BENCE, John (1622-88), of Bevis Marks, London.

Family and Education

bap. 30 Oct. 1622, 1st s. of Alexander Bence* of Aldeburgh, Suff. and London and 1st w. Anne Aylett of Rendham, Suff.Carlton par. reg.; London Vis. 1664 (Harl. Soc. xcii.), 19; Regs. of the Par. of Thorington ed. T.S. Hill (1884), pedigree; Burke’s Irish Family Records, ed. H. Montgomery-Massingberd (1976), 641. m. (1) betw. 1650-1653, Judith, da. of Peter Andrews, merchant, of London, 1s. d.v.p. 1da.;PROB11/213/681; Regs. of Christenings, Marriages and Burials of the Par. of Allhallows London Wall ed. E.B. Jupp and R. Hovenden (1878), 306, 307; London Vis. 1664, 19. (2) 16 Dec. 1661, Joan (d. 16 Jan. 1685), da. of Sampson Cotton, merchant, of London, wid. of John Wood, merchant, of London, s.p.St Leonard, Eastcheap, par. reg.; Regs. Allhallows London Wall, 469; MI, All Hallows London Wall, London; CSP Dom. Add. 1660-85, p. 164. suc. fa. by Nov. 1662. d. 4 Mar. 1688.HP Commons 1660-1690.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Grocers’ Co. 1647; liveryman, 1649;GL, MS 11592A, unfol.; MS 11588/4, pp. 204–5. asst. 1664 – 87; second warden, July 1667 – July 1668; upper warden, July 1668-July 1669.GL, MS 11588/4, pp. 705, 779–80; MS 11588/5, p. 6; List of the Wardens of the Grocers’ Co. ed. W.W. Grantham (1907), 30. Capital burgess, Aldeburgh ?-aft. Oct. 1662.HMC Var. iv. 311. Alderman, Bishopgate ward, London 15 Nov. 1664–25 May 1665.Aldermen of London, i. 41. Dep. lt. London 1676–?83.Woodhead, Rulers of London, 29.

Local: commr. assessment, Aldeburgh 23 June 1647, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1672, 1677, 1679; Suff. 1 June 1660, 1661; London 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sewers, Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658 – aft.June 1659, 29 Jan. 1670;C181/6, pp. 294, 362; C181/7, p. 525. poll tax, Suff. 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Central: jt. farmer of add. customs, 1662–7.CTB, i. 687. Jt. recvr. of crown rents, Ireland 1665–70.CSP Ire. 1663–5, p. 612; 1666–9, pp. 148, 468; 1669–70, pp. 174, 331. Commr. policies of assurances, 6 Oct. 1666-aft. Mar. 1671.C181/7, pp. 368, 577. Jt. farmer of revenue, Ireland 1669–75.CSP Ire. 1666–9, p. 689; 1669–70, p. 626.

Mercantile: asst. Royal Adventurers into Africa, 1663 – 72; sec. by 1665. 1672 – 74CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 541. Asst. Royal Africa Co., 1675 – 78, 1680 – 83, 1685–8.Docs. Illustrative of the Hist. of the Slave Trade ed. E. Donnan (Washington DC, 1930–5), i. 179, 180, 183; K.G. Davies, The Royal African Company (1957), 378. Freeman, E.I. Co. 1678.HP Commons 1660–1690.

: of Bevis Marks, London.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BENCE, John (1622-88), of Bevis Marks, London.

Will

26 Mar. 1686, pr. 16 Mar. 1688.PROB11/392/12.

Estates

inherited land at Aldeburgh, Haslewood and Friston, Suff. from his fa. 1662.PROB11/311/477.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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