John Wingfield (1560–1626) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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at various times between 1597 and 1626.
[ S.M. Thorpe, 'Wingfield, John (c.1560-1626), of Tickencote, Rutland.', in P.W. Hasler (ed.), ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603'' (from Boydell and Brewer 1981), History of Parliament Online]
Wingfield was the son of Robert Wingfield of
Upton,
Northamptonshire
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and his wife Elizabeth Cecil, daughter of
Richard Cecil of
Little Burghley, Northamptonshire. He was educated at
Westminster School
(God Gives the Increase)
, established = Earliest records date from the 14th century, refounded in 1560
, type = Public school Independent day and boarding school
, religion = Church of England
, head_label = Hea ...
and entered
Trinity College, Cambridge
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in 1578. He was
Justice of the Peace for
Kesteven
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Etymology
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, Lincolnshire from about 1583. He was
feodary of Lincolnshire from 1594 to 1600 and was able to purchase lands in Rutland. In 1597, he was elected
Member of Parliament
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for
Peterborough
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. He was elected MP for
Stamford in 1621 and for
Grantham
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in 1626.
John Wingfield's elder brother
Robert
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, of Upton (1558–1609), was MP for Stamford between 1584 and 1604.
[A.M. Mimardière and P.W. Hasler, 'Wingfield, Robert II (c.1558-1609), of Upton, Northants.', in P.W. Hasler (ed.), ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603'' (from Boydell and Brewer, 1981)]
History of Parliament Online
John Wingfield died at the age of about 66 and was buried in
St Peter's Church, Tickencote.
[
Wingfield married first Elizabeth Gresham daughter of Paul Gresham, who brought him the manor of ]Tickencote
Tickencote is a small village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is noted for St Peter's Church, with its Norman chancel arch. The population at the 2001 census was 67. At the 2011 census the populatio ...
in Rutland which became his principal residence. They had at least three sons and a daughter. She died in 1602 and he married secondly Margaret Blyth, widow of John Blyth of Denton and daughter of Robert Thorold of Haugh, Lincolnshire. They had two sons and three daughters.[
]
References
1560 births
1626 deaths
English MPs 1597–1598
English MPs 1621–1622
English MPs 1626
People from Upton, Northamptonshire
People from Rutland
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