Sir Henry had served as the constable of the Tower during the time Elizabeth was imprisoned there and at Woodstock Palace under Queen Mary.
[1] In 1573, Bedingfield published Cardanus Comforte translated into English, ostensibly at the command of the Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford.
[2] In 1584, at the request of Henry Macwilliam, another gentleman pensioner from Norfolk, Bedingfield published The Art of Riding a translation of part of Book II of Claudio Corte's Il cavallarizzo.
In the prefatory "To the reader," Bedingfield makes similar disclaimers about publication and argues for absolute monarchy as the best form of government.
[5] Bedingfield died in London and was buried in St James's Church, Clerkenwell, where a monument was erected by his executor, John Skillicorn.