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From: "Todd A. Farmerie" < >
Subject: Re: Katherine Wingfield, countess of Suffolk
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 17:05:22 -0400


Charles Ward wrote:
>
> I would appreciate any information regarding the ancestry of Katherine
> Wingfield, wife of Michael de la Pole (d.1388) who was created earl of
Suffolk
> in 1385. Was she his only wife?
>

She was daughter of John Wingfield, whose father John is the first well
documented ancestor of the family. John, the father, married the
heiress of the local Honeypott family, and had (at least) three sons, of
whom John, the eldest, was heir. There is some debate concerning the
wife of this younger John. Moriarty, in an article on the family which
appeared in the NEHGR (vol. 103, or 108 I think) presented evidence that
suggests the classical assignment should be replaced by one placing here
as member of the Brewes family. I do not know if their daughter was
Michael's only wife. I have not researched this family, but I don't
recall seeing any other.

Todd

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