Philip Bedingfield (died 1660) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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in 1654. Bedingfield was the son of Thomas Bedingfield of

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, Suffolk and his wife Dorothy Southwell, daughter of John Southwell of Barham. He was admitted at

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on 1 May 1609, and at

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on 17 February 1611. In 1636 he inherited the estate of

on the death of his father History of Parliament Online - Thomas Bedingfield
/ref> but appears to have settled at

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, Norfolk. In 1654, Bedingfield was elected

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for

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in the

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.Browne Willis ''Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences'' 1750 pp239-259
/ref> Bedingfield died in 1660 and was buried at Ditchingham on 6 March 1660.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bedingfield, Thomas Year of birth missing 1660 deaths English MPs 1654–1655 Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Members of Gray's Inn People from Ditchingham Members of the Parliament of England for Norfolk