Family and Education
bap. 9 Sept. 1602, 5th. surv. s. of Thomas Bedingfield† of Bedingfield, Suff. and Lincoln's Inn and Dorothy (d. 1646), da. of John Southwell of Barham, Suff.;Bedingfield par. reg. p. 34; Vis. Norf. 1664, 19. bro. of Philip* and Sir Thomas*. educ. appr. mercer, London.Mercers’ Co, London, Acts of Ct. 1625-31, f. 182. unm. bur. 2 Aug. 1652 2 Aug. 1652.Gislingham par. reg.
Offices Held

Mercantile: freeman, Mercers’ Co. 1628; liveryman, 1640 – d.; master, 2 Sept. 1651–d.Mercers’ Co., Acts of Ct. 1625–31, f. 182; Acts of Ct. 1637–41, f. 177v; Acts of Ct. 1645–51, ff. 258–259.

Civic: freeman, Dunwich 23 Mar. 1640–d.Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE6/3/3, f. 115v. Alderman, London 16 July-1 Oct. 1650.Aldermen of London, i. 170.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. of navy and customs, 19 Aug. 1642;CJ ii. 728a. cttee. for foreign affairs, 21 Sept. 1644;CJ iii. 635b; LJ vi. 712a. cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645; cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645;A. and O. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645.LJ vii. 468a.

Local: j.p. Suff. 4 July 1649–d.C231/6, p. 157; Names of the Justices of Peace (1650), 53 (E.1238.4). Gov. St Bartholomew’s Hosp. London 19 Dec. 1651–d.St Bartholomew’s Hosp. London, HA1/5, f. 75.

: of Gislingham, Suff. and London., Cheapside.
Likenesses

Likenesses: fun. monument, Gislingham church, Suff.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BEDINGFIELD, Anthony (160252), of Gislingham, Suff. and Cheapside, London.

Will
20 Sept. 1650, pr. 9 Aug. 1652 and 29 May 1655.PROB11/224/385.
Estates
leased stables, Coleman Street, London from Mercers’ Co. 1644-d.;Mercers’ Co. Acts of Ct. 1641-5, ff. 44v, 127v, 131, 151, 152v-153; Acts of Ct. 1651-7, f. 5. bought manor of Bilton, Bilton, E. Riding, Yorks. 1649;VCH E. Riding, Yorks. vii. 125. bought East Hall and West Hall, Cockley Cley, Norf. sequestered from Sir Henry Bedingfield, by 1652.CCC 2623.
Oxford 1644
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