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Paston-Bedingfeld, of Oxburgh, co. Norfolk (E, 1660/1)

Creation: let.pat. 2 Jan 1660/1

Family name: Bedingfi(e)ld later Paston-Bedingfeld

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Arms:

Quarterly, 1st and 4th: Ermine and Eagle displayed Gules (Bedingfeld);  2nd and 3rd, Argent six Fleurs-de-lys three two and one Azure a Chief indented Or (Paston)

Crests:

1.  An Eagle displayed Or (Bedingfeld);  2. A Griffin sejant wings elevated Or gorged with a Collar Gules thereon a Line held in the beak and terminating in a Ring of the last (Paston)

Mottoes:

1. Despicio terrena, solem contemplor (I despise earthly things;  I gaze upon the sun);  2. De mieulx je pense en mieulx (I think of better and better things)

Badges:

1. A Fetter the Thong Gules edged and stubbed and with Buckles at both ends chained together Gold (Bedingfeld);  2. A Loop of Chain Or (Paston)

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Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 1st Bt.

1st son and heir of Sir Henry Bedingfeld, of Oxburgh, co. Norfolk, by his second wife Elizabeth Hoghton, dau. and cohrss. of Peter Hoghton, of Hoghton Tower, co. Lancaster

born

Sep 1614

mar.

Apr 1635 Margaret Paston (d. 14 Jun 1702; bur. at Oxburgh, co. Norfolk), dau. and hrss. of Edward Paston, of Appleton, co. Norfolk, and of Horton, co. Gloucester, by his wife Frances Sydenham, dau. of Sir John Sydenham, of Brimpton, co. Somerset

children

1. Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 2nd Bt.

2. John Bedingfeld (d. Aug 1693), mar. Dorothy Ramsay, dau. and cohrss. of John Ramsay, and had issue

3. Edward Bedingfeld, barrister-at-law, mar. Mary Fisher, sister of Sir Clement Fisher, 3rd Bt., of Packington, co. Warwick, and 5th dau. of Thomas Fisher by his wife Dorothy Lacon, dau. of James Lacon, of West Copies, co. Shropshire, and had issue

1. Elizabeth Bedingfeld, mar. Thomas Weetenhall

2. Johanna Bedingfeld, mar. Richard Caryll, of Harting, co. Sussex

3. Mary Bedingfeld, mar. Thomas Eyre, of Hassop

4. Sister Margaret Bedingfeld, Abbess of the Carmelite Convent at Lier

5. Sister Anne Bedingfeld, a nun

died

24 Feb 1684/5 (bur. at Oxburgh, co. Norfolk)

created

2 Jan 1660/1 a Baronet of England, styled "of Oxburgh, co. Norfolk"

suc. by

son

note

a Capt in King Charles I's army and estimated to have lost £47,000 in the Royal cause; suc. to the Oxburgh estates on the death of his elder half-brother, Col Thomas Bedingfeld, in 1665

Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 2nd Bt.

born

1636

mar. (1)

Lady Anne Howard (dsp. 19 Sep 16852; bur. at Oxburgh, co. Norfolk), only surv. child and hrss. of Charles [Howard], 2nd Earl of Berkshire, by his wife Lady Dorothy Savage, 2nd dau. of Thomas [Savage], 1st Viscount Savage, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Darcy, suo jure Countess Rivers for life, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Thomas [Darcy], 1st Earl Rivers

mar. (2)

c. 1685 Elizabeth Arundell (b. c. 1655; d. 13 Apr 1690; bur. at Oxburgh, co. Norfolk), yst. dau. and cohrss. of Sir John Arundell, of Lanherne, co. Cornwall, by his first wife Hon Elizabeth Roper, 4th dau. of John [Roper], 3rd Baron Teynham

children by second wife

1. Sir Henry Arundell Bedingfeld, 3rd Bt.

1. Margaret Bedingfeld (dsp. 23 Dec 1756; bur. with her husband in Bath Abbey), mar. 1704 Sir John Jerningham, 4th Bt.

2. Frances Bedingfeld (dsp. bef. 1741), mar. 1707 or 1708 Sir Francis Anderton, 6th Bt., of Lostock, co. Lancaster

died

14 Sep 1704 (bur. at Oxburgh, co. Norfolk)

suc. by

son by second wife

note

accompanied HRH the Duke of Gloucester to England 1660; knighted v.p. before 1682;

Sir Henry Arundell Bedingfeld, 3rd Bt.

born

betw. 1683 and 1690

mar.

