Robert Holgate
[1] Although a protege of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, Holgate had a distinguished monastic career.This might, however have been a second wedding to make it fully legal, and Holgate and Wentworth might have first married in late 1547 with Roger Tongue officiating.[5] In 1551 Anthony Norman claimed that he was already married to Barbara Wentworth, but the courts decided that their marriage when she was about seven had not been a binding legal transaction.In 1554 Holgate renounced his marriage claiming he had only entered it to avoid suspicion as a papist.[7] He may have been a son of Holgate, since there are some claims he had two children by Barbara, but there is no conclusive evidence on the matter.