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Christopher Bennett 1576–1603 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1576

Birth Location: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 28 August 1603

Death Location: Somerset, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Tankerville

Mother: Lady Edney

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Christopher Bennett was born in 1576 in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Robert I Herbert Bennett Earl Of Tankerville And Lady Emma Elizabeth Edney Countess Of Edney. Christopher Bennett passed away in 1603 in Somerset, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Christopher Bennett was born in 1576 in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Robert I Herbert Bennett Earl Of Tankerville And Lady Emma Elizabeth Edney Countess Of Edney.
  • Christopher Bennett passed away in 1603 in Somerset, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.

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Christopher Bennett's Ancestors

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Christopher Bennett
1576–1603
Birth Place: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Robert I Herbert Bennett; Earl of Tankerville
1533–1603
Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
Lady (Emma Elizabeth Edney, Countess of) Edney
1537–1597
Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (John Pytt Bennett, KO, Earl of Tankerville, 1st) Ba
1508–1564
Wiveliscombe, shire, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaryt) Margerye
1505–1564
Wiveliscombe, shire, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Sir (John "Earl of Tankerville" John Pytt) Bennett
1510–1564
Pyt House, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England
Lady (Anstie Tomson Hyde) Spicer
1512–1616
Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Bennett
1480–1565
Mary (Ashlock)
1485–1542
Thomas Bennet
1487–1547
Mary Bache
1485–1546
Nicholas (Adney)
1487–1558
Agnes Warren
1493–1531
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Christopher Bennett's Timeline

2 Records

1576
1576
Birth of Christopher Bennett in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1603
28 August 1603
Age 27
Death of Christopher Bennett in Somerset, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Somerset, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1576
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 August 1603
    Event Place: Somerset, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

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