Edmund (Bedingfield) Bedingfeld (abt. 1479 - bef. 1553)

Born about 1479 in Oxborough, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before Jun 1553 before about age 74 in England

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Biography

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Sir Edmund Bedingfield was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Marriage

Sir Edmond Bedingfeld, knight, married Grace Marney. ^[1]

Children

1. Henry.
2. Elizabeth.

Edmund Bedingfield, born in about 1479, was the third son of Sir Edmund Bedingfield of Oxburgh (now Oxborough), Norfolk, England and his second wife Margaret Scot, daughter of Sir John Scot of Scot's Hall in Kent. ^[2]

Edmund had two older brothers, Thomas (later Sir Thomas) and Robert who had taken Holy Orders and became the the Rector of Oxborough in 1512. He also had a younger brother Peter and two sisters. The Visitation of Norfolk record that Peter was the fourth son and "of Quidenham, Norfolk". One sister was named Alice, the name of the other is not recorded. ^[2]

Edmund didn't have expectations of a large inheritance, and on his father's death in 1496, eldest brother Thomas duly inherited the estate. In true younger son fashion, Edmund became a soldier, accompanying the English forces under Charles, Duke of Suffolk in the ultimately futile attempt to capture France. ^[3] Edmund was knighted in Roye, France on 31 October 1523 during the invasion of Calais along with Edward Seymour, the brother of future Queen Jane Seymour. ^[4][5]

Back in Oxburgh, Norfolk, Sir Thomas Bedingfield had been married twice but died childless in 1538. Thomas was succeeded by his brother Robert, who had little time to enjoy his good fortune and who died in 1539. ^[2]

Edmund then succeeded his brother Robert to the large Bedingfield estate.

Edmund married Grace Marney the daughter of Henry, first Baron Marney, sometime before 1509 and they had seven children: ^[6]

• Henry, the eldest son and heir, born c. 1509
• Francis, second son "of Thorndon, Suffolk"
• Anthony, third son "of Homeshall, Norfolk"
• Humphrey, fourth son "of Hestley, Suffolk"
• Edmund, fifth son "of Wighton"
• Elizabeth
• Margaret

The daughters are not given an order of precedence in the Visitation.

Edmund wrote his will on 7 April 1554 shortly before his death. He was buried within the church of Saint John the Evangelist at Oxborough, Norfolk. ^[7] His will ran to several pages, describing vast land holdings, it lists the enormous inheritance his eldest son Henry received as his heir. This included the lands of Oxburgh in the South Hundred of Greenhoe which Edmund had inherited from his own grandmother, Margaret Tudenham. ^{[8] [9]}

Research Notes

In 1752 the calendar in England changed from old style to new style. Previous to 1752 the new year began on March 25th in 1752 it was changed and began January 1st. Dates prior to 1752 occurring between January 1st and March 25th will be recorded as dual years to reflect the change.

Much of the text in this profile is derived from research carried out by Laura DeSpain and entered here on her behalf.

Sources

1. ↑ Rye, Walter. The Visitation of Norfolk, made and taken by William Hervey, Clrencieux King of Arms, anno 1563, enlarged with another visitacion made by Clarenceux Cooke, with many other descents; and also the Vissitation made by John Raven, Richmond, anno 1613. (The Hareian Society, London, 1891) "Bedingfeild," p. 28.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Edmund Beningfield in: The Visitation of Norfolk in the Year 1563 taken by William Harvey. Ed. G.H. Dashwood for the Harleian Society. Pub Norwich, England, 1878. Volume 1, page 158 Accessed 1 June 2020 full text FamilySearch.org books
3. ↑ English Campaign in France 1523 http://www.henryviiithereign.co.uk/1523.html
4. ↑ "Edmonde Beningfeilde" in The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time... Shaw W.A. Pub. London 1906 Vol 2 page 45. Accessed 2 June 2020 Internet Archive
5. ↑ Turpyn, Richard d. 1541, supposed author; Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873. 'The chronicle of Calais, in the reigns of Henry VII. and Henry VIII', Pg. 100. Published by London, Printed for the Camden society, by J. B. Nichols and son, 1846. archive.org. accessed 15 Mar 2021.
6. ↑ Children of Edmund Bedingfield and Grace Marney in: The Visitation of Norfolk in the Year 1563 taken by William Harvey. Ed. G.H. Dashwood for the Harleian Society. Pub Norwich, England, 1878. Volume 1, page 158 Accessed 1 June 2020 full text FamilySearch.org books
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL7R-V6NW: 12 August 2019), Edmund Bedingfield, 1554; Burial, Oxborough, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England, Saint John the Evangelist Churchyard; citing record ID 177349955, Find a Grave Edmund Bedingfeld
8. ↑ Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords. Committee for Privileges, ‘Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee for Privileges to whom the petition of Sir Henry Paston Bedingfeld of Oxborough in the county of Norfolk ... to Her Majesty, praying Her Majesty to determine the abeyance of the Barony of Grandison by summoning the petitioner to Parliament as Lord Grandison’ London 1854-?. Pgs. 138-141. National Government Publication, England. Accessed 27 May 202 at babel.hathitrust.org. Will of Edmond Bedingfeld
9. ↑ Blomefield, Francis. "Hundred of South Greenhoe." An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 6. London: W Miller, 1807. 1-3. British History Online. Web. 28 May 2020. Hundred of South Greenhoe Vol 6, pgs 1-3

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Ed. (2011) p. 413.

See Also:

• Eileen McKinnon-Suggs. Our Kingdom Come (http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emsuggs&id=I39737 CONT Last updated October 10, 2004 CONT Accessed December 2, 2005)
• Great Britain. 'Calender of the patent rolls, preserved in the Public Record Office., v.1 1485-1494.', Pg 357. Published by London, H. M. Stationery Office,1914-1916. Permanent URL. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/msu.31293027026362. HathiTrust Digital Library, babel.hathitrust.org.

• "Letters and Papers: November 1539, 21-25," in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 14 Part 2, August-December 1539, ed. James Gairdner and R H Brodie (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1895), 196-208. British History Online, accessed August 10, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/letters-papers-hen8/vol14/no2/pp196-208.

• William Joseph Sheils, Sir Edmund Bedingfield (1479/80–1553)] in Bedingfield family (per. 1476–1760, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/76392), first published 2004; online edition, May 2009

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

• Douglas Richardson Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. Pg. 413. Published by Douglas Richardson. Accessed 17 May 2022.

• Oxford Shakespeare Prerogative Court of Canterbury copy of the will, dated 22 May 1523 and proved 15 June 1523 of Henry Marney (1456/7-1523), 1st Baron Marney, names son-in-law Edmund Bedingfeld the husband of his daughter Grace Marney.