'Wingfield02'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Wingfield of Crowfield, Wingfield of Dunham Magna, Wingfield of Easton, Wingfield of Letheringham, Wingfield of Wantisden

                               
Sir John Wingfield of Letheringham, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk (d 1509)
m. Anne Touchet (dau of John Touchet, Lord Audley)
1. Sir Anthony Wingfield of Letheringham (d before 18.11.1553)
  m. Elizabeth de Vere (d before 13.11.1559, dau/coheir of Sir George de Vere (son of John, 12th Earl of Oxford) by Margery Stafford)
  A. John Wingfield (dsp(vp?))
  m. Dorothy Fitzherbert
  i.+ issue (dsp(vp?))
B. Sir Robert Wingfield of Letheringham (d 19.03.1596, 3rd son)
  m1. Cecily Wentworth (d 22.08.1573, dau of Thomas Wentworth, Lord)
  i. Sir Anthony Wingfield of Letheringham & Goodwins in Hoo (dsp bur 29.12.1605)
  m. Anne Bird (b 1576-7, d 02.08.1626, dau of William Bird of Denston, m2. Thomas Clench of Holbrook) ## see here ##
  Visitation, which identifies Sir Anthony's wife as Mary, dau of John Bird of London, suggests that they had 2 children, an unnamed son & Thomas. We presume that, if there were such children, they died in infancy.
  ii. Robert Wingfield of Shottisham (dsp by 1580)
  iii. Sir Thomas Wingfield, later of Letheringham (d 22.01.1609)
  m1. Radclyffe Gerrard (d 18.07.1601, dau of Sir Gilbert Gerrard, Master of the Rolls)
  a. daughter
m2. Elizabeth Drury (dau of Sir Drue Drury of Riddlesworth, m2. Henry Reynolds)
  b. Sir Anthony Wingfield of Godwyne, 1st Bart (b c1585, d 30.07.1638)
  m. (1628) Anne Deane (d before 05.1642, dau of Sir John Deane of Deane's Hill/Hall in Great Maplestead by Anne, dau of Sir Drue Drury)
  (1) Sir Richard Wingfield of Letheringham and Easton, 2nd Bart (d c1656)
  m1. (11.06.1649) Susanna Jacob (dau of Sir John Jacob, 1st Bart)
  (A) Sir Robert Wingfield of Letheringham, 3rd Bart (b c1652, d unm c1671)
  m2. Mary Wintour (d by 1657, dau of Sir John Wintour of Lidney by Mary Howard)
  (B) Sir Henry Wingfield of Letheringham and Easton, 4th Bart (b c1655, d 1677)
  m. Mary or Eleanor Touchet (d 15.10.1675, dau of Mervyn Touchet, 4th Earl of Castlehaven)
  (i) Sir Henry Wingfield of Letheringham, 5th Bart (b c1673, dsp 1712)
m. _ Guarigues of Toulouse
  (ii) Sir Mervyn Wingfield of Letheringham, 6th Bart (b c1675, d after 1727)
  m. Mary Dalton (dau of Theobald Dalton of Greenan)
  (a) Mary Wingfield
  m. Francis Dillon of Proudstown (a 1767, Baron of Holy Roman Empire)
  c. Anne Wingfield
  m. Thomas Standish of Duxbury
  d. Cicely Wingfield
  m. William Blois of Grudisburgh (d 1672)
  e. Elizabeth Wingfield probably of this generation, of this marriage
  m. Sir Drue Deane of Maplestead
iv. Mary Wingfield (d 09.11.1601)
  m. Sir Henry Warner of Wamhill Hall in Mildenhall (d 06.05.1617)
  v. Frances Wingfield (d (not dsp) before 1596)
  m. William Barrow of Westthorpe named Francis by Commoners
  m2. Bridget Spring (dau of Sir John Spring of Cockfield) named Francis by Visitation (Norfolk)
  Possibly of this generation, but (if so) by which wife is unknown, was ...
  vi. Elizabeth Wingfield
  m. Robert Spencer of Rendlesham
C. Charles Wingfield of Tempill (d before 15.06.1564)
  m. Elizabeth Rich (dau of Thomas Rich of Weald)
  i. Henry Wingfield
  m. _ Metham of Lincolnshire
  ii.+ other issue - Anthony (dsp), William
  D. Richard Wingfield of Crowfield & Wantisden (d before 14.08.1591)
  m. Mary Hardwick (dau/coheir of John Hardwick of Hardwick, sister of Elizabeth)
i. Henry Wingfield 'of Wantisden and/or Cratfield (Crofield)
  m. Elizabeth Ryseby (dau/heir of Thomas Ryseby by Jane, dau/coheir of John Harbottle)
  a. (Sir) Harbottle Wingfield of Crofield, Suffolk
  The following comes from Visitation (Suffolk, 1644-8, Wingfeld).
  m. Elizabeth Scrivener (dau of Ralph Scrivener of Belsted)
(1) Henry Wingfield of Crofield
  m. Dorothy Brewster (dau of Thomas Brewster of Trumpington)
  (A) Harbottell Wingfield of Crofield (a 1664)
  b. Gilbert Wingfield
  c. Mary Wingfield (d 03.02.1624)
  m. William Dade (son/heir of Thomas of Tannington)
  ii. Sir John Wingfield 'of Withcoll' (d 1596, 4th son?)
  m. Susan Berty (sister of Peregrine Berty, Lord Willoughby, widow of Reginald Grey, 4th Earl of Kent)
  a. Peregrine Wingfield
  iii. Anne Wingfield
m. Robert Mawe
  iv. Margaret Wingfield
  m. Jo(hn) Soame (Sone) of Wantisden
  v.+ issue - Robert, Anthony
  E. Anthony Wingfield of St. John's or Sibton, Middlesex (d 1593, Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth, 7th son)
  m1. Katherine (probably not Margaret) Blenerhasset (d 1558, dau of Sir Thomas Blenerhasset of Frenze, widow of John Gosnold)
  i. Ursula Wingfield (bur 29.03.1628)
  m. Edward Honninge or Hunnings of Ely (Eye)
  ii. Margaret Wingfield
  m. Francis Grey of Girton
  a. Margaret Grey (coheir) probably of this generation
  m. William Kympton of Steple Morden (a 1619)
  m2. Jane Purpett (d 1562, dau of Edmund Purpett of Waldringfield Manor)
  m3. Elizabeth Leche (dau of Ralph Leche of Chatsworth)
  F. Henry Wingfield (a 1557)
  m. Dorothy Bacon of Suffolk
  i. Robert Wingfield
  Visitation (Norfolk) shows that Robert had Anthony by _ Rosiers then Edmund & Margaret by _ Drake. We follow Visitation (Huntingdonshire) in showing his family as follows.
  m1. Margaret Rosner (dau of Roger Rosner of Suffolk)
a. Edmond Wingfield
  b. Anne Wingfield
  m. Henry Rosington
  m2. Alice Drake (dau/coheir of _ Drake of Yardley, widow of _ Plater)
  c.+ other issue - Anthony, Francis, Mary Margret
  m3. Anne Ashfeld (dau of Giles Ashfeld of Suffolk)
  ii.+ other issue - George, Anthony
G. Elizabeth Wingfield (d 1591-2)
  m. William (or Henry) Naunton of Alderton
  H. Mary Wingfield
  m1. Arthur Rush of Chapmans, Sudbourne (d 1537)
  m2. Anthony Rooke or Roke (probably not Corkes)
  m3. Thomas Durcye or Darcy
  I. Margaret Wingfield
  m1. Francis Soone (or Sone) of Wantisden & Chillesford (not Stone of Wavesden)
  m2. _ Audley
  J. Honor Wingfield mentioned by Visitation (Norfolk)
  m. _ Baron
  K.+ other issue - Francis (dsp), George (dsp), Elizabeth (d young), Margaert (d young), Jane, Anne (dsp)
2. Elizabeth Wingfield
  m. (1510) Henry Noone of Martlesham & Shelfhanger
3. Anne Wingield
  m. Lewis Winwood
4. Margaret Wingfield (b c1493, d 29.10.1557)
  m. Thomas Seckford of Seckford Hall (b c1495, d 30.09.1575)
5.+ other issue - Edmund, Henry/Hugh (a 1578), Mary (d infant)

