Sir Anthony Wingfield (died 15 August 1552)
KG,
MP, of
Letheringham
Letheringham is a sparsely populated civil parish in the East Suffolk district (formerly Deben Rural District and then Suffolk Coastal) in Suffolk, England, on the Deben River.
St Mary is a tiny church, the remains of the tower and nave of a ...
, Suffolk, was an English soldier, politician, courtier and member of parliament. He was the
Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk
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Lord Lieutenants of Suffolk
* Sir Anthony Wingfield 1551–1552 ''jointly with''
*? 1551–?
...
from 1551 to 1552, and
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in the reign of
Edward VI
Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. Edward was the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour and the first E ...
.
[D. Richardson, ed. K.G. Everingham, ''Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families'', 2nd Edition, 3 vols (Salt Lake City 2011), II]
p. 202
(Google).
Wingfield of Letheringham
The Bovile family held the lordship of the manor of Letheringham, near
Wickham Market
Wickham Market is a large village and electoral ward situated in the River Deben valley of Suffolk, England, within the Suffolk Coastal heritage area.
It is on the A12 trunk road north-east of the county town of Ipswich, north-east of Wood ...
in Suffolk, for many generations. Late in the 12th century they granted the tithes of Letheringham to the
Prior and convent of St Peter and St Paul, Ipswich, who founded a cell of
canons regular
Canons regular are priests who live in community under a rule ( and canon in greek) and are generally organised into religious orders, differing from both secular canons and other forms of religious life, such as clerics regular, designated by a ...
at Letheringham. The manor belonged in c.1307 to Sir Thomas Bovile (who died in that year). It descended to his nephew Sir William (died 1320), and in 1348 was passed in trust for William's great-granddaughter Margaret Bovile.
The manor passed to the Wingfield family when Margaret married Sir Thomas Wingfield (died 1378), and then, from father to son, to Sir John Wingfield (died 1389), to Sir Robert (died 1409), and to Sir
Robert Wingfield
Sir Robert Wingfield (died 1454), of Letheringham in Suffolk, was an English landowner, administrator and politician.G. E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Co ...
the younger (died 1454), who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Gowsell and
Elizabeth Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk
Elizabeth de Mowbray, Duchess of Norfolk (née Lady Elizabeth Fitzalan; 1366 – 8 July 1425) was an English noblewoman and the wife of Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk.
Through her eldest daughter, Lady Margaret Mowbray, Elizabeth was an a ...
. (They were the parents of Elizabeth Wingfield, who married Sir
William Brandon of Wangford (died 1491), and who became the grandmother of
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 1st Viscount Lisle, (22 August 1545) was an English military leader and courtier. Through his third wife, Mary Tudor, he was brother-in-law to King Henry VIII.
Biography
Charles Brandon was the second ...
.) Sir Robert and Dame Elizabeth Wingfield's son, Sir John Wingfield (died 1481), married Elizabeth FitzLewis (a daughter of Sir Lewis John by Anne Montagu), and these were the grandparents of Anthony Wingfield.
[J.M. Blatchly, 'Lost and mutilated memorials of the Bovile and Wingfield families at Letheringham', ''Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History'', Vol. XXXIII Part 2 (1974)]
pp. 168-194
(Society's pdf).
Anthony Wingfield was born before 1488, the first of three sons of Sir John Wingfield (died 1509) of Letheringham and Anne, daughter of
John Tuchet, 6th Lord Audley. There were also three daughters. Sir John was
High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk
This is a list of Sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Sheriff (since 1974 called High Sheriff) is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually by the Crown. He was originally the principal law enforcement officer in the c ...
in 1483. He fought against
Richard III
Richard III (2 October 145222 August 1485) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat and death at the Battl ...
at
Bosworth Field
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in 1485, and following the accession of
Henry VII he was appointed Steward of the lands of the
Honour of Richmond
The Honour of Richmond (or English feudal barony of Richmond) in north-west Yorkshire, England was granted to Count Alan Rufus (also known as Alain le Roux) by King William the Conqueror sometime during 1069 to 1071, although the date is uncertai ...
in Norfolk. He served again as sheriff in 1487.
