BENCE, John (1670-1718), of Heveningham, Suff.

Family and Education

bap. 27 Sept. 1670, 1st s. of Edmund Bence of Benhall, Suff. by Mary, da. of Robert Yallop of Thorpe next Norwich, Norf. educ. St. Catharine’s, Camb. 1685. m. by 1692, Catherine, da. of Sir Sackville Glemham of Glemham Hall, Little Glemham, Suff., sis. of Thomas Glemham*, 1da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1702. T. S. Hill, Recs. Thorington, 102–3, 107–8, ped.; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvi), 250; Copinger, Suff. Manors, v. 128.

Offices Held

Bailiff, Aldeburgh 1690; freeman, Dunwich 1691, bailiff 1691–2, alderman 1692–4, common councilman 1710; common councilman, Orford 1692. W. Suss. RO, Shillinglee mss Ac.454/893, 904, 906, 953, 956, Edward Pratt to Sir Edward Turnor*, 18 Mar. 1689[–90], 12 Nov. 1692, [1] Oct. 1693, Nathaniel Gooding to Turnor, 15 Nov., 10 Dec. 1692; Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE6 1144/13, pp. 72, 77; 1144/14; T. Gardner, Dunwich (1754), 85.

Parlimentarian

BENCE, John (1670-1718), of Heveningham, Suff.

Main residence: Heveningham, Suff.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

BENCE, John (1670-1718)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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