STRAFFORD, THOMAS WENTWORTH, 1ST EARL OF, BARON OF RABY

also called (161128) Sir Thomas Wentworth, or (from 1628) Viscount Wentworth, Baron Wentworth Of Wentworth Woodhouse, Baron Of Newmarch And Oversley born April 13, 1593, London died May 12, 1641, London leading adviser of England's King Charles I. His attempt to consolidate the sovereign power of the king led to his impeachment and execution by Parliament. Additional reading C.V. Wedgwood, Thomas Wentworth, First Earl of Strafford, 15931641: A Revaluation (1961), includes an extensive bibliography. The Earl of Strafford's Letters and Despatches, ed. by William Knowler, 2 vol. (173940), is still the largest printed collection of Strafford's papers, but it contains only about a 12th of the manuscript material in the possession of Strafford's descendant, Earl Fitzwilliam. J.P. Cooper, The Fortune of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, Economic History Review, Second Series, 11:227248 (1958), is of great importance for Wentworth's financial interests and character.