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Sir Robert, Herbert Bennett 1533 – 1603 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Jul 1533

Birth Location: Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England

Death Date: 19 Sep 1603

Death Location: Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England

Father: Sir Bennett

Mother: Frances Woodcote

Spouse(s): Lady Edney

Children(s): Agnes Bennett

It was in 1533 that Sir Robert Herbert Bennett , Earl of Tankerville, 1st Baron Bennett was born in Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England, a child of Sir John Pytt Cheshire Bennett and Frances Woodcote. Sir Robert Herbert Bennett , Earl of Tankerville, 1st Baron Bennett went on to marry Lady Elizabeth Edney and had children such as Agnes Mary Bennett. Sir Robert Herbert Bennett , Earl of Tankerville, 1st Baron Bennett was deceased by 1603 in Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England.

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Parents

Sir Bennett
1480 – 1559
Birth Location: Saughall Massey, Cheshire, England
SB
Frances Woodcote
1487 – 1559
Birth Location: Saughall Massey, Cheshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Edney
1537 – 1597
Birth Location: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
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Children(s)

Agnes Bennett
1563 – 1598
Birth Location: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 10 Jul 1533
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 10 Jul 1558
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Wyvelscombe, Somerset, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 102

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 19 Sep 1603
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 19 Sep 1603
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
    Record Source: Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812, Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\wiv/2/1/1
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