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WINGFIELD, Anthony II (c.1550-c.1615), of Wantisden, Suff.

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b. c. 1550, 2nd or 3rd s. of Richard Wingfield of Wantisden by Mary, da. of John Hardwick of Derbys. bro. of ?Henry and Sir John. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1569, BA 1574, fellow 1576, MA 1577; G. Inn 1572. Prob. unm.
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Reader in Greek to Queen Elizabeth; public orator, Camb. 16 Mar. 1581 – 25 Sept. 1589; proctor, Camb. 1582.

Main residence: Wantisden, Suff.
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WINGFIELD, Anthony II (c.1550-c.1615)

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WINGFIELD, Edward (c.1562-1603), of Kimbolton, Hunts.

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b. c. 1562, o.s. of Thomas Wingfield of Kimbolton by his 2nd w. Honora, da. of Sir Anthony Denny, of Cheshunt, Herts. and Waltham Abbey, Essex. m. Mary, da. of Sir James Harington of Exton, Rutland, 5s. 3da.C142/284/35; 310/75; Vis. Hunts. (Cam. Soc. xliii), 131. ?; ?Kntd. 1587;Shaw, Knights, ii. 84, gives Edward Wingfield of Kimbolton as knighted in 1586, but in the parliamentary return of that year he is described as esquire, and again in November 1587, Lansd. 53, f. 181. He was probably the Edward Wingfield knighted by the Earl of Leicester at Flushing 7 Dec. 1587, Shaw, Knights, ii. 86. suc. fa. 1592.
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With Leicester in the Netherlands 1587; col. against the Armada 1588; capt. Portugal expedition 1589, at Cadiz 1596; col. in Ireland in 1599, capt. 1602.

J.p. Hunts. from c. 1584, temp. rein. 1587, rest. by 1590.C142/310/75; E163/14/8; Lansd. 53, f. 189; Hatfield ms 278. Gent. pens. 1591/3–1603.

Main residence: Kimbolton, Hunts.
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WINGFIELD, Edward (c.1562-1603)

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WINGFIELD, Edward Maria (c.1550-c.1614), of Stoneley, Hunts.

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b. c. 1550, 1st s. of Thomas Maria Wingfield of Stoneley by Margaret, da. of Edward Kaye of Woodsome, Yorks. unm. suc. fa. 15 Aug. 1557.
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Capt. in Ireland and Netherlands c. 1575 – 90; patentee of Virginia Co. 10 Apr. 1606; member of council and president, Virginia May-Sept. 1607.DNB, which errs in date of birth and name of wife; Vis. Hunts. (Cam. Soc. xliii), 131; VCH Hunts. iii. 81.

Main residence: Stoneley, Hunts.
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WINGFIELD, Edward Maria (c.1550-c.1614)

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