Elizabeth Wingfield 
Elizabeth was born about 1434 in Letheringham, Plomesgate, Suffolk, England. Elizabeth's father was Robert of Letheringham Wingfield and her mother was Elizabeth Goushill. Her paternal grandparents were Robert Wingfield and Elizabeth Russell; her maternal grandparents were Robert Goushill and Elizabeth Fitz-Alan. She was an only child. She died on April 28th, 1497 in Marchelsea, Kent, England.General Notes
Elizabeth; married Sir William Brandon and was grandmothe
r of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk of the 1513/4 cre
ation and brother-in-law of Henry VIII. [Burke's Peerage]
The will of Elizabeth (Wingfield) Brandon mentions daughter
s Elizabeth Leventhorp, Anne Sydney, Eleanor Glemham, Marga
ret Lovel, Katherine Gourney. The younger Margaret is not m
entioned, possibly because she was already deceased.
The will of Dame Elizabeth was proved May 8, 1497 and locat
ed in Testa. Vetusta, In it Elizabeth speaks to where she w
ants to be buried, land and manor rights; and names her chi
ldren; son Sir Robert Brandon; son Sir Thomas Brandon, daug
hter Elizabeth Leventhorp [Mrs. John]; daughter Eleanor Gle
mham [Mrs. John]; daughter Anne Sydney [Mrs. John]; Dame Ma
rgaret Lovell [second marriage of Margaret]; daughter Kathe
rine Gourney; remainder to the right heirs of Sir William B
randon.
The two youngest daughters Mary and younger Margaret as men
tioned in Sir Knight William Brandon's first will, are no
t specifically mentioned.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1305 in Lethringham, Suffolk, England d.1358 in Lethringham, Suffolk, England
- b.1328 in Lethringham, Suffolk, England d. in Lethringham, Suffolk, England
- b.1309 in Lethringham, Suffolk, England d.1388 in Lethringham, Suffolk, England
- b.1345 in Lethringham, Suffolk, England d.1389 in Lethringham, Suffolk, England
- b.1330 in Lethringham, Suffolk, England
- b.1370 in Lethringham, Suffolk, England d.03 May 1409 in Letheringham, Plomesgate, Suffolk, England
- b.1355 in Elsing, Norfolk, England d.1397 in Lethringham, Suffolk, England
- b.1403 in Letheringham, Suffolk, England d.21 Nov 1451 in Lethringham, Suffolk, England
- b.1287 in Strensham, Worcester, England d.1337
- b.1314 in Strensham, Worcestershire, England d.1376
- b.1340 in Strensham, Worcestershire, England d.1405
- b.1339 in Strensham, Worcester, England
- b.1374 in Strensham, Worcester, England
- b.< 1350
- b.~ 1434 in Letheringham, Plomesgate, Suffolk, England d.28 Apr 1497 in Marchelsea, Kent, England
- b.1350 in Hoveringham, Eng d.Jul 1403 in Shrewsbury, Eng
- b.~ 1402 in Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England d.>06 Oct 1452 in Lethringham, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1313 d.24 Jan 1375
- b.25 Mar 1346 in Arundel, Eng d.21 Sep 1397 in Beheaded , London, Eng
- d.24 Nov 1326
- b.Oct 1292 d.30 Jun 1337
- b.1366 in Arundel, Eng d.08 Jul 1425 in Hoveringham, Eng
- b.~ 1312 in Caldecot, Northampton, Eng d.16 Sep 1360 i in Caldecot, Northamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1350 in Derbyshire, Eng d.03 Apr 1385
- b.1275 in Chilham, Eng d.14 Apr 1322 in Hanged, Drawn & Quartered , Canterbury, Eng
- b.1313 in Castle Badlesmere, Eng d.08 Jun 1356 in Richmond Palace, Surrey, England
- b.~ 1282 in Thomond, Connaught, County Clare, Ireland d.1333 in Castle Badlesmere, Kent, Eng
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Children
William Brandon
William was born about 1448 in Milford Haven, England. He died on August 22nd, 1485 in Leicestershire, England.
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