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Benson, John, 1651-1713
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Dates of existence
1651-1713
History
BENSON, JOHN, son of Very Rev. George Benson DD, Dean of Hereford, and Katherine, dau. of Samuel Fell (qv); bapt. 10 Sep 1651; at school 1665; KS 1666; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1669, matr. 15 Jul 1669, aged 17, Westminster Student 28 Apr 1670-82 (void); BA 1673; MA 1675/6; ordained; Prebendary of Chichester from 11 Feb 1680/1; Rector of Cradley, Herefs., from 9 Jun 1682/3; Prebendary of Hereford from 11 Feb 1690/1; Rector of Upper Ledbury, Herefs., from 4 May 1702; m. 19 Dec 1681 Catharine, dau. of Benjamin Martin, Oxford; d. 28 May 1713.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.