Sir John (VI) Wingfeld, K.B. of Lethringham in the counte of Suff. knyght

• Sir Robert Wingfield, II, Lord of Leatheringham and Elizabeth Cathrine Goushill, Duchess of Norfolk
• Born: ABT 1430, Letheringham, Suffolk, England
• Died: 10 May 1481.
• Notes: Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in the 23rd Henry VI, and again in the 12th Edward IV 1461 Made a knight of the Bath, at the Tower of London - source The Tudor Place

Sir John (VI) Wingfeld, K.B. of Lethringham in the counte of Suff. knyght;

Born in 1428. Named in his father’s will. Of Letheringham. Presented to the chapel of Shelton in Stradbroke 1455. Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk 1455 and 1473. On commissions of peace for Suffolk from 1453 to 1463. Made a Knight of the Bath at the Tower of London on the eve of King Edward IV’s coronation, 27 June 1461. Privy councillor to King Edward IV 1462-3 (2 Edw. IV). Presented to Easton church 1470. On commissions in Norfolk and Suffolk 1470-6 and 1478-81. Had a grant of a weekly market and fair at Laxfield, 12 Nov. 1472.44 On a commission to treat with commissioners for the king of France at Amiens 1477.45 Died 10 May 1481, bur. at Letheringham (there was formerly a canopied tomb there). IPM 21 Edw. IV, no. 59 (held Laxfield manor). Of Letheringham, will dated 10 May1481, ?proved Oct. 1481 – requested burial in the northern part of the chancel of Letheringham Priory, opposite the burial place of his father.46 Married, by 1457, Elizabeth FitzLewis, Daughtr of Sr John ffitz Lewys (Sir Lewis John or Johan) knyght of West Horndon, Dunton, Ingrave and Cranham, Essex (sometime steward of the duchy of Cornwall within Devon and warden of the Stannaries in Devon), and of Anne his (2nd) Wyfe Daughtr of John Montague (Montacute), erl of Salusburye (3rd Earl of Salisbury) and widow of Sir Richard Hankford. Co-heiress to her mother, aged 22 and more, 1457. Named as a co-executrix of her husband’s will. Died 1500. ‘Dame E.Wyngfeld, wiffe of Sir John Wyngfeld, kt., of Letheryngham, widow’, will dated 14 July 1497, proved 22 Dec. 1500 Norwich C.C. (135-138 Cage) – requested burial in the north part of the chancel of Letheringham Priory beside her husband’s tomb.

Married

• Married, by 1457, Elizabeth FitzLewis, Daughtr of Sr John ffitz Lewys (Sir Lewis John or Johan) knyght of West Horndon, Dunton, Ingrave and Cranham, Essex (sometime steward of the duchy of Cornwall within Devon and warden of the Stannaries in Devon), and of Anne his (2nd) Wyfe Daughtr of John Montague (Montacute), erl of Salusburye (3rd Earl of Salisbury) and widow of Sir Richard Hankford. Co-heiress to her mother, aged 22 and more, 1457. Named as a co-executrix of her husband’s will. Died 1500. ‘Dame E.Wyngfeld, wiffe of Sir John Wyngfeld, kt., of Letheryngham, widow’, will dated 14 July 1497, proved 22 Dec. 1500 Norwich C.C. (135-138 Cage) – requested burial in the north part of the chancel of Letheringham Priory beside her husband’s tomb.

16 Children (12 sons and 4 daughters)

• 1. Sir John (VII) Wingfeld. Sonne & heyre.
• 2. Sir Edward Wingfeld second sonne.‘Made Knight in Granado by Sir Edward Woodvill warringe on the infidels’ 1471-2.48 Received an annuity of £40 from the Crown 20 Feb. 1493. Named as a co-executor of his mother’s will 1497. Employed on missions to the Emperor Maximilian 1507-8. Died s.p. Married Countess Anne, widow of George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent and daughter of Richard Woodvile, 1st Earl Rivers. Sister of Queen Elizabeth.
• 3. Sir Henry Wingfeld a prest (priest) third sonne. Born c.1460. ‘Of noble birth’ admitted to Cambridge University 1474-5. B.A. 1474-5; M.A. 1478. Obtained Papal licence for promotion to holy orders although only in or about his 22nd year, 18 Apr. 1482; ordained a sub-deacon 21 Sep. 1482. Presented by his father to the rectory of Baconsthorpe in Norfolk, 31 July 1480; Rector of Rendlesham 16 Sep. 1483. Named as a co-executor of his mother’s will 1497 (therein named as ‘Sir Harry, priest’). Died 1500. Sir Henry Wyngfeld, clerk. dns., Bakonesthorp, at Letheryngham, will dated 5 Aug. 1500, proved 22 Dec. 1500 Norwich C.C. (134, 135 Cage) – requested burial in the S.E. corner of Letheringham churchyard by the crab-tree and ‘a stone to be laid upon me upon the which the palmes may be layd on in passion weke’; bequeathed to Gonville Hall in Cambridge ‘my iiij bokes of Lire [Nicholas de Lira] in prent’.49
• 4. [?Sir] John (VIII) Wing field the younger, fourth sonne. See below S.
• 5. Wyllm (William) Wingfeld vth sonne. Died s.p. Small brass in floor of Letheringham church: Here lieth William Wingfield Squire, sometime Sewer to our Soveraine Lord King Henry 7 & son of Sir John Wingfield Knt & Dame Elizabeth his wife which William died the 4th Day of December in the year of our Lord God 1491. Married Joan, daughter of Sir William (Thomas) Waldegrave.

