Family and Education
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.
Offices Held
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.
Main residence: Babraham, Cambs.
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Commons 1660-1690
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BENNET, Sir Levinus (c.1631-93)
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Oxford 1644
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