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Generation: 2
2. | William BRANDON, Knt. was born about 1425; died between 9 Apr and 17 Nov 1491. Notes:
Name:
William Brandon, Knt., of Soham, Suffolk, son , perhaps, of Robert Brandon,Collector of Customs at King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. He was born about 1425, and rose in the service of John de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk. They had four sons and five daughters. he was Escheator for Norfolk and Suffolk in 1454/5, Marshall of the Marchelsea, Marshall of the king's Bench, M.P. for Shoreham, Sussex, in 1467/8 and for Suffolk 1478. When Richard III usurped the throne he joined the uprising in the west losing his eldest son (father of Charles, the future Duke of Suffolk) at Bosworth. William sought sanctuary at Westminster and was pardoned. The second will of 'sir Willyam Brandon, Knt', was dated 9 Apr 1491, and proved 17 Nov 1491.
William married Elizabeth WINGFIELD before 1462. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert WINGFIELD, Knt. and Elizabeth GOUSHILL) died on 28 Apr 1497. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
6. | Robert WINGFIELD, Knt. was born in 1403 (son of Sir Robert WINGFIELD, Knt. and Elizabeth RUSSELL); died in 1451. Notes:
Name:
Robert Wingfield, Knt., of Letheringham, son and heir, ws born in 1403, and was knighted by King Henry VI at Hereford on 19 May 1426. He was steward of the lands of the Duke of Norfolk, and attended the Duke on an embassy to France in 1447. He was M.P. for Suffolk in 1427, and for Hertfordshire in 1449. He married Elizabeth Goushill, and they had seven sons and five daughters. 'Syr Robert Wingefeld, knyght, town of Cambridge' died testate in 1451, and was buried at Letheringham. A brass effigy formerly in Letheringham church showed the arms of Wingfield impaling Goushill bearing the inscription: "Her lieth S'r Thomas Wingfeld, knight, Richard Wyngfeld and William Wyngfeld, squyres, sonns of S'r Rob't Wyngfeld, knyght, and of Lady Elizabeth, his wife, syster to the duke of Norff".
Robert married Elizabeth GOUSHILL. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Robert GOUSHILL, Esq. and Elizabeth FITZ ALAN) was born about 1402. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
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