Aug 1719 Lady Elizabeth Boyle (d. 25 Nov 1751; bur. at Oxburgh, co. Norfolk), 1st dau. of Charles [Boyle], 3rd Earl of Cork and 2nd Earl of Burlington, by his wife Juliana Noel, only dau. and hrss. of Hon Henry Noel, of Luffenham, co. Rutland (by his wife Elizabeth Wale, 3rd dau. and cohrss. of Sir William Wale, Alderman of London), 2nd son by his third wife of Baptist [Noel], 3rd Viscount Campden

children

1. Sir Richard Henry Bedingfeld, 4th Bt.

2. Edward Bedingfeld (b. 1730), mar. 1754 his second cousin Mary Swinburne, 2nd dau. of Sir John Swinburne, 3rd Bt., of Capheaton, co. Northumberland, by his wife Mary Bedingfeld, only dau. of Edward Bedingfeld (by his wife Mary Fisher, sister of Sir Clement Fisher, 3rd Bt., of Packington, co. Warwick, and 5th dau. of Thomas Fisher), 3rd son of Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 1st Bt., and had issue

1. Elizabeth Bedingfeld, mar. Charles Biddulph, of Biddulph and Burton

died

15 Jul 1760 (bur. at Oxburgh, co. Norfolk)

suc. by

son

note

Sir Richard Henry Bedingfeld, 4th Bt.

born

14 Sep 1720

mar.

30 Mar/Sep 1761 Hon Mary Browne (b. 27 May 1733; d. 17 Sep 1767; bur. in Bath Abbey), only dau. of Anthony [Browne], 6th Viscount Montagu, by his wife and third cousin once removed Barbara Webb, 3rd dau. of Sir John Webb, 3rd Bt., of Odstock, co. Wiltshire, and Hatherop, co. Gloucester, by his first wife Hon Barbara Belasyse, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of John [Belasyse], 1st Baron Belasyse, by his second wife Lady Anne Paulet, only child by his second wife of John [Paulet], 5th Marquess of Winchester

only child

1. Sir Richard Bedingfield, 5th Bt.

died

27 Mar 1795

suc. by

son

note

Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 5th Bt.

born

23 Aug 1767

mar.

16 Jun 1795 Hon Charlotte Georgiana Jerningham, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of a Baron by Royal Warrant 1831, Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Adelaide (d. 29 Jul 1854), sister of George William [Jerningham later Jerningham-Stafford], 2nd Baron Stafford, and only dau. of Sir William Jerningham, 6th Bt., of Cossey Park, co. Norfolk, by his wife Hon Frances Dillon, 1st dau. of Henry [Dillon], 11th Viscount Dillon

children

1. Sir Henry Richard Bedingfeld later Paston-Bedingfeld, 6th Bt.

2. Capt Charles Richard Bedingfeld, served in the Austrian Hussars (b. Sep 1803; d. 3 Feb 1870)

3. Midshipman Edward Richard Bedingfeld RN (lost at sea vp. 1823)

4. Felix William George Richard Bedingfeld, barrister-at-law, Colonial Secretary for Mauritius (b. 12 Aug 1808; dsp. 7 Dec 1884), mar. 30 Apr 1849 Mary Woodward Chads (b. c. 1818; dsp. 1 Sep 1910), 1st dau. of Lt Col John Chads, Governor of the British Virgin Islands

1. Frances Charlotte Bedingfeld (b. 19 Apr 1796; d. 29 Jan 1822; bur. at Ingatestone, co. Essex, but later removed to Thorndon, co. Essex), mar. 2 Jun 1815 as his first wife William Henry Francis [Petre], 11th Baron Petre, and had issue

2. Matilda Bedingfeld (d. 1881), mar. 1820 George Stanley Cary, of Follaton, co. Devon (d. 1858)

3. Agnes Mary Bedingfeld (d. 7 Sep 1870), mar. 1823 Thomas Molyneux Seel, of Bolton Park, co. Lancaster

4. Sister Charlotte Elizabeth Bedingfeld, a nun at the English Augustine Convent in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1879)

died

22 Nov 1829

suc. by

son

note

Sir Henry Richard Bedingfeld later Paston-Bedingfeld, 6th Bt.

born

10 May 1800

mar.

