Richard Wenman, 1st Viscount Wenman

Wenman was the eldest son of Thomas Wenman (died 1577) of Thame Park, Oxfordshire, and his wife Jane West, daughter of William West, 1st Baron De La Warr, who married at St Dunstan in the West, London on 9 June 1572.

[1] Following his father's death, his mother remarried to James Cressy of Beaconsfield (died 1581), then (in January 1587/88) to Thomas Tasburgh of Hawridge, Buckinghamshire (died 1602–03),[2] and lastly to Ralph Sheldon, Esquire (1537-1613) of Beoley, Worcestershire.

[3][4] Dame Jane Tasburghe (née West)'s last will and testament was proved in 1621.

'[6] Wenman served as a volunteer soldier and behaved with great gallantry when Cadiz was captured in 1596.

[6] Wenman was a patron of the poet William Basse, who dedicated several poems to him, including his collection Clio, describing him as a modern Maecenas, Wenman died on 3 April 1640, and was buried at Twyford on 7 April.