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bap. 23 June 1594, 7th but 3nd surv. s. of Alexander Bence of Aldeburgh (d. 27 Jan. 1613) and Mary, da. of Thomas Squier of Aldeburgh;Regs. of the Par. of Thorington ed. T.S. Hill (1884), 101, 105, pedigree; Add. 32484, no. 84; Vis. London 1664, 19. bro. of Alexander† and Squier*. m. (1) 29 Nov. 1620, Anne Aylett of Rendham, Suff. 2s. 2da.;Rendham par. reg.; Vis. London 1664 (Harl. Soc. xcii.), 19; Add. 19091, f. 169. (2) 3 Sept. 1633, Elizabeth or Mary Fowle of Redgrave;Marriage Lics. of the Archdeaconry of Suff. 1613-1674 ed. F.A. Crisp (1903), 85; The Reg. of the Par. Church of Knodishall 1566-1705 ed. A.T. Winn (1909), 58. (3) bef. 1659, Rachel (d. aft. 1675).PROB11/311/477. d. by Nov. 1662.HMC 8th Rep. 251.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Aldeburgh 1612 – d.; burgess, 1627 – 29; capital burgess, 1629–?d.; bailiff, 1629 – 30, 1635 – 36, 1648–9.Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE1/C1/1, ff. 3v, 5, 6, 7. Alderman, Walbrook ward, London 17 May-1 Sept. 1653.Aldermen of London, i. 222, ii. 82–3.

Mercantile: freeman, Grocers’ Co. 1621.GL, MS 11592A, unf. Asst. Soc. of Saltmakers, Gt. Yarmouth 1636–?d.Select Charters of Trading Companies ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii.), 150. Elder bro. Trinity House, ?-Jan. 1649, 1660 – d.; master, 12 Mar. – 18 June 1660; asst. 18 June 1660–d.Harris, Trinity House, 34, 39; CJ vii. 871b; HMC 8th Rep. 251; The Corporation of Trinity House ed. W.R. Chaplin [1952], 5, 7, 12, 50, 52–3, 124–5.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 706a. Commr. for navy, 15 Sept. 1642. Member, cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 19 Apr. 1645; cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645;A. and O. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645.LJ vii. 468a. Commr. determining differences, Adventurers in Ireland, 1 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Local: dep. lt. Aldeburgh 3 Sept. 1642–?CJ ii. 749b; LJ v. 338a. Commr. New Model ordinance, Suff. 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). gaol delivery, Aldeburgh Dec. 1645;C181/5, f. 265v. militia, Suff. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Tower Hamlets 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O. J.p. Suff. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660.C193/13/3, f. 61; Bodl. Tanner 226, p. 187; A Perfect List [of JPs] (1660), 51.

Religious: farmer, Aldeburgh rectory by 1645. 20 Oct. 1645CUL, MS Ee.III.10, p. 20. Elder, eighth London classis,; fourth Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.A. and O; Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 402, 425.

Parlimentarian
BENCE, Alexander (1594-c.1662), of Aldeburgh, Suff. and London.
: of Aldeburgh, Suff. and London.
Likenesses

Likenesses: stylized family group on father’s fun. brass, Aldeburgh church.Add. 32484, no. 84.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BENCE, Alexander (1594-c.1662), of Aldeburgh, Suff. and London.

Will
13 Sept. 1659, pr. 14 July 1663.PROB11/311/477.
Estates
leased land on Cobholm Island, Gt. Yarmouth from Gt. Yarmouth corporation, 1654;Norf. RO, Y/C 31/5a. his estates worth £300 p.a. (excluding land in Ireland), with his total annual income being £1,200, c. 1655;Add. 15520, f. 125v. bought Cobholm Island for £530, 1657.Norf. RO, Y/C 31/5b.
Oxford 1644
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