance is described by Sir Philip Warwick: "In his person he was of a tall stature, but stooped much in the neck.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Wentworth,_Earl_of_Strafford (2878 words)

	THOMAS WENTWORTH, EARL OF STRAFFORD - LoveToKnow Article on THOMAS WENTWORTH, EARL OF STRAFFORD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		STRAFFORD, THOMAS WENTWORTH, EARL OF English statesman, son of Sir William Wentworth, of Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, a member of an ancient family long established there, and of Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Atkins of Stowell, Gloucestershire, was born on the 13th of April 1593, in London.
		Wentworths position in the parliament of 1628 was a striking one.
		On the 22nd of July 1628, not long after the prorogation, Wentworth was created Baron Wentworth, and received a promise of the presidentship of the Council of the North at the next vacancy.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/STRAFFORD_THOMAS_WENTWORTH_EARL_OF.htm (3565 words)

	Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford : Thomas Wentworth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford (April 13, 1593 - May 12, 1641) was an English statesman, a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War.
		A scheme to win over the leaders of the parliament, and a scheme to seize the Tower and free Strafford by force, were both considered by the king; and the revelation of the army plot on May 5 caused the Lords to pass the attainder.
		Wentworth had served Charles with what the king felt was a massive degree of loyalty, and Charles had a serious problem with signing Wentworth's death warrant as a matter of conscience.
	www.city-search.org /th/thomas-wentworth.html (2989 words)

	Thomas Wentworth's Regiment of The Sealed Knot \| Who was Thomas Wentworth?
		Thomas Wentworth was born in 1591, the son of Henry Baron Wentworth of Nettlestead.
		In 1626, thanks to the patronage of the Duke of Buckingham, Wentworth was created 1st Earl of Cleveland, a title that was to die with him, and the year later accompanied Buckingham on the ill fated expedition to La Rochelle.
		Thomas Wentworth naturally took the field for the King, serving with distinction.
	www.thomas-wentworth.co.uk /background.htm (515 words)

	THOMAS WENTWORTH, 1ST EARL OF STRAFFORD FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (April_13, 1593 – May_12, 1641) was an English statesman, a major figure in the period leading up to the English_Civil_War.
		He was born in London, the son of Sir William Wentworth, of Wentworth_Woodhouse, near Rotherham, a member of an old Yorkshire family, and of Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Atkins of Stowell, Gloucestershire.
		Wentworth had to choose between helping a Puritan House_of_Commons to dominate the king and helping the king to dominate a Puritan House of Commons.
	www.19gmarketinggroup.com /Thomas_Wentworth,_1st_Earl_of_Strafford (2760 words)

	Thomas, Winfield Wentworth, b. 1879.
		Winfield Wentworth Thomas was born in Milwaukee, in 1879, to Richard J. and Florence Wentworth Thomas.
		Florence Wentworth Thomas' father was Robert B. Wentworth, supposedly a direct descendant of Reginald Wentworth, owner of the lordship of Wentworth, Yorkshire at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066.
		Florence Wentworth Thomas' mother was Lydia Pike, a direct descendant of Major Robert Pike who was in charge of the forces east of the Merrimac river at the time of the French and Indian war.
	www.uwm.edu /Library/arch/findaids/uwmmss74.htm (886 words)

	Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, 1593-1641
		Thomas Wentworth was born in London, the second son of Sir William Wentworth, of Wentworth Woodhouse near Rotherham, a member of an old Yorkshire family, and of Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Atkins of Stowell, Gloucestershire.
		Wentworth was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and became a law student at the Inner Temple in 1607.
		Wentworth was regularly elected to subsequent Parliaments called by King James and his successor King Charles I.
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /biog/strafford.htm (1130 words)

	Wentworth Woodhouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wentworth Woodhouse is a country house in the village of Wentworth near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.
		The Baroque style, brick-built Western portion of the house was begun in 1725, replacing an older structure that was once the home of Thomas Wentworth.
		The massive length of the East Front is thought to have been the result of a longstanding feud with the Stainborough branch of the Wentworth family, who lived at the nearby Wentworth Castle.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wentworth_Woodhouse (550 words)

