Family: De Benthall, Lord John Burnell / De Benthall, Margery (F69)

• Male De Benthall, Lord John Burnell

  
  

  Birth
  Death	Bef 6 Aug 1317
  Burial
  Marriage	Abt 1300  [1]
  Father	Burnell, Robert | F32 Group Sheet
  Mother

  
  

  Female De Benthall, Margery

  
  

  Birth
  Death
  Burial
  Other Spouse	De Ethelaston, Roger | F741
  Marriage
  Father	De Benthall, Philip | F1452 Group Sheet
  Mother

  
  

  Male De Benthall, Hamo

  
  

  Birth
  Death	Aft 1317
  Burial

  
  

  Male De Benthall, Henry

  
  

  Birth
  Death	Aft 1317
  Burial

  
  

  Male + De Benthall, Philip

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1284
  Death	Aft 1332
  Burial
  Spouse	Petronilla | F67
  Marriage

  
  

• Notes

  Married: "When you get the Roll you will see what is probably the most interesting thing of all in the Bentall tree: In about 1290 Margery was left without brothers to inherit the Bentall estate, so the Bishop of Bath and Wells called Burnell, who later became the Lord Chancellor of England, and whose name is in the Bishop's Chapel in Wells to this day, has the slightly awkward problem of a bastard son whom he wants to place somewhere nice. Seeing Margery has a jolly attractive place and could do with a husband, young Burnell comes to tea and takes on the position of Master of the Bentall estate. The happy (we hope) couple then have heirs who are our ancestors, so Bentalls are not really Bentalls but Burnells. Because priests, Bishops and suchlike, weren't meant to have kids, it wasn't widely advertised so Burnell kept the name Bentall. I see Margery married someone else later on... _HTITL: Husband _WTITL: Wife

  
  

• Sources

  [S418] Clive Grainger, [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),], Clive Grainger (Reliability: 3).