Oxburgh Hall
"Sir Edmund Bedingfeld, was the favourite of
three successive kings, Edward IV., Richard III., and Henry
VII. This same Sir Edmund had served in the Wars of the
Roses, and Edward IV., by letters patent of the twenty-second
year of his reign, granted to him, "for his faithful service,
licence to build towers, walls, and such other fortifications as
he pleased in his manors of Oxburgh. He also bestowed on
him his own royal badge the Falcon and Fetterlock. Richard
III. made him a Knight of the Bath, and Henry VII. visited
him at Oxburgh. In the third year of his reign this king
granted three manors in Yorkshire, Wold, Newton, and
Gaynton to him and his heirs male for ever, in return for
his help in crushing the rebellion in the north, which patent
was renewed and confirmed by Henry VIII."
Extract from "Studies from Court and Cloister" (Open Library)
Oxburgh Hall is a National Trust property with free entry for National Trust members.
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