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BENE, Robert (c.1652-1733), of Norwich and Frettenham, Norf.

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b. c. 1652, ?1st s. of Thomas Bene of Norwich by his w. Rebecca. unm. suc. fa. 1680. Norf. RO, NCC 36 Tetsall; Blomefield, Norf. iv. 482.
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Freeman, Norwich 1674, sheriff 1694–5, alderman by 1708–d., mayor 1710–11. Norwich Freemen, 22; Rye, Norf. Fams. 270.

Main residence: Norwich and Frettenham, Norf.
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BENE, Robert (c.1652-1733)

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

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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.
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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.

Main residence: Heveningham, Suff.
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BENCE, John (1670-1718)

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BELLOT, Sir Thomas, 3rd Bt. (1679-1709), of Moreton, Cheshire

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bap. 18 July 1679, 1st surv. s. of Sir Thomas Bellot, 2nd Bt.*; educ. Chester sch.; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1699. unm. suc. fa. as 3rd Bt. 28 Nov. 1699. Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. 44; Staffs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 21.
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Freeman, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1704. T. Pape, Newcastle-under-Lyme from Restoration to 1760, p. 50.

Main residence: Moreton, Cheshire.
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BELLOT, Sir Thomas, 3rd Bt. (1679-1709)

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BELLOT, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (1651-99), of Moreton, Cheshire

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b. 22 Oct. 1651, 1st s. of Sir John Bellot, 1st Bt., of Moreton and The Ashes, Endon, Staffs. by Anne, da. of Roger Wilbraham of Dorfold, Cheshire. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1668; L. Inn 1671. m. Feb. 1675, Susanna, da. of Christopher Packe†, Draper, of Basinghall Street, London and Cotes, Leics., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. 14 July 1674. Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. 44; J. C. Wedgwood, Staffs. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), ii. 140–1; Staffs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 21.
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Freeman, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1678. T. Pape, Newcastle-under-Lyme from Restoration to 1760, p. 49.

Main residence: Moreton, Cheshire.
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BELLOT, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (1651-99)

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BELLOT, Renatus (c.1673-1710), of Bochym, Cornw.

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b. c. 1673, o. s. of Christopher Bellot of Bochym by Bridget, da. of William Pendarves of Roskrow, Cornw. educ. M. Temple 1691; Pembroke, Camb. adm. 22 Apr. 1691, aged 17. m. bef. 1703, Mary, da. and h. of Edmond Spoure of Trebarthan Hall, Cornw. 1s. Boase, Coll. Cornub. 823; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 26, 356.
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Stannator, Penwith and Kerrier 1703, 1710. Tregoning, Stannary Laws, 118; R. Inst. Cornw. Tonkin’s ms hist. Cornw. ii. 244.

Main residence: Bochym, Cornw.
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BELLOT, Renatus (c.1673-1710)

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BELLEW, Richard, 3rd Baron Bellew [I] (d. 1715), of Duleek, co. Louth.

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b. aft. 1664, 2nd s. of John Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew [I], of Duleek, co. Meath and Dundalk by Mary, da. of Walter Bermingham of Dunfert, co. Kildare. m. July 1695, Lady Frances Livingston, da. of Francis Brudenell, styled. Lord Brudenell, wid. of Charles Livingston†, 2nd Earl of Newburgh [S], 1s. suc. bro. Walter as 3rd Baron Bellew 1694. HMC Buccleuch, ii. 201.
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Ensign, Sir Thomas Newcomen’s regt. 1687. CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 399.

Main residence: Duleek, co. Louth.
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BELLEW, Richard, 3rd Baron Bellew [I] (d. 1715)

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BELL, Ralph (d. 1733), of Sowerby, nr. Thirsk, Yorks.

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1st s. of Robert Bell, of Sowerby by his w. Elizabeth. m. 3 Mar. 1697, Rachel, da. of Richard Windlow of Yarm, Yorks., 2s. d.v.p. 2da. suc. fa. 1711. W. Grainge, Vale of Mowbray, 72–73; LG (1937).
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Customer, Kingston-upon-Hull 1717–d.

Main residence: Sowerby, nr. Thirsk, Yorks.
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BELL, Ralph (d. 1733)

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BELASYSE, Richard (c.1670-1729), of Lincoln’s Inn and Hampstead, Mdx.

