Family and Education
b. 1 Nov. 1381, s. and h. of Robert Benet (d.c.1396) of Canterbury by his w. Christine (d.1419). m. (1) bef. Mar. 1419, Isabel; (2) Alice; (3) Ellen; (4) Geraldine, s.p.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. election, Kent 1442.
Jurat, Canterbury Mich. 1406–8, 1409 – 11, 1412 – 14, 1418 – 19, 1420 – 21, 1422 – 24, 1425 – 27, 1429 – 30, 1432 – 34, 1436 – 38, 1439 – 41, 1442 – 43, 1445 – 47, 1451 – 52, 1457 – 58, 1459 – 61; bailiff 1415 – 17, 1419 – 20, 1421 – 22, 1430 – 31, 1434 – 35, 1443 – 45; keeper of the seal of the city by Feb. – Oct. 1420, June 1445;
Commr. Canterbury May 1458.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Canterbury, Kent.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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