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b. by 1481, 12th s. of Sir John Wingfield of Letheringham, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Lewis John of West Horndon, Essex; bro. of Sir Robert and Thomas. educ. G. Inn, called. m. by 1512, Anne (d. by Jan. 1537), da. and h. of Sir John Wiseman of Great Canfield, Essex, wid. of Gregory Edgar, 2s. at least 1da. Kntd. 1533.Date of birth estimated from father’s death. N. Bacon, Annals Ipswich, 179n.; Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 80, 176; LP Hen. VIII, vi; C142/72/74; Wards 7/2/71; J. A. Manning, Lives of Speakers, 181; DNB. E. W. Ives, ‘Somes aspects of the legal profession in the late 15th and early 16th centuries’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1955), 11-13; C193/12/1; Statutes, iii. 83, 84, 116, 173; Ipswich ct. bk. 8, p. 54; Bacon, 179n.; Gt. Yarmouth chamberlains’ rolls, 1519-41 passim; CPR, 1494-1509, pp. 305, 447, 560, 660; LP Hen. VIII, i. viii, xi-xvi, xviii, xx; LJ, i. 82; information from Susan Flower and G. Haslam.
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Lent reader, G. Inn 1517.

J.p. Suff, 1504–?d., Essex 1509–?d., Norf. 1540; of counsel to Ipswich 1507, Great Yarmouth 1520; commr. subsidy, Essex 1512, Suff. 1512, 1514, 1523, 1524, Ipswich 1523, 1524, legal profession in London 1523, for survey of monasteries, Norf. and Suff. 1536, benevolence 1544/45; other commissions 1503 – d.; dep. chief steward, duchy of Lancaster, south parts 1512 – d.; chamberlain, household of Duchess of Suffolk 1515; sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 1520 – 21; bailiff, manor of Framsden, Suff. 1529 – d.; member, council of 15th Earl of Oxford by 1532.E. W. Ives, ‘Somes aspects of the legal profession in the late 15th and early 16th centuries’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1955), 11–13; C193/12/1; Statutes, iii. 83, 84, 116, 173; Ipswich ct. bk. 8, p. 54; Bacon, 179n.; Gt. Yarmouth chamberlains’ rolls, 1519–41 passim; CPR, 1494–1509, pp. 305, 447, 560, 660; LP Hen. VIII, i. viii, xi-xvi, xviii, xx; LJ, i. 82; information from Susan Flower and G. Haslam.

Speaker of House of Commons Feb. 1533–6.

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WINGFIELD, Humphrey (by 1481-1545), of Brantham and Ipswich, Suff.
Main residences: Brantham; Ipswich, Suff.
Author
J.P.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title

WINGFIELD, Humphrey (by 1481-1545)

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