Family and Education
b. c. 1556, yr. s. of ?William Benson (d.1565), cardmaker and common cllr. of Ludlow. educ. appr. (ironmonger); m. 5 May 1578, Anne (bur. 27 Oct. 1609), da. of Alderman Richard Rascoll alias Rosegrave of Ludlow, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. bur. 4 Nov. 1609 4 Nov. 1609.M. Faraday, Ludlow 1085-1660, p. 134; Ludlow (Salop par. reg. soc. xiii), 10, 87, 93, 98, 104, 108, 257, 298.
Offices Held
Freeman, Ludlow 1580, member, Hammermen’s guild 1580, churchwarden 1587 – 88, common cllr. 1590 – 1601, chamberlain 1593 – 94, low bailiff 1596 – 97, town renter 1600 – 06, alderman 1601 – d., high bailiff 1603 – 04, coroner 1604–5.
Main residence: Old Street ward, Ludlow, Salop.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title
BENSON, Richard (c.1556-1609)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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