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	Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Strafford ignored Charles's promise that no colonists should be forced into Connaught, and in 1635 he raked up an obsolete title—the grant in the 14th century of Connaught to Lionel of Antwerp, whose heir Charles was—and insisted upon the grand juries finding verdicts for the king.
		However tyrannical Strafford's earlier conduct may have been, his offence was outside the definition of high treason; the copy of rough notes of Strafford's speech in the committee of the council, its authenticity not supported by councillors who had been present on the occasion, was not evidence which would convict in a court of law.
		Strafford had been given the chance to carry out his ideals, and the final failure of his Irish administration, and especially its inability to endure in spite of its undoubted successes, was an object lesson in one-man government for all time.
	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: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		A scheme to gain over the leaders of the parliament, and a scheme to seize the Tower and to liberate Strafford by force, were entertained concurrently and were mutually destructive; and the revelation of the army plot on the 5th of May caused the Lords to pass the attainder.
	98.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/STRAFFORD_THOMAS_WENTWORTH_EARL_OF.htm (3565 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.
		Created earl of Strafford in 1640, he obtained money from the Irish Parliament to raise Irish troops to fight the Scots, but he was unable to get a similar grant of supplies from the Short Parliament (summoned on his advice) in England.
		Impeachment proceedings were begun, but Strafford defended himself so ably that the opposition changed its tactics and introduced a legislative enactment of guilt, a bill of attainder, against him.
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	EARLS OF STRAFFORD - LoveToKnow Article on EARLS OF STRAFFORD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His descendant, the present Earl Fitzwilliam, is the owner of Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, and the representative of the Wentworth family.
		The barony of Raby passed to the 2nd earls cousin, Thomas Wentworth (1672-1739), son and heir of Sir William Wentworth of Northgate Head, Wakefield.
		The earl was one of the British representatives at the congress of IJtrecht, and in 1715 he was impeached for his share in concluding this treaty, but the charges against him were not pressed to a conclusion.
	97.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/STRAFFORD_EARLS_OF.htm (994 words)

	THOMAS WENTWORTH, 1ST EARL OF STRAFFORD FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		Strafford ignored Charles's promise that no colonists should be forced into Connaught, and in 1635 he raked up an obsolete title—the grant in the 14th_century of Connaught to Lionel_of_Antwerp, whose heir Charles was—and insisted upon the grand juries finding verdicts for the king.
	www.19gmarketinggroup.com /Thomas_Wentworth,_1st_Earl_of_Strafford (2760 words)

	Jigginstown Castle - Co. Kildare, Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On January 12th, 1632 Wentworth was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland, and on January 12th, 1640 Charles I granted him the titles, Baron of Raby and Earl of Strafford, much to the chagrin of London parliamentarians, especially Sir Henry Vane.
		Strafford was accused of "traitorously endeavouring to subvert the fundamental laws....of the realm of England", and despite the desperate efforts of Charles I to appease his enemies, Wentworth was marched to the scaffold on May 12th, 1841.
		Though the Earl of Strafford claimed his magnificent structures might be thought of as those of Nebuchadnezzar, his intended benefactor was of an equally regal stature.
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	Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford : Thomas Wentworth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Strafford ignored Charles's promise that no colonists should be forced into Connaught, and in 1635 he raked up an obsolete title--the grant in the 14th century of Connaught to Lionel of Antwerp, whose heir Charles was--and insisted upon the grand juries finding verdicts for the king.
		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.
		Wentworth was executed before a crowd of about 200,000, on Tower Hill, Strafford, on May 12, 1641.
	www.city-search.org /th/thomas-wentworth.html (2989 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)

	Earl of Strafford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The first creation was in the Peerage of England in 1640 for Lord Wentworth, the close advisor of King Charles I.
		The Earl bears the subsidiary titles of Viscount Enfield (1847), Baron Strafford (1835) and Baron Strafford (1875), all in the Peerage of the UK.
		Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641) (forfeit 1641)
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/e/ea/earl_of_strafford.html (224 words)

	Wentworth Castle and Stainborough Park Gardens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thomas Wentworth expected to inherit the landed estate and vast wealth at Wentworth Woodhouse, some 7 miles to the south of Stainborough, when the 2nd Earl of Strafford (first creation) died in 1695, Instead, the estate, but not the title, was left to Thomas's cousin.
		Thomas Wentworth was a soldier under King William (1689-1702) and then a diplomat in Berlin and The Hague under Queen Anne (1702-1714) and would have been familiar with the Baroque gardens being laid out for European royalty at that time and copied by members of the aristocracy.
		Thomas was suceeded by his son William in 1739, by which time the fashion was moving towards laying out gardens in a more natural style.
	www.northern.ac.uk /wentworthcastle/history.asp?menu=history (302 words)

	GENUKI: Earls of Great Britain (N-Z)
		On the death of the king the Earl assembled a body of troops, with the intention of crowning his nephew; but his design was defeated by the machinations of the Duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III.
		The trial went on, Strafford closed his eloquent defence on the 13th April, the attainder was hurried on, and passed on the 21st but the King refused his assent.
		He was the eldest son of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, and having by his marriage with Anne; daughter of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, become possessor of the immense estates of the Warwick family, was created Earl of Warwick when about the age of twenty-one.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/royalty/earln-z.html (1195 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)

