Humphrey Wingfield

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Sir Humphrey Wingfield (died 1545) was an English lawyer and Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1533 and 1536.[1]

Early life

He was the twelfth son of Sir John Wingfield of

Lent Reader in 1517. He had been on the commission of the peace both for Essex and Suffolk since 1509 at least.[2]

Career

Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk was a cousin of the Wingfields, Humphrey being one of his trustees. and probably through his influence Wingfield was introduced at court. In 1515 he was appointed chamberlain to Suffolk's wife Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and was apparently resident in her house. On 28 May 1517 he was nominated upon the royal commission for inquiring into illegal inclosures in Suffolk. He appears to have acted in 1518, together with his eldest brother, Sir John Wingfield, as a financial agent between the government and the Duke of Suffolk.[2]

On 6 November 1520 Wingfield was chosen

John Taylor to hear cases in chancery, and on the following 3 November he was returned to parliament for Great Yarmouth.[2]

In 1530 the fall of Wolsey brought with it the forfeiture of his college at Ipswich, and Wingfield was consulted as counsel, with a view to securing the exemption of the college from the penalties of Wolsey's

St. Osyth, Essex.[2]

On 9 February 1533 the commons presented Wingfield to the king as their speaker. According to Eustace Chapuys, the king knighted him on this occasion. He is styled 'Sir' in a petition of this year, and frequently afterwards; but according to the list in Walter Metcalfe's Book of Knights he was not dubbed before 1537. During his speakership were passed the acts severing the church of England from the Roman obedience and affirming the royal supremacy; Wingfield supported Henry's policy.[2]

Parliament was dissolved on 4 April 1536. On the outbreak of the

Mile-End, in Essex and Suffolk. He was again returned to Parliament as the Member for Great Yarmouth in 1542.[2]

Wingfield died on 23 October 1545.[2]

Family

Wingfield married between 1502 and 1512 Anne, daughter and heiress of Sir John Wiseman of Essex, and widow of Gregory Adgore, Edgore, or Edgar, serjeant-at-law. His son and heir, Robert, married Bridget, daughter of Sir Thomas Pargeter, knt., alderman and lord mayor of London in 1530. His daughter Anne married Sir Alexander Newton.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Leadam, Isaac Saunders (1900). "Wingfield, Humphrey". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 62. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 184–185.

References

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Leadam, Isaac Saunders (1900). "Wingfield, Humphrey". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 62. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 184–185.

Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the House of Commons
1533-1536 		Succeeded by
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