Henry Bedingfeld

Sir Henry Bedingfeld (1509–1583), of Oxburgh Hall, King's Lynn, Norfolk, was the eldest son of Edmund Bedingfeld (1479/80-1553) and his wife, Grace (d. in or after 1553), the daughter of Henry, first Baron Marney.

Marriage

Bedingfeld married Katherine (d. 1581), the daughter of Sir Roger Townshend of Raynham, Norfolk and Ursula Heydon (dau. of Sir Christopher Heydon m. Anne Drury).

Education

In 1528, he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn.

Career

Bedingfeld held various posts, including, privy councillor to King Edward VI and Queen Mary I; knight of the shire for Norfolk; Constable of the Tower of London; 1555 Lieutenant of the Tower of London and captain of the guard; 1557 vice-chamberlain of the household of Mary I.

After the death of King Edward VI, in 1553, Sir Henry Bedingfeld, and Sir Henry Jerningham (grandfather of the 1st Baronet Jerningham) were the two most instrumental supporters with placing Mary Tudor on the throne; arriving at her aid with 140 well-armed men.

After this event, "Bedingfeld proclaimed the queen at Norwich, he was afterwards rewarded for his loyalty with an annual pension of 100 pounds out of the forfeited estates of Sir Thomas Wyatt; made a Privy Councillor by Mary I and Knight Marshal of her army, and, subsequently Lieutenant of the Tower of London."

Henry Bedingfield (judge)

Sir Henry Bedingfield (1632 – 6 February 1687) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660 and from 1685 to 1686. He was briefly Chief Justice of the Common Pleas at the end of his life.

Early life and family

Henry Bedingfield was the son of John Bedingfield (1595–1680) of Halesworth, Suffolk and was baptised on 9 December 1632. He was nephew of Sir Thomas Bedingfield. He was educated at Norwich Grammar School, and was admitted to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1650. He also entered Lincoln's Inn that year, and was called to the bar in 1657. The following year he was made a freeman of Dunwich, enabling him to bs elected to the Convention Parliament in 1660. He did not seek re-election subsequently, preferring to concentrate on his legal practice.

Later career

In 1683, he presented an address from Dunwich, abhorring the Rye House Plot. That November he became a bencher of Lincoln's Inn and became a serjeant at law in the following January, and a King's Serjeant in the following November when he was knighted. Following the scuccession of James II, he was elected a MP for Aldeburgh. In February 1686 he was appointed as a justice of common pleas and in April as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. However, he died suddenly in the following February.

Bedingfield

Coordinates: 52°16′01″N 1°10′59″E / 52.267°N 1.183°E / 52.267; 1.183

Bedingfield is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.

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Bedingfield (surname)

Bedingfield is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Bedingfield (disambiguation)

Bedingfield is a town in Suffolk, England, UK.

Bedingfield may also refer to:

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