John de Wingfield

Sir John de Wingfield (died c. 1361) of Wingfield Castle in Suffolk was chief administrator to Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376).

Life

John and his brother Thomas fought at Crécy in 1346.[1] John was with the English army in 1347 during the capture of Calais.[1] He was appointed 'governor of the prince's business' (in effect business-manager) to Edward the Black Prince in 1351.[2] In 1356 Wingfield fought at Poitiers capturing the head of the French King John II's bodyguard, Sire D'Aubigny. Edward III of England purchased this captive from Wingfield for 2,500 marks.[1] Wingfield died in about 1361, possibly of the second outbreak of the Black Death.[1]

His will provided for the founding of Wingfield College in 1362.[3] The college was endowed by the Black Prince.

Marriage

By 1330, John married Eleanor daughter of Thomas de Verlay of Saxmundham.[1]

John had one daughter, Katherine Wingfield.[1] Between 1358 and 1359, she married Michael de la Pole, son of Sir William de la Pole.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Martin & Bloore 2015, p. 222.
  2. ^ Given-Wilson 2002, p. 99.
  3. ^ Goodall 2001, p. 51.

Sources

  • Given-Wilson, Chris (2002). The English Nobility in the Late Middle Ages: The Fourteenth-Century Political Community. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781134751426.
  • Goodall, John A. A. (2001). God's House at Ewelme: Life, Devotion and Architecture in a Fifteenth-century Almshouse. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 9780754600473.
  • Martin, Edward A.; Bloore, Peter, eds. (2015). Wingfield College and Its Patrons: Piety and Patronage in Medieval Suffolk. Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843838326.


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