The Bendish Baronetcy, of Steeple Bumpstead

Steeple Bumpstead

Steeple Bumpstead is a village near Braintree, Essex, England, south of Haverhill.The parish church does not actually have a steeple, however the Congregational Church has a small Victorian one. It is believed that the Steeple referred to was actually located on the A1307 close to what is now the...

 in the County of Essex, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 29 June 1611 for Thomas Bendish. The second Baronet was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1647 to 1655. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1717.

Bridget Bendish

Bridget Bendish

Bridget Bendish , was a daughter of General Henry Ireton and Bridget, Oliver Cromwell's eldest daughter. She married Thomas Bendish, in 1670 and is said to have compromised herself in the Rye House Plot of 1683.-References:...

 was the wife of Thomas Bendish, younger son of the second Baronet.

Bendish Baronets, of Steeple Bumpstead (1611)

• Sir Thomas Bendish, 1st Baronet (c. 1568–1636)
• Sir Thomas Bendish, 2nd Baronet (c. 1607–c. 1674)
• Sir John Bendish, 3rd Baronet (c. 1630–1707)
• Sir Henry Bendish, 4th Baronet (c. 1674–1717)