John de Wingfield
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Sir John de Wingfield was chief of staff to the Black Prince. He and both his brothers fought at Crecy in 1346. He fought in the Normandy campaign from 1347-48. He was appointed Chief of Staff to the Black Prince in 1350. In 1356 Wingfield fought at Poiters capturing the head of the French King John I's bodyguard, Sir Daubigny. Edward III purchased this captive from Wingfield for 833 pounds. Wingfield died of the Black Plague in 1362.
His will provided for the founding of Wingfield College in 1362. The college was endowed by the Black Prince. Sir John Wingfield's only child, his daughter and heiress, married Michael de la Pole, later 1st Earl of Suffolk.
[edit] Sources
[Wrottesley, Staffs, II, 33,38].
[edit] External links
www.Wingfield.org
