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Sir Peter Wentworth (1529–1596) was a prominent Puritan leader in the Parliament of England. He was the elder brother of Paul Wentworth and entered as member for Barnstaple in 1571. He later sat for the Cornish borough of Tregony in 1578 and for the town of Northampton in the parliaments of 1586–7, 1589, and 1593.
Peter Wentworth (born 1524–30—died Nov. 10, 1596, London) was a prominent Puritan member of the English Parliament in the reign of Elizabeth I, whom he challenged on questions of religion and the succession.
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Peter Wentworth was a radical Protestant who sat in Parliament for Northamptonshire from 1586 to 1593. He was related to the Seymours, the Walsinghams and the Sidneys, and opposed the prerogative and the episcopacy.
A transcript of a parliamentary debate in 1566 over the queen’s command to silence the House on the succession issue. Peter Wentworth, a member of Parliament, challenged the queen’s authority and asserted the freedom of speech of the House.
After the Easter recess Peter Wentworth, whose brother Paul had defended freedom of speech in 1566, made an impassioned appeal against the intimidation of Members and called for the preservation of the Commons’ liberties.
Learn about the fourth parliament of Elizabeth I, summoned in 1572 and dissolved in 1583, during which Peter Wentworth defended the liberties of the Commons. Find out the main events, legislation and controversies of this assembly, such as the Ridolfi plot, the bill against Mary Stuart, and the Navigation Act.
PETER WENTWORTH in 1566. Passions were so vehement that in prudence the council sent Strickland back to the house the next day: whereby a victory was won which must have confirmed Wentworth's exalted notions of parliamentary privilege.' But open interference with personal liberty, a crude device,