• Child: i.James Wingfield
  

• 6. [?Sir] Thomas (IV) Wingfeld vith sonne. Slain at the battle of Redner, s.p. Captain of Deal Castle. Killed at the Battle of Bosworth 22 Aug. 1485, s.p.
• 7. Sir Robert (V) Wingfeld, P.C., viith sonne. Lord Deputy of Calais, s.p. Born c.1470. ‘Bred up by his aunt the Lady Scrope, became a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’.50 Named as a co-executor of his mother’s will 1497. Usher of the chamber by 1505; knighted by 2 July 1509; knight of the body by 1511. Bailiff of the Honor of Eye and Constable of Eye Castle 1509. Joint Marshal of Calais 1513-20, lieutenant of the castle ?1523-6, Deputy of Calais 1526-31, Mayor 1534. Privy Councillor in 1511. Ambassador to Pope Leo and Ambassador to (and personal friend of) the Emperor Maximilian. Fought against Cornish rebels 1497. M.P. for Great Grimby 1510.51 Died s.p.s. 18 Mar. 1538. Will dated 15 Mar. 1538, proved 12 Nov. 1539, - requested burial either in the north aisle of St Nicholas’s in Calais ‘where he had built a place for his sepulture’, or in Rushford in Norfolk ‘in the midst of a chapel on the south side in that college, where the body of his uncle and godfather Sir Robert Wingfield ... lay; and upon his grave be placed a marble stone, with a cross of Jerusalem thereon’, or in St Peter’s in London ‘in which parish his house stood’.52 Married 1stly, by 1497, Eleanor Ramsbury (or Ramsberrie)53 or Eleanor, daughter of Sir John Raynsford of Bradfield in Essex, a marshal of Calais.54 Present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold 1520. Died before 5 May 1522. He married 2ndly, licence 4 July 1519, Joan/Jane, widow of Thomas Clinton alias Fiennes, 8th Lord Clinton (d. 1517) and illegitimate daughter of Sir Edward Poynings of Westerhanger, Kent. Named in her husband’s will.
• 8. Water (Walter) Wingfeld viiith sonne. Named in his mother’s will 1497. Died s.p. Married ... daughter of ... Mackwilliams.
• 9. Lewys (Lewes, Ludovic) Wingfeld sonne.
• 10. Edmond Wingfeld sonne. Named in his mother’s will 1497. A captain in 1513. Assessed at £40 in Stowlangtoft in the Anticipation of 1523; taxed £1 6s 8d on 40 marks in the South Ward of Bury St Edmunds, 1524. 55 E.W. esq. of Stowlangtofte, Suff., will dated 14 Feb. 1526, proved 17 May 1530 Norwich C.C. (30-40 Haywarde). Married Margaret, widow of John Ashfield of Stowlangtoft, Suffolk, and daughter of Henry Wentworth of Coldham Hall in Wethersfield, Essex. Co-executrix of her husbands will.

• Child: i.John Wingfeild.
  

• Child: ai. Richard Wingfield. Died s.p.
  

