Letter from Anthony Wingfield, the court at Windsor, to Elizabeth Wingfield, 1575 October 13

Item — Box: X.d.428 (101-150)

Identifier: X.d.428 (127)

Scope and Contents

Informs his wife of the different suggestions of the Countess of Sussex and Lady Cobham as to a suitable gift for the Queen. A safeguard and a cloak described in detail.

Dates

1575 October 13

Availability

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Anthony Wingfield (1506-1593) was a Gentleman Usher and Gentleman of the Black Rod. Married first to Margaret Blennerhasset, then ca. 1559 to Jane Purpett and then ca. 1562 to Elizabeth Leake.

Elizabeth Wingfield (b. ca. 1530) was a Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber and Mother of the Maids. She was the daughter of Ralph and Elizabeth Leake and the half sister of Elziabeth Hardwick.