30 Aug 1826 Margaret Paston, took the additional name of Bisshopp before that of Bedingfeld by Royal Licence 1841 (b. c. 1807; d. 31 Jan 1887), only dau. and hrss. of Edward Paston, of Appleton, co. Norfolk

children

1. Sir Henry George Paston-Bedingfeld, 7th Bt.

2. Lt Col Raoul Stephen Paston-Bedingfeld later Bisshopp later Paston-Bedingfeld (b. 1 Apr 1835; dsp. 4 Jun 1910), mar. 26 Apr 1897 Katherine Gregory Stephens (widow of Henry A Claremont Lyne Stephens, of Grove House, Roehampton, co. Surrey), dau. of Edward Walker, of Henbury Manor, Wimborne, co. Dorset

1. Matilda Charlotte Paston-Bedingfeld (d. 31 Dec 1905), mar. 2 Jul 1855 Capt George Henry Nevill, of Nevill Holt, co. Leicester (b. 1830; d. 1906), 2nd son of Charles Nevill, of Nevill Holt, co. Leicester, by his wife Lady Georgiana Bingham, 4th dau. of Richard [Bingham], 2nd Earl of Lucan, and had issue

2. Mary Geraldine Paston-Bedingfeld (dsp. 10 Aug 1869), mar. 8 Oct 1867 as his first wife Edward Southwell Trafford, of Honington Hall, Grantham, co. Lincoln (b.1838; d. 2 Aug 1912), 2nd son of Edward William Trafford, of Brundall House and Wroxham Hall, co. Norfolk, by his first wife Louisa Thistlethwayte, dau. of Thomas Thistlethwayte, of Southwick Park, co. Hampshire

3. Mary Gabrielle Paston-Bedingfeld, mar. 21 Jun 1880 Ferdinand John Eyre, of Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds, co. Suffolk (d. 1 May 1928), yst. son of V A Eyre, of Lindley Hall, co. Leicester

died

4 Feb 1862

suc. by

son

note

took the additional name of Paston before that of Bedingfeld by Royal Licence 1830; declared one of the co-heirs to the Barony of Grandison by the Committee for Privileges 1858

Sir Henry George Paston-Bedingfeld, 7th Bt. DL

born

21 Jun 1830

mar.

27 Oct 1859 Augusta Lucy Clavering (d. 2 Mar 1929), only child of Edward Clavering, of Callaly Castle, co. Northumberland

children

1. Sir Henry Edward Paston-Bedingfeld, 8th Bt.

2. Richard Henry Clavering Paston-Bedingfeld (b. 2 Jan 1862; d. 10 Aug 1931)

3. Charles Paston-Bedingfeld (b. 25 Jul 1864; d. 13 Feb 1936)

4. Edward Arthur Paston-Bedingfeld (dvp. young 16 Mar 1878)

5. William Felix Paston-Bedingfeld (b. 1873; d. 29 May 1911)

6. Francis Augustus Paston-Bedingfeld (b. 13 May 1874; d. 20 Jan 1950), mar. 1926 Dorothy Mary Hooker, of Kingston-upon-Thames. co. Surrey, sand had issue

7. Hubert Paston-Bedingfeld (b. 1877)

1. Alice Mary Paston-Bedingfeld, mar. (1) 12 Jan 1891 Vice Admiral James Lacon Hammet CVO (d. 15 Feb 1905), and (2) 1 Oct 1906 Cmdr Clement La Primaudaye CVO RN (dsp. 31 May 1910), and had issue by her first husband

2. Sister Mary Maud Paston-Bedingfeld, a nun of the Order of the Holy Child (d. 26 Mar 1962)

3. Sister Edith Mary Paston-Bedingfeld, a nun of the Order of the Holy Child

died

18 Jan 1902

suc. by

son

note

Capt in the Norfolk Militia and served in the Austrian cavalry; High Sheriff of Norfolk 1882

Sir Henry Edward Paston-Bedingfeld, 8th Bt. JP

born

29 Aug 1860

mar.

