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Sir John Bennet was a civil lawyer, ecclesiastical judge, diplomat, royal commissioner, university administrator, politician, and devotional writer, who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1621. Educated at both Oxford and Cambridge, he held many senior legal and ecclesiastical offices including Chancellor of Queen Anne's Household, Vicar General and Chancellor of the Diocese of York, Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Master in Chancery in ordinary, to name but a few. He served repeatedly as a member of parliament, representing Ripon, York, and Oxford University, he sat on numerous royal commissions, acted as envoy to Brussels, rebuilt the University Schools at Oxford alongside Sir Thomas Bodley, and was a Founding Governor of Pembroke College. Regarded in his lifetime as one of Oxford University's "three worthies," Bennet played an influential role in the academic, legal, and political life of Early-Stuart England. His career eventually ended in controversy after he was found guilty of extorting bribes and excessive fees, though his family retained their estates. Whilst confined to Fleet Prison, he wrote his devotional work The Psalme of Mercy or, A Meditation vpon the 51. Psalme, by a true Penitent which gives deep insight into the mind of a man grappling with the moral and psychological consequences of sin, temptation, and self-examination.

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Sir John Bennet was a civil lawyer, ecclesiastical judge, diplomat, royal commissioner, university administrator, politician, and devotional writer, who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1621. Educated at both Oxford and Cambridge, he held many senior legal and ecclesiastical offices including Chancellor of Queen Anne's Household, Vicar General and Chancellor of the Diocese of York, Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Master in Chancery in ordinary, to name but a few. He served repeatedly as a member of parliament, representing Ripon, York, and Oxford University, he sat on numerous royal commissions, acted as envoy to Brussels, rebuilt the University Schools at Oxford alongside Sir Thomas Bodley, and was a Founding Governor of Pembroke College. Regarded in his lifetime as one of Oxford University's "three worthies," Bennet played an influential role in the academic, legal, and political life of Early-Stuart England. His career eventually ended in controversy after he was found guilty of extorting bribes and excessive fees, though his family retained their estates. Whilst confined to Fleet Prison, he wrote his devotional work The Psalme of Mercy or, A Meditation vpon the 51. Psalme, by a true Penitent which gives deep insight into the mind of a man grappling with the moral and psychological consequences of sin, temptation, and self-examination.

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Occupation: judge, politician
Position held: Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1597-98 Parliament, Member of the 1601 Parliament, Member of the 1604-11 Parliament
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
Born: 1553
Died: February 15, 1627, 1627

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