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BENNET, Sir John (1616-95), of Pall Mall, Westminster and Dawley, Harlington, Mdx.

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bap. 5 July 1616, 1st s. of Sir John Bennet of Dawley, and bro. of Sir Henry Bennet. educ. Pembroke, Oxf. 1635; G. Inn 1636. m. (1) 28 Oct. 1661, Lady Elizabeth Cranfield, da. of Sir Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, wid. of Edmund, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave, s.p.; (2) lic. 1 May 1673, Bridget, da. of John Grobham Howe I of Langar, Notts., 1s. 2da. suc. fa. 1658; KB 23 Apr. 1661; cr. Baron Ossulston 24 Nov. 1682.
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J.p. Mdx. July 1660 – ?87, Westminster 1665 – Feb. 1688; commr. for assessment, Mdx. Aug. 1660–80, Westminster 1665 – 80, Lincs. 1673 – 80, Norf. 1673 – 79, Suff. and Yorks. (W. Riding) 1673 – 74, loyal and indigent officers, London and Westminster 1662; dep. lt. Mdx. 1662 – bef.80; commr. for recusants, Berks. 1675.

Lt. gent. pensioners c. 1662 – 76; treas. loyal and indigent officers fund 1663 – 69; dep. postmaster 1666 – 72; gent. of privy chamber 1676–85.CSP Dom. Add. 1660–85, p. 92; 1671, p. 407; Cal. Treas. Bks. iii. 208; Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 192.

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BENNET, Sir John (1616-95), of Pall Mall, Westminster and Dawley, Harlington, Mdx.
Main residences: Pall Mall, Westminster; Dawley, Harlington, Mdx.
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BENNET, Sir Levinus, 2nd Bt. (c.1631-93), of Babraham, Cambs.

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b. c. 1631, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Bennet, 1st Bt., of Babraham by Mary, da. and coh. of Levinus Munck, clerk of the signet. educ. G. Inn 1644. m. 6 July 1653, Judith, da. of William Boevey, merchant, of Little Chelsea, Mdx. and Flaxley Abbey, Glos., 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 7da. suc. fa. 28 June 1667.The Gen. o.s. iii. 237; Mon. Inscriptions from Cambs. 5; East Anglian, ii. 219.
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Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1652 – 53; commr. for assessment, Cambs. Sept. 1660–80, 1689 – 90, j.p. 1661 – Mar. 1688, 1689 – d., commr. for corporations 1662 – 63, complaints, Bedford level 1663, appeals 1668, pontage, Cambridge 1673, recusants, Cambs. 1675; freeman, Cambridge 1679; dep. lt. Cambs. by 1680 – ?87, 1689–d.Camb. Antiq. Soc. Procs. xvii. 105; C. H. Cooper, Annals of Cambridge, iii. 557, 582.

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BENNET, Sir Levinus, 2nd Bt. (c.1631-93), of Babraham, Cambs.
Main residence: Babraham, Cambs.
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BENNET, Thomas (c.1640-c.1702), of Salthrop, Wroughton, Wilts.

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b. c. 1640, o.s. of Sir Thomas Bennet, DCL, of Salthrop, master in Chancery 1635-; d., by 2nd w. Thomasine, da. and coh. of George Dethick of Gray’s Inn and Poplar, Mdx. m. settlement 29 June 1659, Martha (d. 11 May 1694), da. of John Smith of South Tidworth, Hants, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. suc. fa. 1670.Aubrey and Jackson, Wilts. Colls. 370-1; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 115; Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxxvi. 287; PCC 180 Degg; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 145.
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J.p. Wilts. 1671 – 87, 1689 – d., commr. for assessment 1673 – 80, 1689 – 90, inquiry into recusancy fines Mar. 1688.Cal. Treas. Bks. viii. 1805.

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BENNET, Thomas (c.1640-c.1702), of Salthrop, Wroughton, Wilts.
Main residence: Salthrop, Wroughton, Wilts.
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J.P.F.
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Commons 1660-1690
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BENNETT, Thomas (c.1645-88), of Shaftesbury, Dorset and Kensington, Mdx.

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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.
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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.Dalrymple, Mems. i. 382; Hoare, Wilts. Salisbury, 477.

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BENNETT, Thomas (c.1645-88), of Shaftesbury, Dorset and Kensington, Mdx.
Main residences: Shaftesbury, Dorset; Kensington, Mdx.
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J.P.F.
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Commons 1660-1690
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BENNETT, John (1625-77), of Motcombe, Dorset.

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bap. 15 Jan. 1625, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Thomas Bennett of Pythouse, Wilts. by Melior, da. of Richard Thomas of East Knoyle, Wilts.; bro. of Thomas Bennett. m. bef. 1649 (with £1,000), Frances, da. of Robert Toope of Shaftesbury, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da.Hoare, Wilts. Chalke, 132; Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 51; Dorset RO, NB3; Sir T. Phillips, Vis. Som. 86; PCC 158 Twisse, 19 Hyde, 29 Hale.
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Trooper (royalist) 1643 – 45; receiver-general, Som. and Dorset Aug. 1660 – d., commr. for assessment, Wilts. Aug. 1660–1, Dorset and Wilts. 1665 – 74; commr. of foreshore, Dorset 1662; receiver of hearth-tax, Wilts. 1663 – ?74, Som. 1670 – ?74; under-sheriff, Dorset 1668 – 69; commr. for recusants, Dorset 1675.SP23/185/240; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 143; SP29/100/131; Cal. Treas. Bks. ii. 305, 335; iii. 360; M. Cranston, Locke, 148.

Secretary for defendants, Chancery 1672–3.

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BENNETT, John (1625-77), of Motcombe, Dorset.
Main residence: Motcombe, Dorset.
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BENCE, John (1622-88), of Bevis Marks, London.

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bap. 3 Oct. 1622, 1st s. of Alexander Bence of Aldeburgh, Suff. and London by 1st w. Anne Aylett of Rendham, Suff. m. (1) by 1653, Judith, da. of Peter Andrews, merchant, of London, 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) lic. 10 Dec. 1661, Joan (d. 16 Jan. 1685), da. of Sampson Cotton, merchant, of London, wid. of John Wood, merchant, of London, s.p. suc. fa. by 1663.T. S. Hall, Thorington Par. Reg. ped.; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London, 29; All Hallows London Wall Reg. 306, 307, 469; PCC 152 Pembroke, 88 Juxon.
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Jt. farmer of add. customs 1662 – 67; jt. receiver of crown rents [I] 1665 – 70; commr. of revenue [I] 1671–5.Cal. Treas. Bks. i. 687; CSP Ire. 16635, p. 612.

Asst. R. Adventurers into Africa 1663 – 72, sec. by 1665; commr. for assessment, London 1664 – 80, Aldeburgh 1673 – 80; alderman, London 1664 – 65; asst. Grocers Co. 1664 – 87, warden 1667 – 68, master 1668 – 69; asst. R. Africa Co. 1672 – 73, 1675 – 77, 1680 – 82, 1685 – 87; commr. for recusants, Suff. 1675; dep. lt. London 1676 – ?83; freeman, E.I. Co. 1678.3 CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 541; Guildhall RO, Grocers Co. order bk., pp. 705, 780, 820.

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BENCE, John (1622-88), of Bevis Marks, London.
Main residence: Bevis Marks, London.
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BENCE, John (1622-88)

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