Sir John Wingfield, of Tickencote

Biography

Of Tickencote, Rutland, Portcullis, York Herald.

John Wingfield was the second son of Sir John Wingfield and Frances Cromwell, grandson of John Wingfield and Elizabeth Gresham, Sir Edward Cromwell and Frances Rugge. He was baptized at Tickencote 25 June 1623.

He was educated in the law but does not seem to pursued law as a career.

Husband of Mary Owen, daughter of George Owen of York Herald and Rebecca Darrell, daughter of Sir Thomas. They had nine children.

After he married Mary Owen, daughter and heiress to George Owen (d.1665), he came into the orbit of the St George family, a major force in the College of Arms for two generations. His new father-in-law was a member of the College (Rouge Croix pursuivant, later York herald), and a brother-in-law of Sir Henry St George (1581-1644; Norroy king of arms, later Garter king at arms).

During the Civil Wars, most of the St George connection went from apparent royalists to apparent parliamentarians, thus retaining or temporarily increasing their status within the College. George Owen was no exception: despite adherence to the king's party in the early 1640s, he deserted to the parliamentary side in 1646 and was not only confirmed as York herald but later intruded as Clarenceux king at arms c.1658. Owen was able to obtain advancement for son-in-law John Wingfield as well: although John had served with the royal army from 1641 to 1648, he was nominated to be Richmond herald by Richard Cromwell, Oliver's son, in 1657.

At the Restoration, Owen was forced to revert to the post of York herald and John Wingfield, who had never actually become Richmond herald, was created Portcullis pursuivant. Three years later, in 1663, Owen resigned in John Wingfield's favour and John became York herald in 1664. Neither this office nor his post as collector of customs at Berwick nor Mary's inheritance in 1665 were sufficient to support John and his family.

In 1670 he was seeking to farm out his post at Berwick because he had not sufficient income to support his wife and nine children. In 1674 he sold his office as York herald to Francis Devenish, a cousin by marriage of his wife and another member of the St George coterie. It is not known for what sum he made the sale, but it cannot have been sufficient for his needs or his debts, because he died in King's Bench prison in Southwark (where debtors were confined) in December 1678. He was buried in St George's, Southwark, the parish nearest the prison and a traditional burial place for those who died there.

Husband's Name

John WINGFIELD (AFN:10DZ-0KR)  Pedigree  

Born: 25 Jun 1623 Place: Tickencote, Rutlandshire, Eng.
Died: 30 Dec 1678 Place: London, , , England
Buried: Place: Rutland, England
Father: John WINGFIELD (AFN:FK7N-BS) Family
Mother: Frances CROMWELL (AFN:FK7N-64)
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Wife's Name

Mary OWEN (AFN:10DZ-0L0)  Pedigree  

Born: Abt. 1648 Place: Buckinghamshire, England
Died: Place: England
Father:
Mother:
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Children

1.  Sex  Name    

M Thomas WINGFIELD (AFN:NR13-4G) Pedigree
Born: 29 Mar 1664 Place: Tickencote, Rutlandshire, Eng.
Died: 19 Dec 1720 Place: New Kent Co., Va

Great-grandson of Sir John of Letheringham, of England

https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=eflmkl&id=I157637

ID: I157637 ; Name: John Wingfield 1 1 ; Sex: M ; Birth: 25 JUN 1623 in Tickencote, Rutlandshire, England 1 ; Death: 30 DEC 1678 in Kings Bench, London, Middlesex, England 1

Marriage 1 Rebecca Darrell b: in England

Marriage 2 Frances Cromwell b: 1594 in Oakham, England ; Married: 30 JAN 1618/19 in Okeham, Rutland, Ireland 1

Marriage 3 Mary Owen b: 1645 in London, Middlesex, England ; Married: 1664 in London, England 1

Children Has No Children Edward Maria Wingfield b: 1607 in Tickencote, Leicestershire, England
Has Children Thomas Wingfield b: 29 MAY 1664 in St Benets, Pauls Wharf, London, England
Has No Children Owen Wingfield b: 1673 in England

Sources: Title: One World Tree (sm) Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, n.d. Repository: Note: www.ancestry.com Media: Book Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.

References

1. Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jul 13 2019, 20:38:40 UTC
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4. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Owen_%28herald%29, listed in father in law Wikpedia site. Owen married Rebecca, daughter of Sir Thomas Dayrell of Lillingstone Dayrell, Buckinghamshire, by whom he had two sons, who both died without issue, and a daughter, who was married to his successor, John Wingfield.[1]
5. Officer of arms < Wikipedia > “Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary (England)” … 1660–1663 John Wingfield
6. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114519211/john-wingfield
7. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wingfield-428
   1. "Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors, Vol. I," (ancestors of members of the National Society of Colonial Dames XVll Century) database with images < Ancestry Sharing Link > - Ancestry Record 48055 #176864 (accessed 6 May 2023). < FamilySearch book > Page 284. < FamilySearch page > “Wingfield, John (1623-78) Va:; m. Mary Owens. Landowner.”
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8. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk16/pp182-193
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10. John Goodwin Herndon. "Thomas Wingfield (1670-1720) of York River, Virginia His Ancestry and Some of His Virginia and Georgia Descendants." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 60, no. 2 (1952): 305-22. Accessed August 1, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4245840.
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• Residence: Hastings, Sussex, England
  • Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jun 10 2023, 18:30:07 UTC