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Francis Wingfield or Francis Wingfeild (born September 1628) was a Stamford lawyer in the mid-seventeenth century. He went on to become Member of Parliament for Stamford in 1660 and first Serjeant-at-law to Charles II of England in 1677. ==Early life and family== Francis, born at Tickencote in September 1628, was the fourth son of Sir John Wingfield and Frances, daughter of Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell of Oakham.〔 According to traditional tales, Frances Wingfield, his mother, entertained Oliver Cromwell and saved the town of Stamford from destruction, by allowing the gates to be closed. He later became a lawyer at Gray's Inn.〔Notes in the E C Till bequest, in the archive of Stamford Museum, accessed 3 December 2010.〕 He married twice, with his first wife Anne, the daughter of Edward Palmer of Stoke Doyle, he had two sons and a daughter, Frances, later the wife of Richard Butler of Hundleby.〔 With his second wife, Lucy Ashfield or Lucia Poultney, daughter of the Governor of York,〔 he had two sons and three daughters, two of the daughters, Lucy (1668) and Sarah (1671) died in infancy, the third Anne (1673) married John Cock. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis Wingfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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