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bap. Mar. 1615, 3rd s. of George Bentley (bur. 12 Mar. 1624), clothier, of the Old Hall, Halifax and Anne, da. of George Foxcroft of Sowerby, Halifax.Halifax par. reg.; T.W. Hanson, ‘Jeremy Bentley, first MP for Halifax’, Trans. Halifax Antiquarian Soc. xxvi. 356-7. m. 20 May 1646, Dorothy (bur. 29 Mar. 1665), da. and h. of Abraham Dyson of Stanningden, Halifax, 6s. (4 d.v.p.), 5da. (2 d.v.p.).Hanson, ‘Jeremy Bentley’, 357-8. d. 17 Jan. 1665.Heywood Diaries ed. J.H. Turner, iii. 90.
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Local: recvr. contributions (parlian.), northern army, Halifax 12 Dec. 1642-c.1645;CSP Dom. 1625–49, p. 643. wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley (W. Riding) 20 Feb. 1644-c.1645.CSP Dom. 1625–49, p. 658. Commr. sequestration, vicarage of Halifax, 23 Mar. 1643.LJ v. 666b-667a. Recvr. treas.-at-war and paymaster of northern army, 4 Nov. 1643–5.W. Yorks. Arcives (Bradford), Tong/10/3. Commr. tendering Engagement, division of Morley 1650;H.P. Kendall, ‘The civil war as affecting Halifax and the surrounding towns’, Trans. Halifax Antiquarian Soc. viii. 81. charitable uses, town and parish of Halifax 16 May 1651;C93/21/29. W. Riding 11 Oct. 1658.C93/25/2. Sub-commr. excise, c.Feb. 1653–5.E113/7, pt. 2, unfol. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657; militia, Yorks. 26 July 1659;A and O. to receive voluntary present to Charles II, W. Riding 1661.E113/7, pt. 2.

Parlimentarian
BENTLEY, Jeremy (1615-65), of Elland, Halifax, Yorks.
: of Elland, Yorks., Halifax.
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Commons 1640-1660
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BENTLEY, Jeremy (1615-65), of Elland, Halifax, Yorks.

Will
20 June 1663, pr. 4 July 1665.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 47, f. 116v.
Estates
in 1656, acquired an estate at Rastrick, near Elland; and in 1659, his fa.-in-law surrendered to him a reversion on copyhold property in the Halifax townships of Soyland and Stanningden.E.W. Crossley, ‘The Dyson fam.’, Trans. Halifax Antiquarian Soc. xv. 166, 168-9. In 1665 estate inc. a mortgage on property in Woodhouse, Halifax, worth £1,240; lease of several houses and corn mills, ‘two halls called linen and woollen cloth halls’, one ‘corn shop’ and several closes in Halifax and neighbouring townships; and the lease on a deer park in Thornhill, about six miles east of Elland.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 47, f. 116v.
Oxford 1644
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