Benton History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Benton family

The surname Benton was first found in Warwickshire at Binton, a parish, in the union of Stratford-Upon-Avon, Stratford division of the hundred of Barlichway. “This place is written Benintone in Domesday Book, and a family of the same name were lords of the manor during several reigns.” 1

Alternatively the family could have originated at Little Benton, Longbenton in Northumberland, where the place name literally meant ‘dweller at the farm where bent grass or beans grow’, from the Old English word beonet/ bean + tun. 2 3 4

A scan of early rolls revealed that William de Benton held lands in Suffolk according to the Feet of Fines for 1234. Later, Simon de Beneton was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Worcestershire in 1275 and Richard Benton was listed in the Assize Rolls for London in 1450. 2

Early History of the Benton family

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