Elizabeth (FitzLewis) Wingfield (abt. 1436 - abt. 1500)

Born about 1436 in West Horndon, Essex, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Wingfield KB — married before 1457 in England

Descendants

Died about 1500 at about age 64 in Leatheringham, Suffolk, England

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Biography

Father Sir Lewis John, Sheriff of Essex & Hertfordshire^[1] b. c 1390, d. 27 Oct 1442

Mother Anne Montacute^[2] d. 28 Nov 1457

Elizabeth FitzLewis was born circa 1436 at of West Horndon, Dunton, Igrave, & Cranham, Essex, England; Age 22 in 1458.^[3]

She married Sir John Wingfield, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk, son of Sir Robert Wingfield and Elizabeth Goushill, circa 1455.^[4]

They had 12 sons (Sir John; Sir Edward; Henry, Rector of Baconsthorpe; John, Esq. (the younger); William, Esq; Sir Humphrey; Sir Thomas; Sir Robert; Walter, Esq; Lewis; Sir Richard; & Edmund, Esq.) and 4 daughters (Katherine, wife of Robert Brewse; Elizabeth, a nun; Anne, wife of John Echingham; & Elizabeth (again), wife of Francis Hall). ^[5]

Elizabeth FitzLewis left a will on 14 July 1497. Her estate was probated on 22 December 1500; Buried at Letheringham, Suffolk.^[6]

Family

• Sir John Wingfield, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk b. c 1426, d. 11 May 1481

Children

• Sir Edward
• Anne Wingfield
• Sir John , Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk
• Lewis
• William, Esq
• Elizabeth , wife of Francis Hall
• Sir Richard , High Steward of Cambridge University, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Henry, Rector of Baconsthorpe
• John, Esq. (the younger)
• Sir Humphrey
• Sir Thomas
• Sir Robert
• Walter, Esq
• Katherine, wife of Robert Brewse
• Elizabeth, a nun
• Anne, wife of John Echingham

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 82-83.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 334-335.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 199
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 355
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 515-516.
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 374.

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