Family and Education
bap. 4 Jan. 1579, 1st s. of Peter Benson, yeoman, of Knaresborough and Jane Denison (bur. 16 Sept. 1620). m. lic. 2 Apr. 1633, Elizabeth (bur. 4 Feb. 1650), da. of Thomas Bullocke of South Holme, wid. of John Dearlove of Pannal, s.p.Knaresborough par. reg.; Geneal. Hist. of the Fam. of the Late Bishop William Stubbs ed. F. Collins (Yorks Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lv), pp. x-ix; Vis. Yorks. ed. J. Foster, 498. suc. fa. Jan. 1641;Knaresborough par. reg.; C10/72/45. d. Sept. 1643.C10/72/45.
Offices Held
Local: bailiff, borough of Knaresborough ?-1630.
: Yorks., of High Street, Knaresborough.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title
BENSON, Henry (1579-1643), of High Street, Knaresborough, Yorks.
Will
8 Mar. 1643, pr. 7 Oct. 1643.Borthwick, Prerogative Court, bundle Oct. 1643.
Estates
rectory and parsonage of Farnham and ‘divers messuages, houses, burgage lands, tithes, tenememts [and] hereditaments’ in Knaresborough and also several copyhold properties in Knaresborough, Bilton and Harrogate, Yorks.C10/72/45; Yorks. Stuart Fines ed. W. Brigg (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. liii), 216. In 1626, assessed at £10 for the Forced Loan.APC, 1625-6, p. 429. In 1634, Peter and Henry Benson sold rectory and parsonage of Farnham, with all tithes, glebelands and appurtenannce belonging in Arkendale, Farnham, Ferrensby, Loftus and Scotton, to Thomas Stockdale*. It was later disputed whether they had also merely surrendered – by way of security in case of encumbrances on this property – copyhold lands and 12 burgage tenements in Knaresborough to Stockdale for 7 years, while continuing to enjoy these properties for their own use, or had sold them to him outright.C33//221, f. 748; C10/72/45. This disputed property aside, Benson’s estate, at his d. consisted of a house in Knaresborough and property in and around the town and at nearby Ferrensby and Scriven.Borthwick, Prerogative Court, bundle Oct. 1643.
Oxford 1644
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