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Birth:          ABT 1550 prob. of Alton, Wiltshire, England

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from http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=23048:

An estate in Pewsey held by Edric in 1086, when it was assessed at 1 hide, (fn. 60) 
may have been that held freely by Henry Sturmy in the earlier 13th century; a mill 
stood on Henry's estate, which apparently descended to him from his father Adam. (fn. 
61) The estate, called Buckler's in 1558, (fn. 62) assessed at 2½ yardlands and 29 a. 
in 1571, (fn. 63) and later called Buckleaze farm, (fn. 64) was held by John Benger in 
the early 15th century. (fn. 65) The John Benger who held it in 1446 (fn. 66) probably 
held it in 1427 and 1452. (fn. 67) It was also held by a John Benger in 1494, (fn. 68) 
and it descended in the direct line from George Benger (d. c. 1538) to John (d. c. 
1560), William (fn. 69) (d. 1571), and John Benger (d. 1609). (fn. 70) In 1615 the 
estate was sold by William Benger to Sir William Button. (fn. 71) Thereafter it 
descended with Lyneham manor in the Button and Walker families to John Walker-
Heneage, (fn. 72) who in 1797 sold it to F. D. Astley (d. 1818), the owner of much 
land in Kepnal and Southcott tithings. In 1826 Sir John Astley gave it to the heirs and 
devisees of Anthony Mills in an exchange, (fn. 73) and in 1839, when it measured 60 
a., Buckleaze farm belonged to Samuel Robbins. (fn. 74) Its later descent has not 
been traced.

From: 'Pewsey', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 16: 
Kinwardstone Hundred  (1999), pp. 181-207. URL: http://www.british-
history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=23048. Date accessed: 08 April 2006.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=102793 (3 Feb 2013)
Another estate was held of the priory by members of the Benger family, apparently from 
at least 1361 when a Richard Benger lived in Oare. (fn. 144) It was held in 1523 by 
John Benger. (fn. 145) John had a son Richard (d. c. 1554) who presumably held the 
land, and Richard was succeeded by his son John (d. 1570). John's eldest son 
Matthew held the land until his death c. 1591. (fn. 146) The Bengers' land in Oare was 
apparently held in tail male and, since Matthew's only son Joseph had predeceased 
him, it probably passed to his first cousin Edmund Benger. (fn. 147) George Benger, 
probably Edmund's heir, died holding the land in 1614. His son George was born 
posthumously, and the land was held by his widow and her husband Richard Glass. 
(fn. 148) George Benger (d. 1678 or 1679) entered the land in 1635 although Richard 
Glass continued to hold the dower portion. (fn. 149) From at least 1697 until 1721 the 
land was held by John Benger. It passed to his daughter, the wife of a George Benger, 
who held it in her right between 1722 and 1732. (fn. 150) Another John Benger held it 
from 1733 to 1754, (fn. 151) but its subsequent descent is not clear. The land, 
apparently some 113 a. in 1839, (fn. 152) belonged in 1780 to a Mr. Tugey and from 
1781 to 1800 to his widow Grace, the wife of the Revd. Richard Trickey. (fn. 153) It 
passed to Grace's daughter Jane, the wife of Augustus Frederick von Dachenhausen, 
but was sold to the Revd. James Rogers in 1823. (fn. 154) It thus became part of the 
Rainscombe estate. (fn. 155) 

From: 'Parishes: Wilcot', A History of the County of 
Wiltshire: Volume 10 (1975), pp. 190-204. URL: http://www.british-
history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=102793  Date accessed: 04 February 2013.


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BENGER George (1576 - 5 Mar 1613)

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