Family and Education
bap. 24 Aug. 1649, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Hon. Philip Sherard. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1666. m. by 1679, Dorothy (d.1744), da. of Henry Fairfax, 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron [S], wid. of Robert Stapylton of Wighill, Yorks., 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 6da. suc. fa. 1695.Nichols, Leics. ii. 338, 342, 346.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Rutland 1679 – 80, 1689 – 90, Yorks. (W. Riding) and York 1690; j.p. Rutland 1689 – d., dep. lt. 1690 – d.; capt. of militia horse by 1697–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Whissendine, Rutland.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
SHERARD, Bennet (1649-1701)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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