Family
Margery was born in about 1478, the daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth and Anne Say, daughter of Sir John Say and Elizabeth Cheney. Margery's first cousins, Elizabeth and Edmund Howard, were parents to two other of Henry VIII's wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, respectively. Elizabeth Cheney's first husband was Frederick Tylney, father of the Countess. This makes Margery's mother, Anne Say, and the Countess half-sisters. Wentworth was also the granddaughter of King Edward III. This link to royalty is partly why Jane Seymour (her daughter) was more attractive to Henry VIII when he married her. Based off of this, the percentage of Margery's royal blood is 2.4658442%.
Margery's father, Henry Wentworth, rose to be a critical component of Yorkshire and Suffolk politics. In 1489, during the Yorkshire uprising, he left and was named the steward of Knaresborough, earning him the privilege to keep the peace in the name of the first Earl of Surrey. After this, he was awarded the title of the Sheriff of Yorkshire.
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