Henry WINGFIELD, Knt.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Will dated 21 Feb 1493/4 and proved 6 May 1494

Notes:

Name:
Henry Wingfield, Knt., of Orford, Suffolk, fifth son, was born 1435-1440 (aged under eighteen in his father's will). He was knighted with his brother Thomas at the battle Tewksbury in 1471, and was for many years Governor of Orford Castle, Suffolk.

Henry married Alice HARTE before 1470. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth ROKES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert WINGFIELD was born about 1490; died on 4 Feb 1575/6.

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]