De Benthall, Lord John Burnell^[1]

- Bef 1317

• Name	De Benthall, John Burnell
  Prefix	Lord
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 6 Aug 1317
  Person ID	I4093	Emmert-Tipton
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Burnell, Robert,   b. Abt 1239   d. 25 Oct 1292 (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	De Benthall, Margery
  Marriage	Abt 1300  [2]
  	"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
  Children	1. De Benthall, Hamo   d. Aft 1317   2. De Benthall, Henry   d. Aft 1317 + 3. De Benthall, Philip,   b. Abt 1284   d. Aft 1332 (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F69	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Called Lord of Benthall

  
  

• Sources

  [S42] Shirley F. Bentall, The Charles Bentall Story, (Vanvouver, British Columbia: The Bentall Group, 1986.), 186. (Reliability: 3). [S418] Clive Grainger, [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),], Clive Grainger (Reliability: 3).