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appeared before the House of Lords, he said that he could account for all but £4,000 of the money that had passed through his hands. He was bailed in the sum of £20,000 and ordered to pay to Oxford
University £1,000 that he still had as executor of Thomas Bodley's estate: he only paid £550. When the case was eventually tried, Bennet's counsel put up a weak defence. Bennet was fined £20,000, but punishments of imprisonment and disqualification from office were later lifted. It was said that his profiteering from his post overshadowed that of
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191:, retaining his positions in York as commissary until 1609 and chancellor until 1624. He was elected MP for Ripon again in 1604. During his time in Parliament, he defended the ecclesiastical courts but was unsuccessful in preventing a bill prohibiting married men residing with their families in the colleges of
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Parliament of extracting bribes and excessive fees in his judicial work. The issue was debated in his absence, Bennet pleading ill-health, and it was decided that he should be expelled from the House of Commons and the case referred to the House of Lords. He was placed under house arrest. When he
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of
Salisbury, and had four sons and two daughters. She died in 1601 and he married secondly Elizabeth Lowe, daughter of Sir Thomas Lowe, alderman of London. She died in 1614 and he married thirdly Leonora daughter of Adrian Vierandeels of Antwerp, a widow.
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199:. He was a member of the High Court of Delegates, hearing appeals from ecclesiastical and admiralty courts, and the Court of High Commission. In 1608 he was appointed Master in Chancery in Ordinary and in 1611 was appointed to the council of
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Yorkshire. He advanced his career in other areas, serving as a legal adviser to a commission negotiating with Scotland about the security of the border, and in 1599 was appointed to the
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between 1597 and 1621. His career ended in controversy after he was found guilty of extorting bribes and excessive fees.
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by special dispensation on 6 July 1589. In the following year was admitted as an advocate in the
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Bennet, who was interested in the affairs of Oxford
University, was asked by
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239:: "Sir John Bennet hath made my Lord Chancellor an honest man".
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Bennet began his career as vicar-general and chancellor in the
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247:Bennet married firstly Alice Weekes daughter of
111:on 15 June 1580. In 1583 he was incorporated at
59:Bennet was the second son of Richard Bennet of
230:in 1614 and 1621. However, he was accused by
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690:People from Abingdon-on-Thames
398:Doyle, Sheila (January 2008).
218:to act as fund-raiser for the
87:. He was probably educated at
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436:"Bennet, John (d.1627)"
433:Rigg, James McMullen (1885).
119:in 1585. He was awarded his
79:. She was the half-sister of
171:In 1597, Bennet was elected
16:English judge and politician
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675:17th-century English judges
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166:Council of the North
605:Sir Thomas Crompton
559:Christopher Perkins
499:Christopher Perkins
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249:Christopher Weekes
149:Archbishop of York
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620:Oxford University
588:Succeeded by
563:John Thornborough
542:Succeeded by
503:John Thornborough
496:Succeeded by
467:Anthony Wingfield
228:Oxford University
216:Sir Thomas Bodley
185:Prerogative Court
95:in Abingdon (now
83:, the founder of
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89:John Roysse
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