• 11. Sir Rychard Wingfeld xith sonne. Born c.1469.
• 12. Sir Humfrey (Humphrey) Wingfeld xiith sonne. See below V.
• 13. Anne (Agnes) Wingfield. Named in her uncle Henry’s will 1493/4. Living 1498. Bur. 1stly at Blundeston, but by the will of her son, 1527, it was directed that her body should be brought to Barsham and buried near that of her husband. Married, by 1493/4, John (Sir Edward) Echingham of Barsham.
• 14. Elizabeth Wingfield the elder a nonne (nun) at [blank]. Named as Elizabeth Hall in her brother Sir Richard’s will, 1525. Married Francis Fitzwilliam alias Hall of Grantham.56
• 15. Katherin (Catherine) Wingfield. Named in her uncle Henry’s will 1493/4. Executrix of her eldest son’s will 1515. Died 1525. Her son John Brewes is named in her brother Sir Richard’s will, 1525. Married by 1493/4, Robert Brews (Bruse) of Little Wenham. Named as a co-executor of his mother-in-law’s will 1497. Died 1513.
• 16. Elizabeth Wingfield the younger. Married ffrancis Hall of Grantham, Lincolnshire, Comptroller of Calais.

Links

• http://www.sjharris31.btinternet.co.uk/jans/Bayles/SirJohnI0679_Lew...

John Wingfield & Elizabeth Fitz Lewis

• http://www.sjharris31.btinternet.co.uk/jans/Bayles/SirJohnI0679_Lew...
• http://www.letheringhamlodge.com/wingfield-of-wingfield-and-letheri...

Sources

• Wingfield Website and IGI
• Visitation of Suffolk 1561
• Visitation of Suffolk 1561 Parents: Robert Wingfield (Sir) & Elizabeth Goushill Born: Abt. 1430 Letheringham, Suffolk
• Wingfield Website and IGI Died: 10 May 1481

John Wingfield (Sir) | Elizabeth Fitz Lewis

Notes for JOHN WINGFIELD (SIR), Sir Knight of the Bath

Source: Wingfield Website and IGI

Source: Visitation of Suffolk 1561

Source: Visitation of Suffolk 1561
Parents: Robert Wingfield (Sir) & Elizabeth Goushill Born: Abt. 1430 Letheringham, Suffolk

Source: Wingfield Website and IGI Died: 10 May 1481

Source: Wingfield Website

IGI Refs:

John Wingfield b. abt 1430 Letheringham, Suffolk Parents Robert Wingfield and Elizabeth Goulshill

John Wingfield b. abt 1424 Letheringham, Suffolk Parents Robert Wingfield and Elizabeth Goulshill

John of Letheringham Wingfield b. abt 1429 Derby Parents: Robert of Letheringham Wingfield and Elizabeth Goulshill

John Wingfield b. abt 1430 Orford, Suffolk Parents Robert Wingfield and Elizabeth Goulshill

Notes for ELIZABETH FITZ LEWIS

Source: Wingfield Website and IGI

Source: Burkes Extinct
Parents: John Fitz Lewis & Anne Montague Born: 1432 West Hordon, Essex

Source: IGI Buried: Letheringham, Suffolk

Source: Wingfield Website

IGI Refs:

Elizabeth Fitz Lewis b. 1432 of West Horndon Essex Parents: John Fitz Lewis Anne Montacute

Marriages Notes for JOHN WINGFIELD (SIR) & ELIZABETH FITZ LEWIS
Marriage: 1448 Letheringham, Suffolk

Source: Wingfield Website and IGI

IGI

Elizabeth Fitz-Lewis and Sir John Wingfield abt. 1448 Letheringham Suffolk

Elizabeth Fitz-Lewis and Sir John Wingfield abt. 1450 <of West Herndon> Essex

Elizabeth Fitz-Lewis and Sir John Wingfield abt. 1457 Dunham Magna Norfolk

Children of JOHN WINGFIELD (SIR) & ELIZABETH FITZ LEWIS 1 John Wingfield (Sir) Born: Abt. 1451 Letheringham, Suffolk Married: Anne Touchett - 1469 Echingham, Sussex Church of the Friars Preachers, London 2 Edward Wingfield Born: Abt. 1452 3 Henry Wingfield Born: Abt. 1452 4 John Wingfield Born: Abt. 1453 5 William Wingfield Born: Abt. 1454 6 Thomas Wingfield Born: Abt. 1455 7 Robert Wingfield Born: Abt. 1456 8 Walter Wingfield Born: Abt. 1457 9 Lewes Wingfield Born: Abt. 1458 10 Edmund Wingfield Born: Abt. 1459 11 Richard Wingfield (Sir) Born: Abt. 1460 12 Humphrey Wingfield Born: Abt. 1461 13 Anne Wingfield Born: Abt. 1462 14 Elizabeth Wingfield Born: Abt. 1463 15 Elizabeth Wingfield Born: Abt. 1464 16 Katherine Wingfield Born: Abt. 1464

References

1. Unknown author, Burke's Commoners, Vol. II, p., 479. < GoogleBooks >
2. https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1556.htm...