Bedingfeld, a variant of Bedingfield, is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:
Cronin is derived from the Irish surname Ó Cróinín which originated in County Cork, and the Old Irish word crón, meaning saffron-colored. The Cronin family have been prominent in politics and the arts in Ireland, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom since the nineteenth century.
Molloy or O'Molloy is an Irish surname, anglicised from Ó Maolmhuaidh, maolmhuadh meaning 'Proud Chieftain'. They were part of the southern Uí Néill, the southern branch of the large tribal grouping claiming descent from Niall of the Nine Hostages, the fifth-century king who supposedly kidnapped St Patrick to Ireland. They held power over a large part of what is now Co Offaly, where the surname is still very common. A second family were the O Maoil Aodha, 'descendant of the devotee of (St) Aodh', from maol, literally 'bald', a reference to the distinctive tonsure sported by early Irish monks. As well as Molloy, this surname has also been anglicised as Mulloy, Malloy, Maloy, 'Miley' and 'Millea'. The name arose in east Connacht, in the Roscommon/east Galway region, and remains numerous there today.
Underwood is a surname of English topographic origin.
Sir Edmund Bedingfield or Bedingfeld.
Sir Henry Bedingfeld (1505–1583), also spelled Bedingfield, of Oxburgh Hall, King's Lynn, Norfolk, was a Privy Councillor to King Edward VI and Queen Mary I, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household and Captain of the guards. With Sir Henry Jerningham he was among the principals who rallied to Mary's cause following the death of Edward VI in 1553 and helped to set her upon the throne. He was a senior figure in the kinship group of Catholic recusant landowning knights of Suffolk. Given responsibility for the custody of Mary I's half-sister Elizabeth when in the Tower of London and at Woodstock, his reputation has suffered from the repetition of claims of his severity towards her: however Queen Elizabeth was respectful towards him and continued to find service for him. Among the foremost Englishmen of his time, he occupied prominent and honourable positions and was of unquestioned loyalty.
Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld, 10th Baronet is a British baronet and retired officer of arms.
Butler, is a surname that has been associated with many different places and people. It can be either:
Gray is a surname that can come from a variety of origins but is typically found in Scotland, Ireland and England.
This is a list of Sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually by the Crown. He was originally the principal law enforcement officer in the county and presided at the Assizes and other important county meetings. After 1576 there was a separate Sheriff of Norfolk and Sheriff of Suffolk.
Gibson is a surname of Scottish origin. It is an anglicized form the Gaelic Mac Gibealláin and can be a sept of Clan Campbell, Clan Buchanan or Clan MacMillan. In Ireland Gibson is an anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic Ó Gibealláin.
Goodman is an English and Ashkenazi Jewish surname, formerly a polite term of address, used where Mister (Mr.) would be used today. Compare Goodwife. Notable people with the surname include:
The Bedingfeld, later Paston-Bedingfeld Baronetcy, of Oxburgh in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 2 January 1660 for Henry Bedingfeld, a cavalier, in recompense for his losses in the Royalist cause during the Civil War, 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, daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Tuddenham, bringing to her husband estates including the manor of Oxburgh, near Swaffham, Norfolk.
Sir Edmund George Felix Paston-Bedingfeld, 9th Baronet was a landowner and British Army officer.
Burnett is a Scottish surname. It is derived from a nickname from the Old French burnete, brunette, which is a diminutive of brun meaning "brown", "dark brown". Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete, a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown colour.
Stafford is an English surname originating from Staffordshire which may derive from Anglo-Saxon meaning 'landing stage by the ford'. The Staffords may also refer to the people of Staffordshire. see also: de Stafford,de Staffort
Fortescue is an English surname that originated from the old Norman epithet Fort-Escu. People with the surname include:
Sir Henry Bedingfeld (1506–1583) was an English privy councillor and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, MP for Norfolk and Suffolk.
Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, 10th baronet,, retired King-at-Arms of the College of Arms in London and former member of the Royal Household.
Bedingfield is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sir Henry Bedingfield, of Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk, was an English Member of Parliament.