	Alibris: Thomas Wentworth Higginson
		Thomas Wentworth Higginson is little known today, but during his own lifetime his remarkable activism put him at the very heart of the pivotal social movements reshaping America for the nineteenth century and beyond.
		Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a Unitarian minister, was a fervent member of New England's abolitionist movement, an active participant in the Underground Railroad, and not only corresponded with John Brown before the ill-fated raid on Harper's Ferry, but was part of a group that supplied material aid to Brown.
		Thomas Wentworth Higginson was an American biographer and historian, born in 1823.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Thomas_Wentworth_Higginson (761 words)

	Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
		Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, a member of an old Yorkshire family, and of Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Atkins of Stowell, Gloucestershire.
		He was an opponent of the policies of James I of England, confronting the king's foremost advisor and favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham; but it was not till the parliament of 1621, in which he sat for the same constituency, that he took part in debate.
		Thomas Wentworth: Earl of Strafford by C.V. Wedgwood is a modern biography ISBN 1842120816.
	www.york.ac.uk /univ/coll/went/straffordbiog.htm (2703 words)

	Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
		Thomas Wentworth was born in London in 1593.
		In 1614 Wentworth was elected to the House of Commons.
		Wentworth was recalled to England by Charles I in 1639 to help him deal with a troublesome House of Commons.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /STUwentworthT.htm (396 words)

	PAL: Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911)
		Edelstein, Tilden G. Strange enthusiasm; a life of Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
		Thomas Wentworth Higginson; the story of his life.
		Meyer, Howard N. "Thomas Wentworth Higginson Checklist." Higginson Jour.
	www.csustan.edu /english/reuben/pal/chap5/higginson.html (511 words)

	Renaissance Forum: v1no2 (Spring 1997): Kevin Sharpe
		Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford was both an exceptional figure and a paradigm of the workings of seventeenth century politics.
		Most of the early studies of Wentworth, including the typically astute judgment of Gardiner, suffered from the unavailability of the vast Strafford archive at Wentworth Woodhouse and consequent reliance upon the selective editions of Strafford's letters and papers by William Knowler.
		For all his authority in Ireland, Wentworth regarded the Lord Lieutenancy as a base from which to advertise his abilities and talents for royal service and proximity to the king in England where, as he saw it, the important decisions were taken.
	www.hull.ac.uk /renforum/v2no1/sharpe.htm (3829 words)

	Charles I: personal rule
		Thomas Wentworth (1593-1641) was a Yorkshire baronet, who initially opposed the crown in the Parliaments of 1621 and 1624.
		Wentworth resurrected an ancient claim of the English crown to ownership of the whole of Connaught.
		Wentworth also did all he could to undermine Roman Catholicism and native customs, since he regarded these as incompatible with real loyalty to the crown.
	faculty.history.wisc.edu /sommerville/361/361-25.htm (2166 words)

	Higginson, Thomas Wentworth -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		By courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. in full Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson American reformer who was dedicated to the abolition movement before the American Civil War.
		Wentworth, W.C. the leading Australian political figure during the first half of the 19th century, whose lifelong work for self-government culminated in the New South Wales constitution of 1855.
		Wentworth, W.C. The most prominent political figure in Australia during the first half of the 19th century was W.C. Wentworth.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9040395?tocId=9040395&query=higginson (608 words)

