John de Wingfield

Sir John de Wingfield (died c. 1361) of Wingfield Castle in Suffolk was chief administrator to Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376).

In 1356 Wingfield fought at Poitiers capturing the head of the French King John II's bodyguard, Sire D'Aubigny.

Edward III of England purchased this captive from Wingfield for £833.

Wingfield died in about 1361, possibly of the second outbreak of the Black Death.

Sir John Wingfield's only child, his daughter and heiress Catherine Wingfield, married Michael de la Pole, later 1st Earl of Suffolk and lived at Wingfield Castle in Suffolk.

The Tomb of Sir John de Wingfield in St. Andrew's Church Wingfield, Suffolk
Arms of Wingfield: Argent, on a bend gules three wings conjoined in lure of the field , later quartered by de la Pole