John Wingfield (Knight)

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Sir John Wingfield of Letheringham ( 1430–1481 ), was an English knight .

Life

Sir John was the eldest son of Sir Robert Wingfield (around 1403-1454), Lord of Letheringham in what is now the Suffolk Coastal District , and Elizabeth Goushill.

He served 1454/55 as sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and was considered a follower of Henry VI. and the House of Lancaster . Sir John apparently did not take part in the wars of the Roses and therefore received pardon from the House of York, which had ruled since June 1461 . Sir John was even in June 1461 in the Tower of London to the Knight of the Bath beaten and King Edward IV. Summoned him in 1462 to his Privy Council . Sir John was sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk again in 1471/72 and was sent to Amiens by the king in 1477 to negotiate with the ambassador of France . In 1478 he was a Member of Parliament as Knight of the Shire for Norfolk and Suffolk .

Sir John died in May 1481.

Marriage and offspring

Sir John was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John FitzLewis.

The couple had the following offspring

  • Sir John ( KB ), ⚭ Anne, daughter of John Tuchet
  • Sir Edward
  • Sir Henry
  • John (Esquire)
  • William (Esquire), ⚭ Joan, daughter of Thomas Walgrave
  • Sir Thomas
  • Sir Robert , ⚭ Jane Clinton
  • Walter (Esquire)
  • Lewis
  • Sir Richard ( KG ), ⚭ Catherine, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers , sister of Queen Elizabeth Woodville
  • Edmund (Esquire), ⚭ Ada, daughter of Thomas Wentworth
  • Sir Humphrey, ⚭ Anna Wisenan
  • Anne, ⚭ John Echingham
  • Elizabeth
  • Katherine, ⚭ Robert Brewes
  • Elizabeth, ⚭ Francis Hall

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e John Burke, John Bernard Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. 2nd edition. JR Smith, London 1844, p. 574 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Douglas Richardson: Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. 2nd edition. Volume I. Salt Lake City 2011, ISBN 978-1-461-04520-5 , pp. 335-336.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Marvin Archdall: The Peerage of Ireland. Volume V, James Moore, Dublin 1789, p. 261 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  4. ^ John Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume II, Henry Colburn, London 1835, p. 477 f. ( Digitized in the Google book search).
  5. ^ William A. Shaw: The Knights of England . Volume I, Clearfield, 1906, p. 133.
personal data
SURNAME Wingfield, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wingfield, Sir John of Letheringham
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH around 1430
DATE OF DEATH 1481