John Bennet 1623/4-93
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John BENNET or BENNETT 1623/4-93
Biographical Note
BA Clare College, Cambridge 1624. Rector of Whitwick, Leicestershire (ejected 1662); spent time in London after the Restoration, and licensed to preach in Littleover, Derbyshire 1672.
Books
Bennet's library was auctioned in London, 18.5.1694. The sale catalogue contains 1613 lots, divided between Latin and Greek theology, history, philology, etc (749 lots), medicine (110), French, Italian and Spanish books (50), and English divinity, history, etc (704).
Sources
- Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
- Bibliotheca Bennetitiana, [London, 1694], ESTC r170506.
- Matthews, A. G. Calamy revised. Oxford, 1934.
- Venn, J. & J. A. Alumni Cantabrigienses. Cambridge, 1922.