Anthony Wingfield (d. 1593)
Anthony Wingfield | |
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| Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod | |
| In office 1591–1593 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth I |
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| Succeeded by | Simon Bowyer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1506 |
| Died | 1593 |
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Anthony Wingfield of Sibston (1506–1593) was an English courtier, and Black Rod from 1591 until his death. He was one of the fifteen children of Sir Anthony Wingfield and his wife Elizabeth née Vere.
Marriages and children
Anthony married firstly Katherine (died 1558), daughter of Sir Thomas Blennerhassett of Frenze, Norfolk, and widow of John Gosnold (d.1554) of Shrubland Park in Barham, Suffolk;[1]
He married secondly Jane (died 1562), daughter of Edmund Purpett of the manor of Waldingfield;[2]
He married thirdly Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Leeche of Chatsworth, Derbyshire.
Wingfield was Black Rod from 1591 until his death in 1593.[3]
Notes
- ^ J. Pound, 'Gosnold, John (by 1507-54), of Otley, Suff. and London', in S.T. Bindoff (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558 (from Boydell and Brewer 1982), History of Parliament Online.
- ^ Tentatively identified as the former Lutterell manor of Woodhall by W.A. Copinger, The Manors of Suffolk. Notes on their History and Devolution, I: The Hundreds of Babergh and Blackbourn (T. Fisher Unwin, London 1905), at p. 245 (Google). See I.P.M., 33 Henry VIII. 78.
- ^ "Portcullis - Gateway to the Parliamentary Archives - Over 500 years of Parliamentary History". www.portcullis.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
References and further reading
- Wingfield, Edward Mervyn: “Muniments of the Ancient Saxon Family of Wingfield”, London 1894.
- Archdale, Henry Blackwood: Memoirs of the Archdales, Enniskillen, 1925, p. 11-12
- Barry, T. Life and Family History of William Honnyng, London, 2008, page 93