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b. 15 Apr. 1597, 8th but 4th surv. s. of Alexander Bence (d. 27 Jan. 1613) of Aldeburgh and Mary, da. of Thomas Squier of Aldeburgh;Regs. of the Par. of Thorington ed. T.S. Hill (1884), 101, 105, ped.; Add. 32484, no. 84; Burke’s Irish Family Recs. ed. H. Montgomery-Massingberd (1976), 641. bro. of John† and Alexander*. m. (1) 26 Aug. 1617, Elizabeth Pett, 2 ch. d.v.p.;St Dunstan, Stepney par. reg.; Hill, Thorington, 106. (2) 5 Sept. 1644, Mary Salby (d. 24 Oct. 1678), s.p.St Mary, Stoke Newington par. reg.; Hill, Thorington, 106. d. 27 Nov. 1648.Hill, Thorington, 106.
Offices Held

Military: ?capt. Friendship, Cadiz expedition, 1625.CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 290.

Mercantile: younger bro. Trinity House by 1629–?d.SP16/135, f. 108.

Civic: freeman, Aldeburgh 1630 – d.; capital burgess, 1630 – d.; bailiff, 1630 – 31, 1637 – 38, Sept. 1648–d.Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE1/C1/1, ff. 3v, 5, 6, 7v; CJ vi. 35a.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs, 19 Aug. 1642.CJ ii. 728a. Commr. for navy, 15 Sept. 1642. Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645.A. and O.

Local: dep. lt. Aldeburgh 3 Sept. 1642–?CJ ii. 749b; LJ v. 338a. Recvr. loans on Propositions, Woodbridge, Suff. 10 Sept. 1642.LJ v. 346b. Commr. care of Landguard Fort, Suff. 28 Nov. 1642;CJ ii. 867a; iii. 41b. additional ord. for levying of money, Aldeburgh 1 June 1643; New Model ordinance, Suff. 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;A. and O. gaol delivery, Aldeburgh Dec. 1645;C181/5, f. 265v. militia, Suff., Tower Hamlets 2 Dec. 1648 (posth.).A. and O. J.p. Suff. July 1649 (posth.).C231/6, p. 157; Names of the Justices of Peace (1650), 53 (E.1238.4).

Religious: elder, fourth Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 425. Ruling elder, St Andrew Hubbard, London by 1646-aft. May 1647.Reg.-Bk. of the Fourth Classis in the Province of London (Harl. Soc., lxxxii-lxxxiii), 2, 36.

Parlimentarian
BENCE, Squier (1597-1648), of Aldeburgh, Suff.
: of Aldeburgh, Suff.
Likenesses

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

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BENCE, Squier (1597-1648), of Aldeburgh, Suff.

Will
31 Mar. 1648, pr. 23 Feb. 1649.PROB11/207/284.
Estates
owned property at Aldeburgh, Sibton and Peasenhall, Suff.
Oxford 1644
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