	WENTWORTH
		"Roger Wentworth of South Kirkby, Esqe, Second Son of Sir Thomas Wentworth of North Elmshall Marryed Eliz Daughter and sole heir of Mr John Wentworth of Poulepott and had issue Thomas, William, John, Henry and Isabel, Marryed to Lione Portington of Barnybydunn Esqe, Eliz Marryed to Sir Nicholas Fitzwilliams of Bently near Doncaster".
		Notes: "Sir Thomas Wentworth of South Kirkby Son, Heir of Roger Wentworth Marryed Eliz Daughter and Heir of Sir William Flinthill and had issue Sir Thomas, Roger, Christopher, Hugh and Alice Marryed to John Barker Esqe, Isabel Marryed to Thomas Fliteholle Esqe".
		Notes: "Michael Wentworth of Martersy Hall Esqe, a Younger Son of Sir William Wentworth of South Kirkby Marryed Janet Daughter of Mr Birkland of Newark and had issue Michael, Marryed to the Daughter of Sir Alexander Radliffe, Darcy living in Ireland, Robert dyed, Ann Marryed to Mr O'Knowvill".
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /WENTWORTH.htm (1522 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Higginson Thomas Wentworth Storrow
		Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Storrow (1823-1911), American writer, clergyman, and soldier, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
		Strafford, Sir Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of (1593-1641), English statesman, a critic of the foreign policy of King Charles I and an advocate of...
		Charles never forgot he was king of Scotland and Ireland as well as England and Wales, and he was anxious to bring his realms into conformity with...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Higginson_Thomas_Wentworth_Storrow.html (108 words)

	Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Charles I made him sheriff of Yorkshire in order to exclude him from the Parliament of 1626, but Wentworth continued his opposition and was imprisoned (1627) for refusing to pay the forced loan.
		With William Laud, Wentworth evolved the policy known as “Thorough” to achieve an absolutist but just and efficient regime.
		After Charles I’s humiliation by the Scots in the first Bishops’ War, Wentworth was recalled (1639) to England to become the king’s chief adviser.
	www.bartleby.com /65/st/Straffor.html (464 words)

	AllRefer.com - Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of 1593–1641, English statesman.
		Regularly elected to Parliament from 1614 on, he became one of the critics of George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham, and of the war with Spain.
		At this point Charles sought his adherence by creating him baron and viscount and president of the council of the north (1628), and Wentworth realigned himself as a firm supporter of royal prerogative.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Straffor.html (577 words)

	Pepys' Diary: Wentworth, Thomas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		“Earl of Cleveland and the Lord Wentworth his Son, concerning the Manors of Hackney and Stepney,…” had to petition The House of Lords to satisfy Debts.
		THOMAS WENTWORTH, 1st earl of Cleveland (1591-1667), too old to be the Dare devil.
		The Wentworths were a thriving group with the Name Thomas attach in many places..
	www.pepysdiary.com /p/3874.php (257 words)

	Thomas Wentworth Higginson Biography / Biography of Thomas Wentworth Higginson Main Biography
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		American reformer and editor Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911) led the first fl regiment to serve in the Civil War.
		Thomas W. Higginson was born on Dec. 23, 1823, in Cambridge, Mass.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-thomas-wentworth-higginson (239 words)

	Worcester Area Writers - Thomas Wentworth Higginson - Bio
		Thomas Wentworth Higginson was born in Cambridge, MA, on December 23, 1823.
		Thomas did not have much of a memory of his father because he passed away when Thomas was only ten.
		In the 1960s, when reform movements attracted more attention in that turbulent decade again, his works were given more serious study.
	www.wpi.edu /Academics/Library/Archives/WAuthors/higginson/bio.html (980 words)

	Wentworth, Thomas on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Thomas Bjorn and Ben Curtis on the eigth
		Thomas Bjorn has a hole-in-one on the 14th hole
		Thomas Bjorn of Denmark has a hole-in-one on the 14th hole
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-W1entwortT1.asp (293 words)

	eMJA: de Moore, The suicide of Thomas Wentworth Wills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Thomas Wentworth Wills was the most important Australian sportsman of his time.
		Thomas Wentworth Wills was born near modern-day Canberra on 19 August 1835.
		Photograph of Thomas Wills courtesy of Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; Melbourne Cricket Club Museum and Library.
	www.mja.com.au /public/issues/171_11_061299/demoore/demoore.html (1968 words)

	Higginson, Thomas Wentworth -- Higginson, Thomas Wentworth: in Cornell University's Making of America
		Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, The Lesson of the Leaves.
		Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, Life of Francis Higginson, first minister in the Massachusetts Bay colony, and author of "New England's plantation" (1630), Dodd, Mead, New York, 1891.
		Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, On the Outskirts of Public life.
	cdl.library.cornell.edu /moa/browse.author/h.111.html (114 words)

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