Anthony Wingfield

Sir Anthony Wingfield (died 15 August 1552) KG, MP, of Letheringham, Suffolk, was an English soldier, politician, courtier and member of parliament.

He fought against Richard III at Bosworth Field in 1485, and following the accession of Henry VII he was appointed Steward of the lands of the Honour of Richmond in Norfolk.

[8] By 1509, when Sir John died, Anthony had been appointed Esquire of the body, and he attended the funeral of Henry VII.

[9] He attended the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520, and served in the 1523 French campaign of Charles Brandon, the Duke of Suffolk; and lastly in the 1544 capture of Boulogne.

[10] When the King died in 1547, Wingfield served as an assistant executor; was bequeathed £200;[11] and led the guard at the funeral procession.

His body was borne in a grand heraldic procession, with singing clerks, and with his armour and insignia displayed, over Mile End, where the vicar of Shoreditch preached at the communion, and a feast was afterwards held.