BENCE, Alexander (c.1547-1613), of Aldeburgh, Suff.

Family and Education

b. c. 1547, 1st s. of John Bence of Aldeburgh, mariner and Joan, da. of William Wigenhall, burgess of Aldeburgh. T.S. Hill, Regs. of Par. of Thorington, ped. bet. pp. 100-1, 105; PROB 11/59, f. 106v; 11/53, f. 331v. m. 2 Sept. 1571, Mary (d. c.Jan. 1610), da. of Thomas Squire, of Aldeburgh, merchant, 9s. (5 d.v.p.), 2da. suc. fa. 1577. d. 27 Jan. 1613. Hill, 101-2, 105; PROB 11/106, ff. 14v-15.

Offices Held

Chamberlain, Aldeburgh, Suff. 1573 – 74, bailiff, 1586 – 87, 1592 – 93, 1598, 1606 – 07, 1611–12 and one other occasion, Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE1/I2/1, ff. 68v, 212; EE1/C1/1, f. 2; Recs. of Bor. of Aldeburgh ed. A.T. Winn, 27, 30, 33. capital burgess by 1606–d.; C66/1708, m. 24. commr. subsidy, Aldeburgh, Suff. 1607. E179/239/181.

Member, Virg. Co. by 1609. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 219.

Parlimentarian

BENCE, Alexander (c.1547-1613), of Aldeburgh, Suff.

Main residence: Aldeburgh, Suff.

Author

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BENCE, Alexander (c.1547-1613)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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