Biographical details
Military career
By 1509, when Sir John died, Anthony had been appointed
Esquire of the body, and he attended the funeral of
Henry VII. Wingfield first saw active service in the first war of
Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...
's reign, fighting at the
siege of Tournai in 1513. He was knighted in 1513 for his part in the capture of
Tournai
Tournai or Tournay ( ; ; nl, Doornik ; pcd, Tornai; wa, Tornè ; la, Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies southwest of Brussels on the river Scheldt. Tournai is part of Euromet ...
. He was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk for 1515–16.
[R.J.W. Swales, 'Wingfield, Sir Anthony (by 1488-1552), of Letheringham, Suff.', in S.T. Bindoff (ed.), ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558'' (from Boydell and Brewer 1982)]
History of Parliament Online
(Print version: 3 volumes (Secker & Warburg, London 1982), III, pp. 638–640.) He attended the
Field of the Cloth of Gold
The Field of the Cloth of Gold (french: Camp du Drap d'Or, ) was a summit meeting between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France from 7 to 24 June 1520. Held at Balinghem, between Ardres in France and Guînes in the English P ...
in 1520, and served in the 1523 French campaign of
Charles Brandon, the Duke of Suffolk; and lastly in the 1544 capture of
Boulogne
Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the ...
.
Parliamentary career
Wingfield served as the Member for Parliament for
Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
(1529, 1536, 1539, and probably 1542). Whilst serving in Boulogne, he was returned as MP for
Horsham
Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...
in 1545; and finally served again for Suffolk in 1547.
Political and court career
By 1539 Wingfield was a member of the
Privy Council
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and administrator in Henry VIII's royal household. Wingfield was made a Knight of the Garter on St George's Day 1541 (12th stall, Sovereign's side). When the King died in 1547, Wingfield served as an assistant executor; was bequeathed £200; and led the guard at the funeral procession. Wingfield remained a member of the council during the protectorate of
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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. However, after the fall of the Protectorate in October 1549, it was Wingfield whom the Council sent to Windsor to arrest Somerset, and to bring him to the Tower.
He was appointed to the post of
Chamberlain of the Exchequer
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Profession
*Chamberlain (office), the officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign or other noble figure
People
*Chamberlain (surname)
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in 1550, holding it until his death two years later.
On 28 August 1551, Sir Anthony, along with the then Lord Chancellor
Richard Rich
Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (July 1496 – 12 June 1567), was Lord Chancellor during King Edward VI of England's reign, from 1547 until January 1552. He was the founder of Felsted School with its associated almshouses in Essex in 1564. He wa ...
and
Sir William Petre
Sir William Petre (c. 1505 – 1572) (pronounced ''Peter'') was Secretary of State to three successive Tudor monarchs, namely Kings Henry VIII, Edward VI and Queen Mary I. He also deputised for the Secretary of State to Elizabeth I.
Educated ...
went to Copt Hall in
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...
to order Princess
Mary Tudor and her household to stop hearing the
Catholic Mass
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. Wingfield was sent to replace Mary's Comptroller
Robert Rochester, who was removed by Edward's Council for refusing to order Mary to cease hearing Mass.
Death, burial and testament
Wingfield died on 15 August 1552 in
Bethnal Green
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, at Sir
John Gates
John "Johnny" Gates, born Solomon Regenstreif (28 September 1913 – 23 May 1992) was an American Communist business man, best remembered as one of the individuals spearheading a failed attempt at liberalization of the Communist Party USA in 19 ...
's house, and his funerals took place on 21 August at Stepney. His body was borne in a grand heraldic procession, with singing clerks, and with his armour and insignia displayed, over Mile End, where the vicar of
Shoreditch
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In the 16th century, Shoreditch was an impor ...
preached at the communion, and a feast was afterwards held.
His will, naming his wife and his son Robert his executors, was proved in April 1553 by Robert alone: his widow Dame Elizabeth specifically renounced her executorship. Dame Elizabeth made her own will on 28 July 1557 and it was proved on 13 November 1559.
Marriage and issue
Wingfield married, by 1528, Elizabeth Vere, daughter of Sir George Vere and sister of
John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford
John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford (14 August 1499 – 14 July 1526) was an English peer and landowner.
