Anthony Bedingfield (died 1651) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the

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from 1640 to 1648. Bedingfield was the son of Thomas Bedingfield of Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk and his wife Dorothy Southwell. He became a member of the

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in the

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.''Chronological list of aldermen: 1601-1650'', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Anthony III - 1912 (1908), pp. 47-75. Date accessed: 12 January 2011
/ref> In April 1640, Bedingfield was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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. He was re-elected in November 1640 for Dunwich in the

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On 16 July 1650 Bedingfield became an alderman for the

for Langbourn Ward. He became

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in 1651. He died in 1651 and was buried at Holme Hale on 27 October 1651.George Alfred Carthew ''History, topographical, archaeological, genealogical, and biographical, of the parishes of West and East Bradenham, with those of Necton and Home Hale, in the county of Norfolk, from public records ... parish registers .. (1883)''
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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Bedingfield, Anthony Year of birth unknown 1651 deaths 17th-century English merchants English MPs 1640 (April) English MPs 1640–1648 Aldermen of the City of London Members of the Parliament of England for Dunwich