	The Whitby High School - A Level History - English Civil War - Personalities Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Wentworth was born in London and educated at Cambridge and went on to become an MP in 1614.
		This was the peak of Wentworth's opposition to the King and after this he became an administrator for the crown and quickly rose to the top becoming one of the King's most trusted and favoured advisors.
		Wentworth was appointed Lord Deputy to Ireland in 1632, where he had achieved much, but became unpopular during the process of reform.
	www.whitbyhs.cheshire.sch.uk /curric/history/alevel/civilwar/causes/penpics/frames/wentworth.htm (227 words)

	Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford Biography / Biography of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford Biography ...
		The English statesman Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641), was lord deputy of Ireland from 1632 to 1640.
		Thomas Wentworth was born on April 13, 1593.
		In 1621 Wentworth was again elected knight of the shire, and the courtier Lord (George) Calvert was his fellow member.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-thomas-wentworth (273 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 - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Wentworth papers, 1705-1739: Selected from the private and family correspondence of Thomas Wentworth, Lord Raby, created in 1711 Earl of Strafford
		Thine Is the Kingdom: The Trial for Treason of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, First Minister to King Charles I and Last Hope of the En
		Speech against Strafford: Speech to the lords in Parliament sitting in Wesminster Hall : the 12th of April, 1641, after the recapitulation of the charge...
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /thomas_wentworth,_earl_of_strafford.htm (159 words)

	SIR GEORGE RADCLIFFE - LoveToKnow Article on SIR GEORGE RADCLIFFE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Like his master he was imprisoned in 1627 for declining to contribute to a forced loan, but he shared the good, as well as the ill, fortunes of Wentworth, acting as his adviser when he was president of the council of the north.
		When Wentworth was made lord deputy of Ireland, Radcliffe, in January 1633, preceded him to that country, and having been made a member of the Irish privy council he was trusted by the deputy in the fullest possible way, his advice being of the greatest service.
		In 1640, Radcliffe, like Strafford, was arrested and was impeached, but the charges against him were not pressed, and in 1643 he was with Charles I. at Oxford.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RA/RADCLIFFE_SIR_GEORGE.htm (235 words)

	Gauden, Eikon Basilike
		Consequntly the commander of the English army, Strafford was prevented from thwarting the Scots invasion of the northern counties.
		However, when Strafford discovered that the King had actually abandoned his cause, Strafford is reported to have said, "Put not your trust in princes nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation," (Traill 199).
		Strafford was alleged to have said, "You must prosecute the war vigorously; you have an army in Ireland with which you may reduce this kingdom," (Traill 180).
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	BELFAST - LoveToKnow Article on BELFAST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1899 was laid the foundation stone of the Protestant cathedral in Donegall Street, designed by Sir Thomas Drew and Mr W. Lynn to seat 3000 worshippers, occupying the site of the old St Annes parish church, part of the fabric of which the new building incorporates.
		In the course of the wars of Gerald Fitzgerald, 8th earl of Kildare, Belfast was twice attacked by him, in 1503 and 1512.
		In 1632 Thomas Wentworth, Earl Strafford, was appointed first lord deputy of Ireland, and Belfast soon shared largely in the benefits of his enlightened policy, receiving, among other favors, certain fiscal rights which his lordship had purchased from the corporation of Carrickfergus.
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	Renaissance Forum: v1no2 (Spring 1997): Kevin Sharpe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		Strafford's trial marked a turning point in the loyalists' sense of the need to appeal to a wider public, in the valence of the law as a discourse for resolving issues, and in the public reception of various 'authorized' texts -- all of which were to change the way authority was represented, experienced and read.
	www.hull.ac.uk /renforum/v2no1/sharpe.htm (3829 words)

	UNH Cooperative Extension - Strafford County
		Strafford County, named in honor of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, was organized in 1773 as one of the five original counties.
		Strafford is the smallest county in New Hampshire with a total land area of 370 square miles.
		Strafford County is comprised of three cities - Dover, Rochester and Somersworth; and 10 towns - Barrington, Durham, Farmington, Lee, Madbury, Middleton, Milton, New Durham, Rollinsford, and Strafford.
	ceinfo.unh.edu /Counties/Strafford.htm (366 words)

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		Wentworth rose from obscurity during the 1620's through a series of major parliamentary speeches against government policies, only to become the most vigorous minister of Charles I during his Personal Rule.
		Strafford's public trial in 1641 was one of the great showpieces of English political history, and his subsequent execution for treason arguably marked a decisive turning point in the sequence of events that led to civil war.
		Thomas Wentworth's enormous collection of some 4,000 letters is housed in Sheffield City Archives, and this voluminous and mostly unstudied correspondence will form one important resource for the investigation of the political world of early Stuart England.
	www.shef.ac.uk /history/current/modules/hst348-349.html (609 words)

	Additional Reading (from Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of, Baron Of Raby) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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		"Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of, Baron Of Raby." Encyclopædia Britannica.
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	www.britannica.com /eb/article-6924?tocId=6924 (825 words)

	Pepys' Diary: Wentworth, Thomas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		“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..
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