Individual Details

Sir Robert Wingfield was born circa 1395 at Letheringham, Suffolk. He was the son of Robert Wingfield and his wife Elizabeth Russell. The Manor of Letheringham had been in the Wingfield family since the time of his great grandfather Thomas Wingfield. Sir Robert Wingfield was knighted by King Henry VI in 1426. He served as M.P. from Suffolk from 1427-1439 and Steward for the Duke of Norfolk. Sir Robert Wingfield married Elizabeth Goushill daughter of Sir Robert Goushill and Lady Elizabeth Fitz-Alan about 1420. Sons of Robert Wingfield and Elizabeth Goushill were: Sir John Wingfield who married Elizabeth Fitz-Lewis; Sir Robert Wingfield who married Anne de Harling; Richard Wingfield who married Margaret Baynard; Sir Thomas Wingfield, knighted at the battle of Tewksbury, who married Phillipa Tiptoft & Mary Clifford; William Wingfield (unmarried); and Sir Henry Wingfield, knighted at the battle of Tewksbury, who married Alice Hart & Elizabeth Rokes. Daughters of Sir Robert Wingfield were Elizabeth Wingfield who married Sir William Brandon; Catherine Wingfield who married John Bonvyle; Ann Wingfield who married John Framlingham; and probably two other daughters Margaret & Alice who died young. At the time of Sir Robert Wingfield's death in 1454 his wife Elizabeth Goushill was living. Both were buried in an elaborate tomb with effigies in St. Mary's Church at Letheringham. The tomb was destroyed by neglect and vandalism in the 18th century.
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Burke, John and John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland, Second edition, 1844., p. 574, Family History Library (FHL), 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84150-3400, USA, FHL book 942 D22bu 1977; FHL microfilm 994,038 item 11.

Source text: 1 REFN 243 Medieval Families Unit bibliography #243. TITLE: Also cited as: Baronetcies Extinct. CONTENTS: Includes a supplement not in the 1844 edition. " "Sir Robert Wingfield, of Letheringham, in Suffolk, M.P. for that county in 1427-8, was then chief of the great house of Wingfield."." [PFT:AQ] [S:Titl] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland [S:AbbrT] #243 [2nd ed. 1844, reprint 1977] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland (second edition, 1841, reprint 1977) [S:Auth] Burke, John and John Bernard Burke [S:AbbrA] [S:Publ] Second edition, 1844. [S:Note] 1 REFN 243 Medieval Families Unit bibliography #243. TITLE: Also cited as: Baronetcies Extinct. CONTENTS: Includes a supplement not in the 1844 edition. [S:Caln] FHL book 942 D22bu 1977; FHL microfilm 994,038 item 11 [Page] p. 574 [Text] "Sir Robert Wingfield, of Letheringham, in Suffolk, M.P. for that county in 1427-8, was then chief of the great house of Wingfield." [R:Name] Family History Library (FHL) [R:Addr] 35 North West Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah, 84150-3400, USA [R:Phon] 801-240-1000 [/PFT]

Parents:
Robert Wingfield 1378–1409
Elizabeth Russell Wingfield 1374–1409

Birth	1395	Letheringham, Suffolk, England
Marriage	Bef 1 Dec 1419	England - Elizabeth Goushill
Death	21 Nov 1454	Letheringham, Suffolk, England
Will proved	21 Nov 1454	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Burial		Priory Church of St Mary Churchyard, Letheringham, Suffolk, England

Spouse	Elizabeth Goushill (1402 - 1452)
Child	John Wingfield (1426 - 1481)

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