BENNETT, Sir John (c.1658-1723), of Essex Buildings, Essex Street, Westminster

Family and Education

b. c. 1658, 1st s. of John Bennett of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, Westminster and Witham, Essex by his w. Sarah. educ. G. Inn 1675, called 1683. m. 9 Jan. 1683 (with £1,000), Anne (d. 1722), da. of Sir Joseph Brand of Edwardstone, Suff., wid. of Thomas Dudson, woollen-draper, of St. Benet’s, Gracechurch Street, London, 4s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1670; Kntd. 10 July 1706. The Gen. n.s. xx. 238; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 331, 493; Vis. Mdx. (Harl. Soc. xcii), 57.

Offices Held

Attorney, duchy of Lancaster ct. 1678, clerk of council 1678–85; dep. south auditor, duchy of Lancaster 1678–84; clerk of revenue, duchy of Lancaster 1685–d.; steward, Essex, Herts. and Mdx. 1697–d.; judge of Marshalsea ct. 1699–d.; bailiff, Salford hundred 1699–d.; serjeant-at-law 1705. Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Official Lists, 39, 63, 71, 141, 206, 214.

Parlimentarian

BENNETT, Sir John (c.1658-1723), of Essex Buildings, Essex Street, Westminster

Main residence: Essex Buildings, Essex Street, Westminster.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

BENNETT, Sir John (c.1658-1723)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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