21 Jun 1904 Sybil Lyne-Stephens (d. 13 May 1985), 1st dau. of Henry Alexander Claremont Lyne-Stephens, by his wife Katherine Gregory Walker, dau. of Edward Walker, of Henbury Manor, Wimborne, co. Dorset

children

1. Henry Stephen Augustus Paston-Bedingfeld (b. 5 Jun 1906; dvp. 27 Feb 1917)

2. Anthony Raoul Ferdinand Paston-Bedingfeld (b. 22 Oct 1912; dvp. 10 May 1914)

3. Sir Edmund George Felix Paston-Bedingfeld, 9th Bt.

1. Margaret Mary Anastasia Paston-Bedingfeld (b. 24 Apr 1905; d. 3 Sep 1993)

2. Elizabeth Marie Paston-Bedingfeld (b. 7 Dec 1910; dvp. 9 Dec 1910)

3. Frances Mary Teresa Paston-Bedingfeld (b. 13 Jun 1919; d. 22 Jan 2020), mar. (1) 18 Oct 1949 Frank Douglas Playford (d. 23 Jan 1956), 1st son of Frank Lumley Playford, (2) 1957 Maitland Gardner Nimmo later Maitland-Nimmo (d. 1977), 2nd son of Sir Adam Nimmo KBE, and (3) 1978 Philip James Greathead (d. 1997), and has issue by her second husband

died

18 May 1941

suc. by

son

note

Maj, 3rd Battalion Liverpool Regiment

Sir Edmund George Felix Paston-Bedingfeld, 9th Bt.

born

2 Jun 1915

mar. (1)

6 Jun 1942 (div. 1953) Joan Lynette Rees (d. 22 Jan 1965), dau. of Edgar George Rees, of Holmesleigh, Llanelli

children by first wife

1. Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld, 10th Bt.

1. Alexandra Winifred Mary Paston-Bedingfeld (b. 3 Sep 1947), mar. (1) 16 May 1970 (div. 1977) James Michael Yearsley, 1st son of J Yearsley, and (2) 1978 Jack Pemberton, and has issue by both husbands

mar. (2)

31 May 1957 Agnes Kathleen Susan Anne Danos (d. 5 Jun 1974), dau. of Miklos Gluck, of Budapest, Hungary

mar. (3)

20 Nov 1975 Mrs Peggy R Hannaford-Hill, of Zimbabwe (d. 1991)

mar. (4)

15 Feb 1992 Mrs Sheila Riddell, 1st dau. of John Douglas, of Edinburgh

died

24 May 2011

suc. by

son by first wife

note

served in World war II 1939-45 as Lieut, 5th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment; Maj, Welsh Guards (Reserve of Officers); Freeman, City of London; Liveryman, Bowyers' Company; President, Suffolk Heraldry Society 1993-2011

Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld, 10th Bt.

born

7 Dec 1943

mar.

7 Sep 1968 Mary Kathleen Ambrose, 1st dau. of Brig Robert Denis Ambrose CIE OBE MC, of Malta

children

1. Richard Edmund Ambrose Paston-Bedingfeld (b. 8 Feb 1975)

2. Thomas Henry Paston-Bedingfeld (b. 6 Sep 1976), mar. 24 Aug 2001 Sonia Ann Rooks, only dau. of Robert Rooks, of Gloucester

1. Katherine Mary Paston-Bedingfeld (b. 4 Oct 1969), mar. 14 Feb 2000 Roger William Howard Watts, son of Alan Howard Watts, of New Ash Green, co. Kent, and has issue

2. Charlotte Alexandra Paston-Bedingfeld (b. 6 May 1971), mar. 27 Aug 1999 Edward Tucker, son of Charles Tucker FCA, of Hindringham Hall, co. Norfolk, and has issue

note

chartered auctioneer 1968; chartered surveyor 1970; Rouge Croix Pursuivant 1983-93, York Herald 1993-2010 and Norroy and Ulster King of Arms since 2010' Secretary, Standing Council of the Baronetage 1984-88; Knight of Malta

First written 2 Apr 2021

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Address:

Oxburgh Hall, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE33 9PS

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