William Bench

Abt 1533 - 1560  (27 years)

• Name	William Bench
  Birth	Abt 1533	of Lillington, Warwickshire County, Engalnd
  Gender	Male
  Death	1560	Lillington, Warwickshire, England
  Burial	4 May 1560	Lillington, Warwickshire, England
  Person ID	I124677	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Bench,   b. Abt 1515, Lillington, Warwickshire, England d. 1565, Lillington, Warwickshire County, Engalnd (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1515, of Lillington, Warwickshire County, Engalnd d. 1579, Lillington, Warwickshire County, Engalnd (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F46940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family ID	F46738	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2024

  
  

• Notes

  The very old Bench surname records are often transcribed as: Bence/Benct/Benth/Bente/Bonche/Benche...etc Lillington is 7 miles North/Northwest of Southam. Church of England - Saint Nicholas Church parish is located about 4 miles away from Lillington in the town of Kenilworth. In 1555, a William Benche performed an inventory on the probate will and estate of Agnes Mayo of Lillington.  Also mentioned in this document are sons William Mayo, George Mayo, and daughters Margery and Joane.  This will was also witnessed by Thomas Bench (the elder), the likely father of William Bench. Joane Mayo is believed to be have married Phillip Bench, since the name Joane is mentioned on the younger Thomas Bench's baptism record as his mother. It was common to have inventory's done by family or close neighbors, and William was likely a brother of Phillip Bench. The 1565 parish baptism record for the baptism of Thomas Bench baptism lists his parents as Phillip and Joane Bench. Looking at this clerk's writing two lines down, a William Bench is also noted as being buried in 1565. I believe this William was an older brother, or highly likely to be a close family relative, likely named in honor of the William Bench who died in 1560, and was likely an uncle of Phillip. This is also why this William Bench was not mentioned in his fathers will, since he had already died in 1560, well before the will was written. (Research):A William Bench is listed in Holywell records to be of Bleasby, Nottinghamshire, England in 1610.