 

 

Sir John Wingfield of Dunham Magna (Great Dunham), Norfolk (d 1509)
This section was added on 16.04.12. To facilitate this, other sections that were formally on this page were moved to Wingfield03 (upper section) and Wingfield04 (upper section).
m. Margaret Doreward (dau/heir of Richard Doreward (or Durward) of Essex (son of the Speaker) by Joan, dau/coheir of Sir Roger Harsick of Southacre & the Dunhams)
1. Thomas Wingfield of Dunham Magna
  m. Elizabeth Wodehouse (dau of Sir Thomas Wodehouse of Kimberley)
  A. Robert Wingfield of Great Dunham
  m. Elizabeth Golding (dau of John Golding of Belchamp St. Paul)
  i. Jane Wingfield
  m. _ Barwick or Berwick
  ii. Elizabeth Wingfield
  m. _ Pole or Poole
  iii. Ursula Wingfield
  m. _ Bagshaw or Baghowe
  iv. Frances Wingfield
  m. Edward Arslowe ot Atsloe
  v.+ other issue - John, Edmond, Thomasine
  B. John Wingfield
m. Ann Townsend of Testerton in Norfolk
  i. Anne or Elizabeth Wingfield
  m. Thomas Atthow of Lynne
  C. daughter
  m. _ Townsend
  D. (Elizabeth) Wingfield
  m. Geoffrey Downing
2. William Wingfield of Spickworth, Norfolk
  m. Margaret Pettinghall (dau of Thomas Pettinghall of Norwich)
A.+ issue - Thomas (d Huntingdon), Anthony
3. Alice Wingfield
  m. John Calybut of Castleacre
4. daughter
  m. _ Gilgate
5. Frances Wingfield
  m. _ Curson
6. Margaret Wingfield
  m. Nicholas Bohun
7. Alice Wingfield
  m. _ Audley
8. Margaret Wingfield (2nd of the name)
  m. _ Grice

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Commoners (vol ii, Wingfield of Tickencote), Visitation (Suffolk, 1561, Wingfield of Wingfield and Letheringham), Visitation (Huntingdonshire, 1613, Wingfeild), Visitation (Norfolk, 1563+1589+1613, Wingfield), TCB (vol. ii, Wingfield of Wingfield)
(2) For lower section : Visitation (Norfolk, 1563+1589+1613, Wingfield), Visitation (Huntingdonshire, 1613, 'Wingfeild of Dunham in Norff.')
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