Family and Education
b. c. 1645, 1st s. of John Bennett. educ. Winchester 1659-64; New Coll. Oxf. matric. 11 Nov. 1664, aged 19; M. Temple 1667, called 1673. m. lic. Sept. 1677, Catherine, da. of Sir Edward Berkeley of Pylle, Som., wid. of John Topp of Stockton, Wilts., s.p. suc. fa. 1677.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 51; Winchester Scholars, 190; Salisbury Licences, i. 353.
Offices Held
Fellow of New Coll. 1666 – 67; commr. for assessment, Dorset 1677 – 80; sec. to Prince Rupert 1678, to Lord Shaftesbury (Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper) 1679; freeman, Salisbury 1679.
Main residences: Shaftesbury, Dorset; Kensington, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BENNETT, Thomas (c.1645-88)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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