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BERKELEY, Edward (d.1596).

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3rd s. of Sir Maurice Berkeley I of Bruton, Som. by his 1st w. Catherine, da. of William Blount, 4th Lord Mountjoy; bro. of Henry Berkeley II and half-bro. of Robert. m. Kntd. 1588.Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 7; PCC 81 Drake.
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MP [I] Antrim 1585.

Constable, Askeaton castle, Ireland by 1586.CSP Ire. 1586–8, p. 41.

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BERKELEY, Edward (d.1596).
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BERKELEY, Edward (-d.1596)

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BENNET, William (aft.1553-1609), of Marlborough, Wilts.

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b. aft. 1553, s. of Richard Bennet of Clapcot, Berks., and bro. of John. educ. Abingdon g.s.; G. Inn 1584. m. Anne, s.p.
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BENNET, William (aft.1553-1609), of Marlborough, Wilts.
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BENNET, William (aft. 1553-1609)

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BENNET, John (1553-1627), of York.

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b. c. 1553, 2nd s. of Richard Bennet of Clapcot, Berks. by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Tesdale, of Wallingford, Berks.; bro. of William. educ. prob. Abingdon g.s.; Christ Church, Oxf. 1573, BA 1577, MA 1580, DCL 1589; incorp. Camb. 1583. m. (1) Alice (d.1601), da. of Christopher Weekes of Salisbury, 4s. 2da.; (2) Elizabeth (d.1614), da. of Sir Thomas Lowe, alderman of London; (3) Leonora (d.1638), da. of Adrian Vierandeels of Antwerp, wid. Kntd. 1603.DNB; VCH Berks. iii. 548; M. B. Rex. Univ. Rep. in England 1604-90, p. 138; A. E. Preston, St. Nicholas Abingdon, passim; Drake, Eboracum, 511.
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Vicar-gen. and chancellor to the abp. of York 1591; j.p. Yorks. (E. Riding) by 1594; member, council in the north 1599; freeman, York 1601; judge of the PCC c. 1603; master in Chancery extraordinary; master in Chancery in ordinary 1608; chancellor to Queen Anne 1611. Deprived of all offices 1622.DNB; Reid, Council of the North.

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BENNET, Sir John (c.1553-1627), of London and Uxbridge, Mdx.; formerly of York
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BENGER, Sir Thomas (d.1572), of Milton, Oxon.

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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.
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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.

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