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b. c. 1670, o. s. of William Belasyse of Owton, co. Dur. by 2nd w. Catherine Brandling of Middleton, Yorks. educ. M. Temple 1689; I. Temple 1696; L. Inn 1699. m. lic. 14 Feb. 1701, aged 30, Margaret Marshall of St. Clement Dane, London, s.p. suc. fa. by 1681. J. Foster, Peds. of Yorks. ii. (Belasyse); London. Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 110.
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Freeman, Durham 1702. Surtees, Dur. iv(2), 23.

?Groom porter at gate, 1702–d. Info. from Prof. R. O. Bucholz.

Main residences: Lincoln’s Inn; Hampstead, Mdx.
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BELASYSE, Richard (c.1670-1729)

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BELASYSE, Sir Henry (c.1648-1717), of Potto, Yorks. and Brancepeth Castle, co. Dur.

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b. c. 1648, 2nd s. of Sir Richard Belasyse of Ludworth, co. Dur. by his 2nd w. Margaret, da. of Sir William Lambton of Lambton, co. Dur. educ. Kepyer sch. Houghton-le-Spring, co. Dur.; Christ’s, Camb. 1666; M. Temple 1668. m. (1) lic. 3 Mar. 1680, Dorothy (d. 1696), da. of Tobias Jenkins of Grimston, Yorks., sis. of Tobias Jenkins* and wid. of Robert Benson of Wrenthorpe, Yorks., 1s. d.v.p. 3da. d.v.p.; (2) 23 Apr. 1709, Fleetwood (d. 1733), da. of Nicholas Shuttleworth of Forcett, Yorks., 1s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p. Kntd. by 1681. Surtees, Dur. i. 158–60, 203; Westminster Abbey Reg. (Harl. Soc. x), 239–40, 290, 338, 411; CSP Dom. 1683–4, p. 191; St. James Duke Place Mar. Reg. iv. 90.
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Capt. Eng. regt. in Dutch service (later 6 Ft.) 1675– Oct. 1676, lt.-col. Oct. 1676–Mar. 1678, col. Mar. 1678–88; col. 22 Ft. 1689– June 1701, 2 Ft. June 1701–3; envoy, Bavaria 1694; brig.-gen. 1689, maj.-gen. 1692, lt.-gen. 1694; gov. Galway 1691–2, Berwick-upon-Tweed 1713–15; commr. inquiry into forces and garrisons in Italy, Portugal and Spain 1711–12. J. Childs, Nobles, Gent. and Profession of Arms (Soc. for Army Hist. Res. sp. publn. xiii), 7; F. J. G. ten Raa, Het Staatsche Leger, vi. 255; info. from Mr A. Exelby; CSP Dom. 1703–4, p. 266; Bodl. Rawl. C.393, f. 44; Folger Shakespeare Lib. Newdigate newsletter 25 Dec. 1712; Post Boy, 13–16 June 1713.

Freeman, Galway 1691, mayor 1691–2. Univ. Coll. Galway, Galway corp. mss Liber D, pp. 1–2.

Asst. R. Fishery Co. [I] 1692, Mines Co. 1693. CSP Dom. 1691–2, p. 112; 1693, p. 207.

MP [I] 1692–3.

Main residences: Potto, Yorks.; Brancepeth Castle, co. Dur.
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BELASYSE, Sir Henry (c.1648-1717)

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BEKE, Richard (1630-1707), of Dinton, Bucks.

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bap. 8 Sept. 1630, 1st s. of Henry Beke of Haddenham, Bucks. by Frances, da. of John Billiard of Notts. m. (1) 7 Feb. 1656, Lavinia (d. 1658), da. of Roger Whetstone of Whittlesey, Cambs., s.p.; (2) lic. 1 July 1667, Jane, da. of Ld. Charles Powlett of Abbott’s Anne, Hants, s.p.; (3) 10 Feb. 1684 (with £1,200), Elizabeth (d. 1737), da. of Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Bt.*, sis. of Thomas Lee*, 3da. suc. fa. 1654. Top. and Gen. iii. 158–63, 172, 177; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 110; Bucks. Recs. vi. 25.
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Capt. of horse 1651, maj. 1656–9, lt.-col. Life Gds. 1659–60; lt.-col. of horse 1690; commr. appeals in excise 1689–d. Treas. Bks. ix. 110; xxi. 512.

Freeman, Chipping Wycombe 1691. First Wycombe Ledger Bk. ed. Greaves (Bucks. Rec. Soc. xi), 233.

Main residence: Dinton, Bucks.
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BEKE, Richard (1630-1707)

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