B59440-Wingfield

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Name of the family:

Wingfield

Blason:

Ar. on a bend gu. cotised sa. three pairs of wings conjoined in lure of the field.

Crest(s):

A cap per pale ermines and ar. charged with a fess gu. betw. two wings expanded, the dexter of the second, the sinister of the first.

Info about the family:

Letheringham, co. Suffolk, bnrt., extinct temp. George II.; "Afamily," saith Camden, famous for their knighthood and ancient nobility," of which were Sir John Winofield, a renowned warrior of the time of Edward III., and Chief Counsellor to the Black Prince; Sir John Winofield, of Letheringham, created a Knight of the Bath in 1461, and Sir Anthony Winofield, Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII., installed a Knight of the Garter in 1541; his great-grandson, Sir Anthony Winofield, Bart., of Letheringham, was so created 1627, and was immediate ancestor of the Wikqfields, extinct barts. of Letheringham; Sir Mxbyyn Winofield, sixth bart., left an only dau. and heiress, Maby, m. Francis Dillon, Esq., of Proudstown, co. Meath, Baron of the Holy Roman Empire

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