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WINGFIELD, John (c.1560-1626), of Tickencote, Rutland.

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b. c. 1560, 2nd s. of Robert Wingfield I of Upton, Northants. by Elizabeth, da. of Richard Cecil of Little Burghley, Northants.; bro. of Robert II. educ. Westminster; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1578. m. (1) Elizabeth (d.1602), da. and h. of Paul Gresham, at least 3s. 1da.; (2) Margaret (d.1618), da. of Robert Thorold of Haugh, Lincs. and wid. of John Blyth of Denton, 2s. 3da.
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?J.p. Lincs. (Kesteven) from c. 1583; feodary, Lincs. 1594–1600.

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WINGFIELD, John (c.1560-1626), of Tickencote, Rutland
Main residence: Tickencote, Rutland.
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WINGFIELD, John (c.1560-1626)

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WINGFIELD, Sir John (d.1596), of Withcall, Lincs.

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2nd or 3rd s. of Richard Wingfield of Wantisden, Suff. by Mary, da. and coh. of John Hardwick of Derbys.; bro. of Anthony II and ?Henry m. 30 Sept. 1581, Susan, da. of Richard Bertie and wid. of Reginald Grey, de jure 5th Earl of Kent, 1s. Kntd. 1586.
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Capt. of ft. under Leicester in Netherlands Dec. 1585; dep. gov. Bergen-op-Zoom June 1587–8; gov. Gertrudenberg July 1588–9; master of the ordnance in Brittany 1591 – 92; commanded reg. at Cadiz 1596.

J.p.q. Lincs. (Lindsey) from c.1583.

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WINGFIELD, Sir John (d.1596), of Withcall, Lincs.
Main residence: Withcall, Lincs.
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WINGFIELD, Sir John (-d.1596)

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WILSON, Thomas (1523-81), of Washingborough, Lincs. and Edmonton, Mdx.

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b. 1523, 1st s. of Thomas Wilson of Strubby, Lincs. by Anne, da. and h. of Roger Cumberworth of Cumberworth, Lincs. educ. Eton 1537-41; King’s Camb. 13 Aug. 1542, fellow 14 Aug. 1545-7, BA 1546 or 1547, MA 1549; Ferrara Univ. DCL 1559. m. (1) c.1560, Agnes (d. June 1574), da. of John Wynter, of Lydney, Glos., wid. of William Brooke, 1s. 2da. all by 1565; (2) by 1576, Jane (d.1577), da. of Richard Empson, of London, wid. of John Pinchon of Writtle, Essex.King’s Coll. Camb. protocullum bk. 1, p. 104; Harl. 1550, ff. 85-6; Guildhall mss 4546; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi) 278; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 470; Lincs. Historian, ii(4), pp. 14-24; DNB.
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Master of St. Katharine’s hosp. London 1561 – d.; adv., ct. of arches 1561; master of requests 1561; j.p.q. Mdx. from c. 1564, Essex from c. 1577; ambassador to Portugal 1567, to the Netherlands 1574 – 75, 1576 – 77; principal sec. and PC 12 Nov. 1577; dean of Durham 1579.C. Jamison, Hosp. St. Katharine, 69 et passim; CPR, 1560–3, p. 102; 1563–6, p. 187; Lansd. 22. f. 52; I. S. Leadam, Sel. Cases Ct. of Requests (Selden Soc. 1898), p. xxi.; Cott. Nero B. 1, f. 125; APC, x. 85; C66/1188/82.

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WILSON, Thomas (1523-81), of Washingborough, Lincs. and Edmonton, Mdx.
Main residences: Washingborough, Lincs.; Edmonton, Mdx.
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This biography is based upon a paper by Albert J. Schmidt, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.A.

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