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John Wingfield , Sir

d. 10 May 1481 · of, Letheringham, Suffolk Co., England

Parents

Events

Birth
· of, Letheringham, Suffolk Co., England
Death
10 May 1481 · of, Letheringham, Suffolk Co., England
Burial
· Letheringham, Suffolk Co., England

Family

Spouse: Elizabeth FitzLewis (–1500)

Children:

  1. John Wingfield (–1509)
    m. Anne Tuchet
    Children: Anthony Wingfield (1458–1553)
  2. Edward Wingfield
  3. Henry Wingfield
  4. William Wingfield
  5. Thomas Wingfield
  6. Robert Wingfield
  7. Walter Wingfield
  8. Lewis Wingfield
  9. Edmund Wingfield
  10. Richard Wingfield
  11. Humphrey Wingfield
  12. Anne Wingfield
  13. Elizabeth Wingfield
  14. Katherine Wingfield

Notes

Sir John Wingfield, of Letheringham, served as sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in the 23rd Henry VI [1445], and again in the 12th of the following reign [14xx]. In 1461, he was made a knight of the bath, at the Tower of London, and 1477, was joined in commission with the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and others, to treat with the ambasadors of France, at Amiens. Sir John married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Fitz Lewis, knt of West Horndon, in Essex, and had no less than twelve sons and three daughters; from the fourth son descended the Wingfields of Dunham Magna; from the ninth son, the Viscounts Powerscourt; from the eleventh son, the Wingfields of Kimbolton; and from the twelfth son, the Wingfields of Brantham, Norton, &c. Sir John Wingfield died in 1481, and was succeeded by his eldest son (Sir John Wingfield Jr.) [Burke & Burke, p. 573-4]