- Edmund Bedingfield
Sir Edmund Bedingfield or Bedingfeld (1479/1480 – 1553),
Knight of the Bath .In 1523 Bedingfield was knighted by
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk for demonstrating bravery in the French Wars. In 1539 he inherited from his brother Robert the great estate ofOxburgh Hall ,King's Lynn ,Norfolk .He married Grace Marney (d. in or after 1553), the daughter of
Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney .Sir Edmund Bedingfield was entrusted with the care of
Katherine of Aragon , atKimbolton Castle , following the proceedings of18 June 1529 , concerningKing Henry VIII 's Great Matter (divorce).His first son
Sir Henry Bedingfield (1510-1583), succeeded to his estate.ources
*William Joseph Sheils, ‘Bedingfield family (per. 1476-1760)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
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