General Notes

Name Prefix:<NPFX> Sir Knight
MP for Suffolk, in the 6th Henry VI, from which monarch h
e had received two years before, the honor of knighthood, a
t Hereford, 19 May 1426. 1463 Accompanied John de Mowbray
, Duke of Norfolk, on his embassy to France. 1443 Steward t
o Duke of Norfolk. 1427-1436 Knight of the Shire for Suffol
k. 1449 Knight of the Shire for Hertfordshire. 28 Nov 143
6 Appointed steward of the honor of Richmond in Norfolk. 14
47-1448 Imprisoned in Marchalsea for riot; pardoned. 1450 D
enounced in Parliament as one of the Kings evil advisros. 1
451 On a royal Commission
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This is the last Will of Sir Robert Wingefield Knight mad
e at Cambridge the 6th day of October the reign of King Hen
ry the VI after the conquest 31. In the beginning he prayet
h his feffees that they would make astate after his deceas
e to Elizabeth his wife of the Manor of Lederingham with al
l the lands tenements rents and services with all the appur
tenances lying in divers Town to the said Elizabeth term o
f her life with her dower of all my other Manors lands tene
ments rents and services being in the shire of Suffolk outs
ept Caldwaller. And also he prayeth his feffees that they w
ill make astate to John his son to him and to his heirs mal
e of his body lawfully begotten of the Manors towns and wit
h the Reversion of the Manor of Lydringham with all the lan
ds tenements rents and services in foresaid which the sai
d Elizabeth holdeth of life to him and to his heirs male o
f his body lawfully begotten. And in case the said John di
e without issue male of his body coming that then all the s
aid Manors lands tenements rents and services with the appu
rtenances remain to Robert the son of said Sir Robert to hi
m and to his heirs male of his body coming. And for defaul
t of issue male of his body coming that then all the said m
anors lands tenements rents and services remain to Thomas t
he son of the said Sir Robert to him and to his heirs mal
e of his body comeing:
And for default of issue male of his body coming that the
n all the said manors lands tenements rents and services re
main to William the son of the said Sir Robert to him and t
o his heirs male of his body coming and for default of issu
e male of his body coming that then all the said items rema
in to Harvy the son of the said Robert to him and to his he
irs male of his body coming. And for default of issue the
n all the said manors and items remain to Elizabeth and An
n and Katherine, daughters of the said Sir Robert to have t
o her heirs male of her body. And for default of issue male
, to remain to the right heirs of said Sir Robert Wingfield.
Profits of the Manor of Westale the first year after his de
ath shall all go to pay his debts and to reform his apperst
iences. And after this is done he prayeth his feffees to ma
ke astate to John his son to him and his heirs the remainde
r of the said manors. Also the said Sir Robert will that Jo
hn his son a relic of the holy cross and a piece of silve
r with a tonerkill to him and to his heirs male of his body
. Also I will that John my son nought attempt nor be abou
t to break my will upon pain of my curse. And the residue o
f all my goods without or left my will perfomred then I wil
l it be done for me and mine by the advice of my executors
. In witness whereof to this present writing I have put m
y seal the day and year abovesaid.
Probate granted 21 of the month of November AD 1454.
(Research):Note: Elizabeth; married Sir William Brandon an
d was grandmother of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk o
f the 1513/4 creation and brother-in-law of Henry VIII. [Bu
rke's Peerage] Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain Amer
ican Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, addit
ions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Note: Page: 15-34 Not
e: Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Char
les Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 Note: Page: 2299