Anthony Benn

Sir Anthony Benn (–1618) was a barrister, appointed recorder for the town of Kingston upon Thames in 1610, knighted in 1615 and appointed Recorder of London in 1616 shortly before his death in 1618. Early life and education Benn was the first son of Robert Benn, a linen draper of St Nicholas Cole Abbey, London. He had a sister, Anne, who married Edward Goodwyn of Dorking. He matriculated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford, in January 1584, enrolled at the Middle Temple in 1583, and took Bachelor of Arts at Oxford in 1587. Career Benn was called to the bar in 1594, practising in Chancery. Benn was appointed Recorder of Kingston in 1610, raised to the bench and elected Middle Temple autumn reader in 1612, lecturing on the Forcible Entry Act 1429.