Henry Bedingfield

Sir Henry Bedingfield (21 May 1586

Bedingfield was accused, with some justification, of being a Catholic recusant and led a Royalist contingent of East Anglian Catholics during the Civil War. He escaped to Holland shortly after the queen left England in early 1642. Returning from exile under pressure in 1646 he was committed to the Tower of London in 1647, being released under a general pardon in 1649. His Norfolk estates, excluding Oxburgh, were confiscated and sold. daughter of William Howard of Naworth; and second Elizabeth (1590

Bedingfield and Mary Howard had a son, Thomas Bedingfield of Oxborough, who died without heirs during his father's lifetime.

Bedingfield and Elizabeth Houghton had the following children:

Sir Henry Bedingfield, 1st Baronet. He succeeded his half-brother, was created a baronet in 1660, and died 24 February 1684. Edmund Bedingfield (d.1666+), a Canon at Lierre Brabant, where he died William Bedingfield, Captain in the Guards, died before 16 February 1685 John, son, died 1685 Jane, married Colonel Robert Apreece, of Huntshire Frances, married Michael Tymperley of Hintlesham Mary, married Thomas Eyre of Hassop in Derbyshire Elizabeth, married Colonel William Cobbe, of Sandringham Anne, married Richard Martyn of Long Melford

Bedingfield's eldest son, Thomas, also fought as a Royalist and after being captured at Lincoln served two years in gaol before being exiled, and his son-in-law, Colonel Robert Apreece, was killed after the Parliamentarians captured Lincoln in 1643. Two other sons, Henry and William, both fought as royalists and escaped overseas and another son, Edmund, was a canon at Lierre in Belgium. After the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, Henry, who had inherited Oxburgh Hall, was created a baronet to recompense him for the family's losses during the Civil war.