Robert Wingfield
Sir Robert Wingfield ( 1464 - March 18, 1539 ) was an English knight and diplomat .
Life
He was the seventh of twelve sons of Sir John Wingfield , landlord of Letheringham in Suffolk , from his marriage to Elizabeth John.
He took part in a campaign to France in 1492 and fought against Cornish rebels at the Battle of Deptford Bridge in 1497 . By 1499 at the latest he lived in London . In 1505 he made a pilgrimage to Rome and on to Jerusalem , where he was honored as a Knight of the Holy Sepulcher . After his return to England he stayed at the court of King Henry VII , who made him Knight Bachelor in 1509 .
Under Henry VIII he became a diplomat. As the first permanent envoy he went to the court of the Roman-German Emperor Maximilian I in 1510 and stayed there until 1517 as a mediator of English interests and imperial declarations of intent. 159 letters from this period have been received.
In the following years he lived mainly in Calais , where he held various public offices.
He was married twice, in the first marriage at the latest since 1497 to Eleanor, daughter of Sir William Raynsford of Bradfield in Essex, in the second marriage since 1519 to Joan, an illegitimate daughter of Sir Edward Poynings of Westenhanger in Kent, widow of Thomas Clinton, 8 Baron Clinton . He left no children.
literature
- George Joseph Undreiner: Robert Wingfield. First permanent English envoy at the German court (1464? –1539) , Diss. Friborg 1932
Web links
- Robert Wingfield in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- WINGFIELD, Sir Robert (c.1470-1539), of London and Calais. at History of Parliament Online
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| SURNAME | Wingfield, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1464 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1539 |