Lady Bridget Wingfield - Marriages and Children

Marriages and Children

In 1513, she married her first husband, Sir Richard Wingfield, courtier, diplomat, and Lord Deputy of Calais. He was one of twelve brothers and the widower of Catherine Woodville, a younger sister of Edward IV's queen consort Elizabeth Woodville. Together, Sir Richard and Bridget had ten children:

• Charles Wingfield (1513- 24 May 1540), married Joan Knollys, sister of Sir Francis Knollys, and sister-in-law of Catherine Carey, who was the niece of Anne Boleyn. Together, Charles and Joan had four children.
• Thomas Maria Wingfield, Member of Parliament, married firstly Margaret Sabyn; he married secondly Margaret Kerrye, by whom he had issue, including celebrated Virginia colonist, Edward Maria Wingfield.
• James Wingfield (1519- 1587), a politician in the service of Bishop Stephen Gardiner.
• Lawrence Wingfield
• Jane Wingfield, married firstly Thomas Worlich, by whom she had issue, and secondly Francis Roe.
• Mary Wingfield
• Margaret Wingfield, married firstly Sir Thomas Newman, and secondly a son of the Moyle family.
• Cecily Wingfield, married into the Maidenhead family.
• Elizabeth Wingfield, married into the Latimer family.
• Catherine Wingfield

Sir Richard died in 1525, and she married secondly, Sir Nicholas Harvey of Ickworth, Ambassador to Emperor Charles V, but a loyal supporter of Anne Boleyn. Bridget and Sir Nicholas had a son, George Harvey. After the death of Sir Nicholas on 5 August 1532, Bridget married her third husband, Sir Robert Tyrwhitt of Kettleby, a man of whom Queen Anne did not approve. The two quarrelled possibly on account of the latter's disapproval. Bridget is last mentioned in the list of New Years' Gifts in 1534, although as there were many Lady Wingfields it is hard to be sure who was being referred to.