BENNET, Thomas (c.1640-1703), of Salthrop, Wroughton, Wilts.

b. c. 1640, o. s. of Sir Thomas Bennet, DCL, of Salthrop, master in Chancery 1635–; d., by his 2nd w. Thomasine, da. and coh. of George Dethick of G. Inn and Poplar, Mdx. m. settlement 29 June 1659 (with £2,000), Martha (d. 1694), da. of John Smith of South Tidworth, Hants, sis. of John Smith I*, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1670. Wilts. RO, 551/6; Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxxvi. 286–7; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 145.