Anthony Wingfield (d. 1593)

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;

He married secondly Jane (died 1562), daughter of Edmund Purpett of the manor of Waldingfield;

He married thirdly Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Leeche of Chatsworth, Derbyshire.

Wingfield was Black Rod from 1591 until his death in 1593.

Notes

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