Community hub
Recent from talks
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
Richard Wingfield
Sir Richard Wingfield KG of Kimbolton Castle (c. 1469 – 22 July 1525) was an influential courtier and diplomat in the early years of the Tudor dynasty of England which included being England's Ambassador to France.
The Wingfield family originated from the Suffolk village of Wingfield and built the main family residence, Wingfield Castle.
Richard was born at Letheringham, Suffolk to Sir John Wingfield (c. 1428 – 10 May 1481) member of the Privy Council of Edward IV, and Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, and his wife Elizabeth FitzLewis (c. 1431 – 1497) who was born in West Horndon, Essex, to John FitzLewis and Anne Montague. He was the eleventh of twelve sons; his brothers included Sir John Wingfield, Henry Wingfield, William Wingfield, Sir Thomas Wingfield, Sir Robert Wingfield (a diplomat), Sir Walter Wingfield, Sir Edward Wingfield (who was married to one of the Woodville sisters, however historical documents are unclear as to which one), Sir Humphrey Wingfield (a lawyer and Speaker of the House of Commons) and Lewis Wingfield. His paternal grandparents were Sir Robert Wingfield and Elizabeth Goushill, who was a daughter of Sir Robert Goushill of Hoveringham in Nottinghamshire, by his wife Elizabeth Fitzalan, who herself was the granddaughter of Elizabeth of Rhuddlan.
Wingfield attended the University of Cambridge and, according to a letter dated 1516, thereafter went to the University of Ferrara. Following his university studies, it's thought he studied law at Gray's Inn as John Dugdale, who wrote "Origines Juridiciales", stated that there were 15 lay armorial windows in Gray's Inn Chapel (some now in the hall) and mentioned the coat of arms of Richard Wingfield being twice blazoned in the hall window.
Wingfield was one of the major landowners in Huntingdonshire and during his lifetime, he was also given manors and lands that had previously belonged to Elizabeth, Countess of Oxford and the Duke of Buckingham. He also was given Kimbolton Castle. It was at Kimbolton that Catherine of Aragon lived for the last few years of her life, having been transferred there due to her complaints about Buckden Towers being unhealthy. It's believed that it may have been Wingfield's cousin, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, who suggested to the king that Catherine live at Kimbolton, as it was a family residence. As Brandon was also secretly sympathetic to Catherine's plight, it may have been a way of assisting Catherine in her hour of need without raising the king's suspicion. Catherine remained at Kimbolton until her death in 1536. By that time, Richard himself was dead and the castle was owned by his eldest son, Charles. It was the Wingfields who, in part, organised and attended her funeral at Peterborough Cathedral as per her official title of Dowager Princess of Wales. Eleanor Brandon, daughter of Wingfield's cousin Charles Brandon and his wife Mary Tudor, acted as chief mourner.
Wingfield became a courtier during the reign of Henry VII of England. He married Katherine Woodville in early 1496. She was daughter to Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, sister to Elizabeth Woodville, sister-in-law to Edward IV and widow of both Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford. The marriage made Wingfield an uncle to the Queen Consort, Elizabeth of York. With Wingfield's marriage to Katherine taking place only about 8 weeks after the death of her second husband, it's thought that Katherine's third and final marriage was for love, unlike her two previous arranged marriages. Wingfield outlived Katherine and was a widower for a significant number of years before he married his second wife, Bridget Wiltshire. Wingfield's older brother Edward was also married to one of the Woodville sisters, but it is unclear which one. It may have been through this link that Richard met Katherine.
Wingfield, together with his older brothers, John and Robert, fought against the Cornish rebels in the Cornish rebellion of 1497.
In 1500, he was among the esquires of the body who accompanied Henry VII to a meeting with Archduke Philip of Austria just outside Calais to address political issues as well as to strengthen English-Burgundian interests.
Hub AI
Richard Wingfield AI simulator
(@Richard Wingfield_simulator)
Richard Wingfield
Sir Richard Wingfield KG of Kimbolton Castle (c. 1469 – 22 July 1525) was an influential courtier and diplomat in the early years of the Tudor dynasty of England which included being England's Ambassador to France.
The Wingfield family originated from the Suffolk village of Wingfield and built the main family residence, Wingfield Castle.
Richard was born at Letheringham, Suffolk to Sir John Wingfield (c. 1428 – 10 May 1481) member of the Privy Council of Edward IV, and Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, and his wife Elizabeth FitzLewis (c. 1431 – 1497) who was born in West Horndon, Essex, to John FitzLewis and Anne Montague. He was the eleventh of twelve sons; his brothers included Sir John Wingfield, Henry Wingfield, William Wingfield, Sir Thomas Wingfield, Sir Robert Wingfield (a diplomat), Sir Walter Wingfield, Sir Edward Wingfield (who was married to one of the Woodville sisters, however historical documents are unclear as to which one), Sir Humphrey Wingfield (a lawyer and Speaker of the House of Commons) and Lewis Wingfield. His paternal grandparents were Sir Robert Wingfield and Elizabeth Goushill, who was a daughter of Sir Robert Goushill of Hoveringham in Nottinghamshire, by his wife Elizabeth Fitzalan, who herself was the granddaughter of Elizabeth of Rhuddlan.
Wingfield attended the University of Cambridge and, according to a letter dated 1516, thereafter went to the University of Ferrara. Following his university studies, it's thought he studied law at Gray's Inn as John Dugdale, who wrote "Origines Juridiciales", stated that there were 15 lay armorial windows in Gray's Inn Chapel (some now in the hall) and mentioned the coat of arms of Richard Wingfield being twice blazoned in the hall window.
Wingfield was one of the major landowners in Huntingdonshire and during his lifetime, he was also given manors and lands that had previously belonged to Elizabeth, Countess of Oxford and the Duke of Buckingham. He also was given Kimbolton Castle. It was at Kimbolton that Catherine of Aragon lived for the last few years of her life, having been transferred there due to her complaints about Buckden Towers being unhealthy. It's believed that it may have been Wingfield's cousin, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, who suggested to the king that Catherine live at Kimbolton, as it was a family residence. As Brandon was also secretly sympathetic to Catherine's plight, it may have been a way of assisting Catherine in her hour of need without raising the king's suspicion. Catherine remained at Kimbolton until her death in 1536. By that time, Richard himself was dead and the castle was owned by his eldest son, Charles. It was the Wingfields who, in part, organised and attended her funeral at Peterborough Cathedral as per her official title of Dowager Princess of Wales. Eleanor Brandon, daughter of Wingfield's cousin Charles Brandon and his wife Mary Tudor, acted as chief mourner.
Wingfield became a courtier during the reign of Henry VII of England. He married Katherine Woodville in early 1496. She was daughter to Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, sister to Elizabeth Woodville, sister-in-law to Edward IV and widow of both Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford. The marriage made Wingfield an uncle to the Queen Consort, Elizabeth of York. With Wingfield's marriage to Katherine taking place only about 8 weeks after the death of her second husband, it's thought that Katherine's third and final marriage was for love, unlike her two previous arranged marriages. Wingfield outlived Katherine and was a widower for a significant number of years before he married his second wife, Bridget Wiltshire. Wingfield's older brother Edward was also married to one of the Woodville sisters, but it is unclear which one. It may have been through this link that Richard met Katherine.
Wingfield, together with his older brothers, John and Robert, fought against the Cornish rebels in the Cornish rebellion of 1497.
In 1500, he was among the esquires of the body who accompanied Henry VII to a meeting with Archduke Philip of Austria just outside Calais to address political issues as well as to strengthen English-Burgundian interests.