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1159: 366: 316: 69:, 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. 157:'s opinion of him by opposing the incitements of the friars and other disaffected ecclesiastics. He was nominated in 1536 a commissioner for the valuation of the lands and goods of religious houses in Norfolk and Suffolk. For these services he was rewarded by a grant in 193:
for treasons in six of the eastern counties. He was also commissioned to survey the defensive points of the coast when in 1539 there were apprehensions of an invasion. He was among the knights appointed to receive
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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
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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.
189:) in Essex. According to a letter written by him to Cromwell soon after this grant he had then lost half his estate by his wife's death. On 4 July 1538 he was nominated upon a special commission of 118:. On the other hand, he was nominated by the crown on 14 July 1530 a commissioner to inquire into Wolsey's possessions in Suffolk. In this capacity he, sitting with three other commissioners at 65:
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
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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,
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nearby. On 26 June 1525 he was appointed a commissioner of assize for Suffolk, On 5 February 1526 he was a legal member of the king's council. He was in favour with
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in 1536 Wingfield was one of the Suffolk gentry upon whom the government relied for aid. He justified
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in 1517. He had been on the commission of the peace both for Essex and Suffolk since 1509 at least.
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On 9 February 1533 the commons presented Wingfield to the king as their speaker. According to
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for Essex. In 1523 and 1524 he was a commissioner of subsidy for Suffolk and for the town of
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History of Parliament WINGFIELD, Humphrey (by 1481–1545) of Brantham and Ipswich, Suffolk
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Parliament was dissolved on 4 April 1536. On the outbreak of the
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Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Ipswich
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Index

Letheringham
West Horndon
Sir Richard Wingfield
Sir Robert Wingfield
Gray's Inn
Lent Reader
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Mary Tudor, Queen of France
High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk
gaol delivery
Ipswich
Ipswich
Brantham
Thomas Wolsey
John Taylor
chancery
Great Yarmouth
praemunire
Woodbridge
St. Mary Mettingham
St. Osyth
Eustace Chapuys
Walter Metcalfe
Pilgrimage of Grace
Thomas Cromwell
tail male
Netherhall
Overhall
Dedham, Essex
Campsey, Suffolk

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