Thomas Bedingfield (abt. 1418 - 1453)

Born about 1418 in Denham Castle, Hartismere, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 12 Oct 1453 at about age 35 in Bedingfield, Hartismere, Suffolk, England

Biography

This profile is part of the Benefiel Name Study.

Thomas Bedingfield was born in Suffolk, England.

Thomas Bedingfield came to an agreement with his cousin Joan Stretch (née Harewell) of Devonshire to have his Oxborough in Norfolk, which he had a claim via his mother's brother, Sir Thomas Tudenham who was executed during the War of the Roses.^[1]

Father Edmund Bedingfield b. c 1395, d. 22 Jun 1451

Mother Margaret Tudenham b. c 1393, d. 15 Mar 1475

While the Tudenhams were already a well-known family, Thomas's father is difficult to trace in records before this marriage, but may have come from Suffolk. Walter Rye has described the early parts of their visitation pedigrees "the utterest rubbish".^[2]

Thomas Bedingfield had an Inquisition Post Mortem in 33 Hen VI, 1454. Blomefield wrote as follows in the 18th century:^[3]

Thomas Bedingfeld, Esq. lord of Bedingfeld in Suffolk, ancestor to the Bedingfelds of Oxburgh in Norfolk, married Anne, daughter and heir of John Waldgrave, Esq. of Waldgrave aforesaid, and was there buried October 12, 1543, Anne his widow was buried in the following year at Bedingfeld.

Dashwood, who edited a pedigree based on the old visitations in the 19th century accepted that Thomas was buried in Walgrave Northamptonshire (a manor associated with his wife's family).^[4]

Because he pre-deceased his mother, Thomas was never lord over the manors which came to the Bedingfield's from her family, the Tuddenhams.

Family

• Anne de Waldegrave b. c 1420, d. 1453

Child

• Sir Edmund Bedingfield b. c 1440, d. 15 Oct 1496

Sources

1. ↑ Francis Blomefield, 'Hundred of South Greenhoe: Oxburgh', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 6 (London, 1807), pp. 168-197. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol6/pp168-197 [accessed 24 September 2022].
2. ↑ Walter Rye, Norfolk Families, p.36.
3. ↑ Francis Blomefield, 'Taverham Hundred: Staninghall', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 10 (London, 1809), pp. 464-467. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol10/pp464-467 [accessed 24 September 2022].
4. ↑ Dashwood's edition of 1563 Norfolk Visitation Vol I, page 157 https://archive.org/stream/visitationnorfo00dashgoog#page/n168/mode/2up

• William Joseph Sheils. 'Bedingfield [Bedingfeld] family'. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, published 23 September 2004. oxforddnb.com. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/68203. Accessed 8 Feb 2021. (subscription required to view)

• Katherine Bedingfeld 1912. ‘The Bedinfelds of Oxburgh’. Privately Printed by Katherine Bedingfeld. babel.hathitrust.org. (Based on the Bedingfelds Private Collection of Letters and Papers) The Bedingfelds of Oxburgh.

• Harleian Society, 'The Publications of the Harleian Society', Vol 32, Pgs 28-29. London : The Society, 1869. archive.org. Accessed 6 July 2021.

• Norfolk Visitations. The 1563 Visitation of Norfolk was originally made by William Harvey, Clemenceux King of Arms. A printed edition in two volumes was published much later, with a lot of extra notes and material: Volume 1, published 1878, was edited by Rev. G. H. Dashwood and others.

• Francis Blomefield, 'Hundred of Giltcross: Market-Herling, or East-Herling', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 1 (London, 1805), pp. 316-333. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol1/pp316-333 [accessed 19 July 2018].

• Francis Blomefield. "Hundred of South Greenhoe: Oxburgh," in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 6, (London: W Miller, 1807), 168-197. British History Online, accessed June 20, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol6/pp168-197.

• Francis Blomefield. "Hundred of South Greenhoe: Caldecote," in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 6, (London: W Miller, 1807), 56-60. British History Online, accessed June 20, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol6/pp56-60.

See Also

• Source: S262 Abbreviation: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 199 Reference: 26 May 2003 Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 Subsequent Source Citation Format: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 BIBL Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999. Page: 2200 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE 2200