Edmund Bedingfield (abt. 1440 - 1496)

Born about 1440 in Oxborough, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 15 Oct 1496 at about age 56 in Oxborough, Norfolk, England

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Biography

Sir Edmund Bedingfield was born circa 1440 at Oxborough, Norfolk, England ^[1], the son of Sir Thomas Bedingfield and Anne de Waldegrave.

Sir Edmond Bedingfeld served the House of York during the War of the Roses. He was given patents for lands by King Edward IV. He was created a Knight of the Bath when King Richard III came to the throne. Sir Edmond was so highly favoured by King Henry VII that the King paid a royal visit to his home in Oxburgh and lodged there during his visit. ^[2] Oxburgh Hall was built in 1482 after Sir Edmond received a patent to build it. ^[3] The room in which the King stayed is still called the King’s Room in Oxburgh Hall in Oxborough, Norfolk. King Henry VII also awarded him many valuable lordships in Yorkshire. ^{[2] [4]}

The lands of Caldecote and Oxborough came into the Bedingfield family through his marriage to Margaret, the sister and heir of the childless Sir Thomas Tudenham who was executed on Tower Hill for treason on 22 February 1461/2. The lands were conveyed initially to ^{[5] [2]}

When Sir Edmond died, his oldest son and expected heir Thomas had already previously died without leaving an heir. His second son Robert had joined Holy Orders. Edmond was the third son of his father, and under those unexpected circumstances, Sir Edmund became his father’s heir. ^{[2] [4]}

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He married Alice Shelton circa 1467 at of Bedingfield, Suffolk, England.

Sir Edmund Bedingfield married Margaret Scott, daughter of Sir John Scott, Sheriff of Kent, Governor of Dover Castle and Agnes Beaufitz, circa 1470.^[6]

Sir Edmund Bedingfield died on 15 October 1496 at Oxborough, Norfolk, England.

Family 1

• Alice Shelton b. c 1446

Child

• Margaret Bedingfield b. c 1468, d. 24 Mar 1504

Family 2

• Margaret Scott b. c 1446, d. 29 Jan 1514

Children

• Agnes Bedingfield b. c 1473
• Alice Bedingfield b. c 1475, d. a 1535

Research Notes

The Visitations of Sussex give his forename as Edward.^[7]

The biographical text was researched and written by Laura DeSpain and placed here on her behalf. Fitz-Henry-9 15:18, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 89.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Blomefield, Francis. "Hundred of South Greenhoe: Oxburgh." An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 6. London: W Miller, 1807. 168-197. British History Online. Web. 26 May 2020. Sir Edmond
3. ↑ "Owermoigne - Oxenwood." A Topographical Dictionary of England. Ed. Samuel Lewis. London: S Lewis, 1848. 500-503. British History Online. Web. 28 May 2020. Owermoigne - Oxenwood .
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Blomefield, Francis. "Smethdon Hundred: Snettesham Lordship." An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 10. London: W Miller, 1809. 370-381. British History Online. Web. 26 May 2020. Granted Manor & Lands by King Henry VII
5. ↑ Blomefield, Francis. "Hundred of South Greenhoe: Caldecote." An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 6. London: W Miller, 1807. 56-60. British History Online. Web. 27 May 2020. Hundred of South Greenhoe: Caldecote
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 683.
7. ↑ Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p 49, Scott.

• 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)
• Britain Express Norfolk Houses: Ovburgh, built by Edmund Bedinghfeld
• 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.
• Maskelyne and H. C. Maxwell Lyte. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 1-50," in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 2, Henry VII, (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1915), 1-45. British History Online, accessed August 10, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol2/pp1-45.