Family and Education
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.
Offices Held
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.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Withcall, Lincs.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
WINGFIELD, Sir John (-d.1596)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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