Family and Education
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.
Offices Held
J.p. Wilts. 1671 – 87, 1689 – d., commr. for assessment 1673 – 80, 1689 – 90, inquiry into recusancy fines Mar. 1688.
Main residence: Salthrop, Wroughton, Wilts.
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Commons 1660-1690
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BENNET, Thomas (c.1640-c.1702)
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Oxford 1644
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