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Oxburgh Hall

A discovery in the attic at Oxburgh Hall….

Dec 8, 2020

archaeology, battles, buildings, law, religion

Battle of Bosworth, Bellinghams, burial plans, documents, Elizabeth George, Norfolk, Oxburgh Hall, recusants, Richard III, Stony Stratford, succession

Ah, how we all love to hope that one day some vital documents pertaining to Richard III will turn up…in an old, old chest in a long-forgotten corner of an undercroft…or at the top of an ivy-covered tower with a spiral staircase so dangerous it’s dodgy to even breathe near it! Or, as in this…
The Bedingfield turncoat of Oxburgh Hall….

Sep 13, 2017

battles, buildings

badges, Battle of Bosworth, Earl of Oxford, Edward IV, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth of York, fetterlock and falcon, Henry VII, knights banneret, Lady Margaret Beaufort, National Trust, Norfolk, Oxburgh Hall, religion, Richard III, Sir Edmund Bedingfield, Stoke Field, treason

In this 2014 post mention was made of Sir Edmund Bedingfield of Oxburgh Hall, near King’s Lynn in Norfolk. He was a Yorkist-turned-Tudor supporter who, like the Stanleys and others, failed Richard III at Bosworth. Sir Edmund was a Yorkist who benefited under Edward IV and Richard III (at the coronation of the latter, he was…