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Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett 1512 – 1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1512

Birth Location: Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England

Death Date: 3 December 1559/64

Death Location: Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England

Father: Sir Tankerville

Mother: Lady Bennett

Spouse(s): Lady Tankerille, Lady Molyns

Children(s): Sir Tankerville

The story of Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett (GGF-MMMPP) began in 1512 in Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England. Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett (GGF-MMMPP) married Lady Margaryt \ Margerye \ Margery Fellow Lamberd - Bennett; Countess of Tankerille, Lady Agnes Ann, Countess of Tankerville Molyns, and had children including Sir Robert I Herbert Bennett; Earl of Tankerville. Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett (GGF-MMMPP) passed away in 1559 in Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett (GGF-MMMPP) began in 1512 in Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England.
  • Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett (GGF-MMMPP) married Lady Margaryt \ Margerye \ Margery Fellow Lamberd - Bennett; Countess of Tankerille, Lady Agnes Ann, Countess of Tankerville Molyns, and had children including Sir Robert I Herbert Bennett; Earl of Tankerville.
  • Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett (GGF-MMMPP) passed away in 1559 in Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Bennett's Ancestors

Self
Sir Bennett
1512 – 1559
Birth Place: Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England
Parents
Sir John Chesire Bennett, Earl of Tankerville
1488 – 1559
Saughall Massey, Cheshire, England
Lady (Frances Woodcote) Bennett
1487 – 1559
Saughall Massey, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Lady (Ellen Cotes Littleton,) Woodcote
1464 – 1520
Pillaton Hall, Staffordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Pillaton
1448 – 1516
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Bennett's Descendants

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Sir (John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron) Bennett (1512 – 3 December 1559/64) m. Lady (Margaryt \ Margerye \ Margery Fellow Lamberd - Bennett; Countess of) Tankerille (1505/13 – 3 December 1564) m. Lady (Agnes Ann, Countess of Tankerville) Molyns (1 Aug 1505 – 1553)
  1. 1. Sir (Robert I Herbert Bennett; Earl of) Tankerville (10 July 1533 – 19 Sep 1603) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Edney (28 Jun 1537 – 28 Jun 1597) m. Emma (Elizabeth) Edney (10 Jul 1538 – 28 Jun 1597) m. ELIZABETH TISDALE (10 July 1537 – 28 Jun 1597) m. Cecelie Cullie (abt 1538 – 25 Apr 1597) m. Johana1542 (wife of Sir Robert 1 Herbert Bennett, Earl of) Tankerville (1542 – May 02, 1608)
    1. 1. Elizabeth ((Belcher*)) Gilbert*-I (15 June 1559 – 7 September 1645) m. Thomas (Josiah) Gilbert* (17 May 1556 – 21 August 1642)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Gilbert (Abt 1578 – 8 Sep 1614) m. Thomas (Alexander) 2nd (1560 – abt 1648) m. Jonathan Deming (18 Oct 1574 – 8 Jan 1700)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Deming -) IM (04 Oct 1595 – 28 Jul 1683) m. Nathaniel (FOOTE -) IM (21 Sep 1592 – 20 Nov 1644) m. Governor (Thomas Gideon) Welles (10 July 1590 – 14 Jan 1660) m. Thomas Welles (10 Jul 1595 – 14 Jan 1660)

Sir Bennett's Timeline

2 Records

1512
1512
Birth of Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett (GGF-MMMPP) in Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England
Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England
1559
3 December 1559/64
Age 47
Death of Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett (GGF-MMMPP) in Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England
Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1512
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 December 1559/64
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England

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