Robert WINGFIELD VI

1403-November 21, 1454

Father: Robert WINGFIELD V (1370-May 3, 1409)
Mother: Elizabeth RUSSELL (1386-?)

Wife: Elizabeth GOUSELL (1403-?)


Children:
John WINGFIELD IV (c.1430-May 10, 1481)
Robert WINGFIELD (c.1432-?)
Henry WINGFIELD (c.1434/40-May 6, 1494)
Richard WINGFIELD (c.1435-?)
Elizabeth WINGFIELD (c.1436-April 28, 1497)
Thomas WINGFIELD (c.1438-?)
William WINGFIELD (c.1440-?)
Anne WINGFIELD (c.1443-?)
Katherine WINGFIELD (c.1445-?)
Anthony WINGFIELD (c.1446-?)
Agnes/Alice WINGFIELD (c.1448-?)
Margaret WINGFIELD (?-?)
Pedigree: 
                            |Sir John WINGFIELD III
|Robert WINGFIELD V|
|                           |Margaret de HASTINGS 
|
|--Robert WINGFIELD VI 
|
|                            John RUSSELL II 
|Elizabeth RUSSELL|
                            |___________________


SOURCE 1: RootsWeb.com
SOURCE 2: en.wikipedia.org
NOTE: On May 19, 1426, Robert was knighted at Hereford by Henry VI of England. From 1427 to 1436 he was Knight of the Shire for Suffolk. On November 28, 1436, Robert was appointed steward of the honor of Richmond in Norfolk.
In 1443 he became Steward to John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. He accompanied the Duke on his embassy to the court of Charles VII of France.He was accused of rioting in 1447 and imprisoned in Marshalsea. He was pardoned in 1448. He was appointed Knight of the Shire for Hertfordshire in 1449.
He became a Member of Parliament under Henry VI. In 1450, Robert was denounced in the Parliament of England as one of the King's evil advisors. He received a royal commission in 1451 and died in 1454.

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