The Bedingfeld, later Paston-Bedingfeld Baronetcy, of

Oxburgh Oxborough is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, well known for its church and manor house Oxburgh Hall. It covers an area of and had a population of 240 in 106 households in the 2001 census, reducing to a population o ...

in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the

Baronetage of England Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I ...

. It was created on 2 January 1660 for Henry Bedingfeld, a

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, in recompense for his losses in the Royalist cause during the

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, when he fought as a captain in Charles I's armies, and Interregnum years, computed at £47,194 18s 8d, (). The Bedingfelds are said to descend from 'Ogerlis', a Norman, who, in 1100, held land at Bedingfield, Suffolk. His descendant, Edmund Bedingfeld, married Margaret (died 1446), daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Tuddenham (and sister and co-heir of her brother Sir Thomas Tuddenham, executed in 1462), bringing to her husband estates including the manor of

, near

Swaffham Swaffham () is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District and English county of Norfolk. It is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich. The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 6,9 ...

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. The sixth Baronet married Margaret Anne, daughter and heiress of Edward Paston. In 1830 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Paston. The eighth Baronet was a Major in the 3rd Battalion of the Liverpool Regiment, and served in the

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. The present Baronet is a co-heir to the ancient barony of Grandison, which has been in abeyance since 1375.

Henry Paston-Bedingfeld Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld, 10th Baronet (born 7 December 1943) is a British baronet and retired officer of arms. Family and career Paston-Bedingfeld is the only son of Sir Edmund Paston-Bedingfeld, 9th Baronet of Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk ...

, the noted officer of arms, is the 10th baronet. The family seat is

Oxburgh Hall Oxburgh Hall is a moated country house in Oxborough, Norfolk, England. The hall was built for Sir Edmund Bedingfeld who obtained a licence to crenellate in 1482. The Bedingfelds gained the manor of Oxborough through marriage in the early 15th ...

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, now owned by the

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Bedingfeld, later Paston-Bedingfeld baronets, of Oxburgh (1660)

* Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 1st Baronet (1614–1685) * Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 2nd Baronet (1636–1704) *

Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 3rd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English language, English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist i ...

(died 1760) *Sir Richard Henry Bedingfeld, 4th Baronet (1720–1795) *Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 5th Baronet (1767–1829) *Sir Henry Richard Paston-Bedingfeld, 6th Baronet (1800–1862) * Sir Henry George Paston-Bedingfeld, 7th Baronet (1830–1902) *Sir Henry Edward Paston-Bedingfeld, 8th Baronet (1860–1941) * Sir Edmund George Felix Paston-Bedingfeld, 9th Baronet (1915–2011) * Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld, 10th Baronet (born 1943)

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