Sir Richard Wentworth

Sir Richard Wentworth and 5th Baron le Despencer of the 1387 creation ( 14801528) was an English nobleman who served as the Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk from 1509 to 1510, and later from 1516 to 1517. or 24 June 1509 and later on 16 August in 1512 or 1513 as Knight banneret (see also), possibly at the battle of the Spurs, historians Pollard and Richardson only cite either one of the two dates.

Life Wentworth served at the battle of the Spurs in 1513 against France and was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in Calais, seven years later, in June 1520.

Family The Wentworths were originally from Yorkshire but a branch of the family had settled in Nettlestead, Suffolk, beginning with Richards great-grandfather Roger Westworth (d. 1452). +Quarterly (of four)1) Gules (red) background, with three Azure (blue) escallops placed on a Argent (silver) bend.2) Divided into four quarters with the top left and bottom right quarters in Argent (silver), and the top right and bottom left quarters in Gules (red). Over the red and silver quarters is a Or (gold) interlacing fretty pattern. A black diagonal bend runs across this entire part with three Argent (silver) Mullets (stars with usually five sides and straight rays) placed on top.3) Argent (silver) background, with a Gules (red) saltire (diagonal cross) that has an engrailed edge.center 67x67px4) Divided into six horizontal stripes of equal width (Barry of six), that alternate between Or (gold) and Gules (red). A canton, a rectangle in the upper left corner, typically occupying about one-third of the top part of the shield, is filled with an Ermine pattern.center Some of the many variations of ermine spots found in heraldry over the centuries. In the case of Richard Wentworth, the design is not specified To that, the crest is described as a Or (golden) griffin in the passant position (depicted as walking with the right forepaw raised from the ground). When knighted for the second time, his coat of arms has become more detailed: +Quarterly of six1) Sable (black) background, with a chevron surrounded by three leopards' faces. Both the chevron and the faces are Or (gold). A Gules (red) crescent is added for distinction in the family tree.center The crest has undergone major changes, as it is now an ewer, pitcher or jug encircled by an Argent (golden) wreath.