BENNETT, Gervase (1611-70), of St Werburgh, Derby, and Snelston, Derbys.

Family and Education

bap. 2 June 1611, 1st s. of Robert Bennet of Littleover, Mickleover, and Anne, da. of Michael Ward of Derby.St Peter, Derby par. reg.; Vis. Derbys. (Harl. Soc. n.s. viii), 50. m. (1) 15 Sept. 1635, Margaret (bur. 26 Nov. 1639), da. of one Potter of ?Derby, 1s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) 30 Nov. 1641, Mary (d. 6 May 1655), da. of one Hope of ?Derby, ?s.p.; (3) 7 Nov. 1655, Elizabeth, da. of John Rowe of Mugginton, at least 1s. 1da.;St Werburgh par. reg.; Vis. Derbys. 50. (4) 19 Feb. 1668, Anne, da. of one Porter of ?London, ?s.p.St Katherine by the Tower, London par. reg.; C8/217/26. bur. 23 May 1670.Snelston par. reg.

Offices Held

Local: treas. Derbys. co. cttee. 26 Aug. 1643–20 Dec. 1645.E113/11, unfol.; SP28/128, pt. 15, ff. 19, 20v. Commr. assessment, Derbys. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Westminster 26 June 1657, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. charitable uses, Derbys. 30 July 1647, 19 Dec. 1650, 12 July 1661;C93/19/29; C93/21/2; C93/26/1. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sequestration, 7 Feb. 1650.E113/11; CCC 171, 647. J.p. by Feb. 1650 – aft.Mar. 1660, 9 Sept. 1660–d.C193/13/3; C231/7, p. 37. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Derbys. and Notts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 29 June 1655–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 88, 371. securing peace of commonwealth, Derbys. by Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 211. poll tax, 1660.SR. Recvr. royal aids, 26 Nov. 1667;CTB ii. 206. hearth tax, Feb. 1670.CTB iii. 360, 532.

Civic: alderman, Derby by 1645 – ?; mayor, 1645–6.Add. 6705, f. 97v.

Central: commr. to inspect treasuries by 30 Apr., 31 Dec. 1653.CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 301; 1653–4, p. 317. Cllr. of state, 1 Nov. 1653.CJ vii. 344b. Judge, probate of wills, 24 Dec. 1653, 3 Apr. 1654. Commr. arrears of excise, 29 Dec. 1653;A. and O. improvement of customs, Dec. 1653.CSP Dom. 1653–4, pp. 316, 425; 1654, p. 342; 1655, p. 51. Member, cttee. for the army, 28 Jan. 1654,A. and O. 20 Aug. 1657, 9 Feb., 3 June 1658.CSP Dom. 1657–8, pp. 76, 282; 1658–9, p. 48. Commr. appeals and regulating excise, 17 Mar. 1654; prohibiting planting of tobacco, 11 Apr. 1654.A. and O. Master in chancery, extraordinary, July 1655–?C202/39/5. Agent, wine licences, 31 Oct. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 36. Commr. of appeals, customs and excise, 25 Feb., 7 Mar. 1660;A. and O. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

Parlimentarian

BENNETT, Gervase (1611-70), of St Werburgh, Derby, and Snelston, Derbys.

: of St Werburgh, Derby and Derbys., Snelston.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BENNETT, Gervase (1611-70), of St Werburgh, Derby, and Snelston, Derbys.

Will

admon. 17 Nov. 1674.Staffs. RO, B/C/11, Admon. of Gervase Bennett, 17 Nov. 1674.

Estates

in 1640, Bennett, Sir Samuel Sleigh* and another gentleman purchased Ollerbrook Booth, in Edale, Derbys.Derby Local Studies Lib. Deeds, no. 387; S.C. Newton, ‘The gentry of Derbys. in the seventeenth century’, Derbys. Arch. Jnl. lxxxvi. 13. In 1647, Bennett purchased manor of Snelston, Derbys., for £936, which he then leased out for £60 p.a.Derbys. RO, D239/M/T/898. In 1653, acquired lease of Great Hailes, in Yeaveley, Derbys. By 1657, owned or leased a house in the Old Palace Yard, Westminster.Derbys. RO, D5557/2/43/3. In 1658, acquired lease of lands in Abbotsholme, Derbys.Newton, ‘The gentry in Derbys.’ 13. In 1658-9, purchased messuages and lands in Snelston and in West Ravendale, Lincs.C54/3976/49; C54/3977/16; C54/4040/33. In 1663, he and another gentleman exhanged manor and rectory of Sibsey, Lincs. for manor of Farwell, Staffs.Derby Local Studies Lib. Deeds, nos. 6802, 6809, 6887. By 1664, owned a house of 11 hearths in Snelston.Derbys. Hearth Tax Assessments 1662-70 ed. D.G. Edwards (Derbys. Rec. Soc. vii), 4. In 1660, estate was reckoned to be worth £1,000 p.a.Newton, ‘The gentry in Derbys.’, 7.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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