Family
Peter Wentworth was twice married; his first wife Laetitia Lune, by whom he had no children, was the daughter of Sir Ralph Lune and Maud Parr, Maud was a cousin of Catherine Parr, and his second was Elizabeth Walsingham, a sister of Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth's secretary of state. By whom he had his children, including a daughter: Frances Wentworth
His third son, Thomas Wentworth (c. 1568-1628), was an ardent and sometimes a violent opponent of royal prerogative in parliament, of which he became a member in 1604, continuing to represent the city of Oxford from that year until his death. He was called to the bar in 1594 and became recorder of Oxford in 1607. Another son, Walter Wentworth, was also a Member of Parliament, representing Tavistock in 1601.
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