By inheritance, he was Lord Great Chamberlain of England, and in June 1520, at the age of twenty, he attended King Henry VIII at the Field o ...
, by whom he had eight sons and seven daughters:
*John Wingfield, who is said to have married Dorothy Fitzherbert, and died without issue.
*Francis Wingfield, who died without issue.
*
Sir Robert Wingfield
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, who married first Cicely, daughter of
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth and ''de jure'' 6th Baron le Despencer, PC (15013 March 1551) was an English peer and courtier during the Tudor dynasty.
The Wentworths were originally from Yorkshire but a branch of the family had settle ...
, and was father of Anthony Wingfield (1554-1605), MP for
Orford; and secondly Bridget, daughter of
Sir John Spring of
Cockfield and
Hitcham, Suffolk, and widow of
Thomas Fleetwood of
The Vache, Buckinghamshire,
Master of the Mint
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.
*Charles Wingfield, esquire, who married Elizabeth Rich, the daughter of Robert Rich of
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South Weald con ...
, Essex.
*Richard Wingfield, esquire, of Crowfield and
Wantisden
Wantisden is a small village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Largely consisting of a single farm and ancient woodland ( Staverton Park and The Thicks), most of its 30 residents live on the farm estate. ...
, Suffolk, who married first Mary, daughter of John Hardwick, Esq. (d. 29 January 1528) and Elizabeth Leeke (and sister of
Bess of Hardwick
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); and secondly Joan Clerke, widow of John Harbottle, esquire.
*George Wingfield, who died without issue.
*Anthony Wingfield (d.1593), esquire, who married first Katherine (died 1558), daughter of Sir Thomas Blennerhassett of
Frenze, Norfolk, and widow of
John Gosnold
John Gosnold (by 1507 – 1554), of Otley, Suffolk and London, was an English lawyer and politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich in 1547 and in October 1553.
Early life
John was the son of Robert Gosnold and Agnes daughte ...
(d.1554) of Shrubland Park in
Barham, Suffolk
Barham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is on the River Gipping. Surrounded by Great Blakenham, Baylham
Baylham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, ...
; secondly Jane (died 1562), daughter of Edmund Purpett of the manor of
Waldingfield; and third Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Leeche of
Chatsworth, Derbyshire
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The population is largely in and around Chatsworth House and is considered to be too low to justify a parish counc ...
. Wingfield was
Black Rod
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from 1591 until his death.
*Henry Wingfield, who is said to have married Dorothy Bacon, and to have been living in 1557.
*Elizabeth Wingfield, who died young.
*Elizabeth Wingfield (again), who married William Naunton (d. 7 June 1553), esquire, of
Alderton, Suffolk
Alderton is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about six miles north of Felixstowe, 10 miles south-east of Woodbridge and 2 miles south of Hollesley, on the North Sea coast and in the heart of the Suf ...
, grandfather of
Sir Robert Naunton
Sir Robert Naunton (1563 – 27 March 1635) was an English writer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1606 and 1626.
Family
Robert Naunton was the son of Henry Naunton of Alderton, Suffolk, and Elizabeth Ashe ...
.
*Mary Wingfield, who married first Arthur Rush of Chapmans in
Sudbourne
Sudbourne is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, located approximately north of Orford.
All Saints' Church dates from the 14th century but was much restored in 1879. It is a grade II* listed building.
Between 964 and 975 King Ed ...
, Suffolk; secondly Anthony Roke; and third, Thomas Darcy.
*Margaret Wingfield, who died young.
*Jane Wingfield.
*Anne Wingfield, who died without issue.
*Margaret Wingfield (again), who married first Francis Soone of
Wantisden
Wantisden is a small village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Largely consisting of a single farm and ancient woodland ( Staverton Park and The Thicks), most of its 30 residents live on the farm estate. ...
, Suffolk, and secondly a husband surnamed Audley.
Wingfield was survived by five of his sons, Sir Robert, Charles, Anthony, Henry and Richard.
References
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16th-century English soldiers
Anthony
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English MPs 1529–1536
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English MPs 1547–1552
People from Suffolk Coastal (district)