BENGER, Sir Thomas (d.1572), of Milton, Oxon.

Family and Education

s. of Robert Benger of Manningford, Wilts. by Agnes, da. of William Vavasour of Yorks. m. (1) May 1552, Agnes, da. of William Seycolle, wid. of Robert Edgerley, s.p.; (2) Dorothy, da. of Sir William Raynsford of Tew, wid. of John Danvers of Culworth, Northants., s.p. Kntd. Oct. 1553.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxiv), 67; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 10-11; Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 165, 167; C. C. Stokes, William Hunnis and the Revels of the Chapel Royal, 311-12.

Offices Held

Auditor of Princess Elizabeth’s household by Sept. 1552; commr. for the coronation Jan. 1559; duchy of Lancaster feodary, Berks., Oxon. and other southern counties Dec. 1559 – Dec. 1566; master of the revels Jan. 1560; j.p.q. Beds., Bucks., Herts. and Oxon 1559; j.p. Berks., Herts., j.p.q. Bucks., Oxon. 1561; j.p. Northants. 1564; steward and receiver-gen. of Berkhampstead, and keeper of the park Dec. 1560.‘Household expenses of the Princess Eliz’. ed. Strangford (Cam. Misc. ii(2), pp. 47–8); E101/429/5; Somerville, Duchy, i. 626; CPR, 1558–60, pp. 296–7, 325; 1563–6, p. 185; E. K. Chambers, Eliz. Stage, i. 75 seq.

Parlimentarian

BENGER, Sir Thomas (d.1572), of Milton, Oxon.

Main residence: Milton, Oxon.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

BENGER, Sir Thomas (-d.1572)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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