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I have just read the burial for my Ancestor Martin(e) Bennet who died 1681 in the parish register Tothill Lincolnshie it says Mr Martine Bennet Rector. could anyone help me find out where he went to be a rector

Thanks

Tothill got a new rector in 1682 (Peter Desforges) - so maybe Martin(e) had been rector there until his death:

http://www.forum.familyhistory.uk.com/showthread.php?t=15106

" . . . . . . Peter Desforges, a French Huguenot who came to England in 1681, presumably to escape persecution in France. He was ordained in the Church of England and sent to Tothill, LINCS in 1682, where he was the rector until his death in 1725."



Also here:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Tothill

http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/locations/index.jsp?locKey=8735

Location: Parish (church): Tothill

Bennet , Martin 1662 Subsc Preacher

Cleric Detail :
Surname Bennet
Forename Martin
Title
Qualification MA

Event Type :
Type Appointment
Date 30/9/1662
Office/Status Preacher
Clerical Status
Location Lincoln diocese//

Other Information :
Source LA, Sub. I (Subscription Book)
Ordinary / Jurisdiction Sanderson, Robert/Lincoln 1660-1663

He could have gone to one of the universities then in existence ........ Oxford and Cambridge spring to mind. Not sure of the others.

If he was one of your ancestors, he presumably was married and had a family, so he would not have been a religieux, ie a friar or monk ordained as a priest.

Just as a matter of interest Charles II had been on the throne since 1682, so England was back to being Catholic, after the Protestantism of Cromwell.

Thanks for your replies will try universities the name Deforges pops up in my tree years after

Not finding him in Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886.

Is this him?? Dates seem to fit with what ArgyllGran found.

Cambridge Alumni

Name: Martin Bennet
College: SIDNEY
Entered: 1653
More Information: Adm. sizar (age 17) at SIDNEY, June 29, 1653. S. of William, minister, of Fulstow, Lincs. School, private. Matric. 1653; B.A. 1656-7; M.A. 1660.

EdiT: If so, looks like father William was a clergyman before him.

Purely speculative, but this guy would have been about 17 yrs old in 1653, as per the Sidney college entry, and has father William (Gulielmi)

Name Martinus Bennet
Residence Place Alford, Lincolnshire, England
Gender Male
Christening Date 1635
Christening Date (Original) 09 OCT 1635
Christening Place ALFORD, LINCS, ENGLAND
Father's Name Gulielmi Bennet
Mother's Name Anna

From

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Indexing Project (Batch) Number C01115-4
System Origin England-VR
GS Film number 1541968

Marriage of the parents of the above?

Name Gulielmus Bennitt
Spouse's Name Anna Guisinge
Event Date 27 Jul 1630
Event Place Alford,Lincoln,England

England Marriages, 1538–1973
Indexing Project (Batch) Number M01115-1
System Origin England-ODM
GS Film number 0599503 IT 3, 421886

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Martin's own marriage?

England Marriages, 1538–1973

Name Martin Bennet
Spouse's Name Dorothy Booker
Event Date 20 Jun 1666
Event Place Brinkhill, Lincoln, England



EDIT: I'm forgetting you may already know Martin's ancestors, and are simply looking for details of his career in the clergy.

This might just be coincidence, but there was a William Bennet who attended Sidney College Cambridge, the same college as the one attended by a Martin Bennet in my earlier post. Admittedly it's not an uncommon name.

Name: William Bennet
College: SIDNEY
More Information: Adm. sizar at SIDNEY, May 18, 1615; B.A. 1618-9; M.A. 1622.

Just to add to my earlier post re Martin being appointed as rector of Tothill in 1662, here's the register of his leaving the post because of death - from the same website:


Vacancy Evidence Record
CCEd Record ID: 250779
Linked to person: Bennet, Martin 1631-1682

Surname Benet
Forename Martinus
Reason natural death
Date 19/6/1682
Office/Status Rector
Clerical Status
Location Tothill//Lincs
Source LA, Register XXXIV (Register)
Ordinary / Jurisdiction Barlow, Thomas/Lincoln 1675-1691

Marriage to Dorothy, as posted by Kucinta, looks correct:


Mary Bennett
from England Births and Christenings
Name Mary Bennett
Gender Female
Christening Date 30 Apr 1667
Christening Date (Original) 30 APR 1667
Christening Place TOTHILL,LINCOLN,ENGLAND
Death Date 01 May 1667
Father's Name Martin Bennett
Mother's Name Dorithie


Anne Bennett
from England Births and Christenings
Name Anne Bennett
Gender Female
Christening Date 30 Dec 1675
Christening Date (Original) 30 DEC 1675
Christening Place TOTHILL,LINCOLN,ENGLAND
Father's Name Martine Bennett
Mother's Name Dorithy


Dorothie Bennett
from England Births and Christenings
Name Dorothie Bennett
Gender Female
Christening Date 08 Feb 1671
Christening Date (Original) 08 FEB 1671
Christening Place TOTHILL,LINCOLN,ENGLAND
Father's Name Martine Bennett
Mother's Name Dorothie


Lydia Bennett
from England Births and Christenings
Name Lydia Bennett
Gender Female
Christening Date 21 Feb 1677
Christening Date (Original) 21 FEB 1677
Christening Place TOTHILL,LINCOLN,ENGLAND
Father's Name Martine Bennett
Mother's Name Dorithie


Martha Bennett
from England Births and Christenings
Name Martha Bennett
Gender Female
Christening Date 18 Oct 1673
Christening Date (Original) 18 OCT 1673
Christening Place TOTHILL,LINCOLN,ENGLAND
Father's Name Martine Bennett
Mother's Name Dorothy


Thomas Bennett
from England Births and Christenings
Name Thomas Bennett
Gender Male
Christening Date 27 Jan 1669
Christening Date (Original) 27 JAN 1669
Christening Place TOTHILL,LINCOLN,ENGLAND
Father's Name Martine Bennett
Mother's Name Dorithie


Rebecca Bennett
from England Births and Christenings
Name Rebecca Bennett
Gender Female
Christening Date 02 Jul 1668
Christening Date (Original) 02 JUL 1668
Christening Place TOTHILL,LINCOLN,ENGLAND
Death Date 06 Jul 1671
Father's Name Martine Bennett
Mother's Name Dorithie


William Bennett
from England Births and Christenings
Name William Bennett
Gender Male
Christening Date 04 Nov 1665
Christening Date (Original) 04 NOV 1665
Christening Place TOTHILL,LINCOLN,ENGLAND
Death Date 10 Jan 1666
Father's Name Martine Bennett
Mother's Name Elizabeth

Thanks again everyone for your help Martin's daughter Martha is my ancestor line Martins wife Dorothy died the year after Martin leaving small children