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Sir John de Wingfield (died c. 1361) of

Wingfield Castle Wingfield Castle in the parish of Wingfield in Suffolk, England is a fortified manor house which was the ancestral home of the Wingfield family and their heirs, the de la Pole family, created Earls and Dukes of Suffolk. It is now a private hou ...

in Suffolk was chief administrator to

Edward the Black Prince Edward of Woodstock, known to history as the Black Prince (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376), was the eldest son of King Edward III of England, and the heir apparent to the English throne. He died before his father and so his son, Richard II, suc ...

(1330-1376). He and both his brothers fought at Crécy in 1346. He fought in the

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

campaign from 1347-48. He was appointed 'governor of the prince's business' (in effect business-manager) to Edward the Black Prince round about 1351. In 1356 Wingfield fought at Poitiers capturing the head of the French King John II's bodyguard, Sire D'Aubigny.

Edward III of England Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring ...

purchased this captive from Wingfield for £833. Wingfield died in about 1361, possibly of the second outbreak of the Black Death. His will provided for the founding of

Wingfield College Wingfield is a village in the English county of Suffolk. It is found east of Diss, signposted off B1118, near Eye. Wingfield Castle, which is now a private house, was for many centuries the home of the Wingfield family and their heirs, the De ...

in 1362. The college was endowed by the Black Prince. Sir John Wingfield's only child, his daughter and heiress Catherine Wingfield, married Michael de la Pole, later 1st

Earl of Suffolk Earl of Suffolk is a title which has been created four times in the Peerage of England. The first creation, in tandem with the creation of the title of Earl of Norfolk, came before 1069 in favour of Ralph the Staller; but the title was forfe ...

and lived at Wingfield Castle in Suffolk.

Sources

*Register of Edward, the Black Prince, preserved in the Public Record Office, prepared under the superintendence of the Deputy Keeper of the Records. Vols 1 to 4 *Wrottesley, Staffs, II, 33,38. *P. H. W. Booth, ''The Financial Administration of the Lordship and County of Chester, 1272-1377'', Chetham Society, third series, 38 (1981), pp. 73-9, 133, 136.

External links

Wingfield Family Society , Wingfield Family SocietySt. Andrews Church Wingfield :: Welcome
Wingfield, John Wingfield family 1360s deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain