Marriage and Children
He was married before 18 August 1401 to Elizabeth Goushill or Gousell (1396–1491), daughter of Sir Robert Goushill or Gousell of Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, and Elizabeth FitzAlan. They were parents to thirteen children:
- Richard Wingfield (c. 1428 – before 1509).
- Sir John Wingfield of Letheringham, Suffolk (c. 1430 – 10 May 1481), High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, Member of Parliament under both Henry VI and Edward IV of England. Knight of the Bath. He married Elizabeth FitzLewis. They were parents of ten children, including Richard Wingfield.
- Sir Robert Wingfield (c. 1432). Comptroller for Edward IV. Member of Parliament, representing Hertfordshire. Married Anne Harling.
- Sir Henry Wingfield of Orford, Suffolk (c. 1435 – May 1493/1494). Served the House of York during the Wars of the Roses. Knighted by Edward IV for his accomplishments during the Battle of Tewkesbury (4 May 1471). Appointed Governor of Orford Castle. Married first Alice Seckford and secondly Elizabeth Rookes. Ancestor of the Wingfields of Tickencote.
- Sir Thomas Wingfield (c. 1438 – 1475). Knighted by Edward IV for his accomplishments during the Battle of Tewkesbury. Married Philippa Tiptoft, daughter of John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft and Joyce Charleton and widow of Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros of Helmsley and remarried as his third wife to Edward Grimston.
- William Wingfield (c. 1440 – 1509).
- Elizabeth Wingfield (c. 1441 – 28 April 1497). She married in 1462 Sir William Brandon of Wangford, Suffolk and of Soham Court, Suffolk (1425 - 4 March 1491). They were grandparents to Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
- Anne Wingfield.
- Katharine or Catherine Wingfield (born c. 1444). Married Sir John Bonville of Halnaker, Sussex. Daughter Florence Bonville (1472 - October 1524) married without children Sir Humphrey Fulford and John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath.
- Anthony Wingfield of Glossop, Derbyshire (born c. 1446). Married Mary Duke. Ancestor of the Wingfields of Onslow.
- Agnes Wingfield (born c. 1448). Married John de Fremingham.
- Alice Wingfield.
- Margaret Wingfield.
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