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Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett 1508–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 January 1508

Birth Location: Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England

Death Date: abt 1559

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

Father: Dr Bennett

Mother: Mary Fryth

Spouse(s): Lady Tankerille

Children(s): Sir Tankerville, Edward Bennett, John Bennett, Sarah Bennett, Thomas Bennett

The story of Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett began in 1508 in Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England. Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett married Lady Margaryt Margerye Margery Fellow Lamberd Bennett Countess Of Tankerille, and had children including Edward Bennett, John Richard Bennett, Sarah Bennett, Sir Robert L Herbert Bennet Earl Of Tankerville, Thomas Bennett. Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett passed away in 1559 in Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett began in 1508 in Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England.
  • Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett married Lady Margaryt Margerye Margery Fellow Lamberd Bennett Countess Of Tankerille, and had children including Edward Bennett, John Richard Bennett, Sarah Bennett, Sir Robert L Herbert Bennet Earl Of Tankerville, Thomas Bennett.
  • Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett passed away in 1559 in Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England.

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Sir Bennett's Ancestors

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Sir Bennett
1508–1559
Birth Place: Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England
Parents
Dr Thomas Bennett
1487–1547
Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
Mary Fryth
1490–1542
Hindon, Wiltshire, England
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Bennett's Descendants

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Sir (John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron) Bennett (1 January 1508–abt 1559) m. Lady (Margaryt \ Margerye \ Margery Fellow Lamberd - Bennett; Countess of) Tankerille (1505/13–17 Apr 1567)
  1. 1. Sir (Robert l Herbert Bennet, Earl of) Tankerville 1533–1603 m. Lady (Emma Elizabeth Edney, Countess of) Edney 1537–1597
    1. 1. Agnes (Mary Tylghmann) Bennett 1563–1602 m. John Yeoman 1565–1597
      1. 1. Agnes (Ann Yeoman) 2 1592–1662 m. John (Wheeler) 2 1591–1670
        1. 1. Thomas Wheeler 1622–1724
        2. 2. Roger Wheeler –1661
        3. 3. Thomas Wheeler 1629–1670
        4. 4. Edward Wheeler 1612–1668
        5. 5. Joseph Wheeler 1613–1659
        6. 6. Mercy Wheeler 1627–1668
        7. 7. Adam Wheeler 1616–1699
        8. 8. Elizabeth Wheeler 1617–1690
        9. 9. David Wheeler 1618–1661
        10. 10. John Wheeler 1614–1668
        11. 11. William Wheeler 1623–1661
      2. 2. Mary Yeoman 1598–
  2. 2. Edward Bennett 1539–1600
  3. 3. John (Richard) Bennett 1542–1608
  4. 4. Sarah Bennett 1529–
  5. 5. Thomas Bennett –1684

Sir Bennett's Timeline

3 Records

1508
1 January 1508
Birth of Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett in Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England
Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England
1559
abt 1559
Age 51
Death of Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett in Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England
Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England
1562
25 January 1562
Age 54
Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett was married in Aller, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Aller, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 January 1508
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 25 January 1562
    Event Place: Aller, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1559
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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