Bridget Bendish , was a daughter of General Henry Ireton and Bridget, Oliver Cromwell"s eldest daughter.
Background
She was born in Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, England. In 1652, her mother, also named Bridget Ireton (born 7/1624), married General In 1662, her mother died.
And Bridget lived with her stepfather at Stoke Newington, Middlesex, until age 19.
Career
Bridget died early in 1726 at age 76 and was buried in Great Yarmouth. Charles Fleetwood after being widowed by Henry Ireton. They moved to Southtown, adjacent to Great Yarmouth, where he owned salt marshes and a saltworks on Cobholme Island.
In 1672 he was charged with landing coal from the vessel of a non-burgess on the west side of the haven without permission.
Following his recapture and imprisonment, she was allowed access to him in Newgate in November and December 1685. In 1688-1689 she secretly distributed papers recommending the recognition of William III.
According to Say, she labored incessantly in her own household, on her husband"s farm, and at his saltworks, yet was always noted for dignity of mien and the charm of her conversation.
Bridget not only inveighed against the offender for the rest of the journey, but on landing in London snatched another passenger"s sword from its sheath and challenged the slanderer to fight her there and then
Politics
Her politics may well have been sympathetic to the whig exclusionists. In 1689 the Reverend Rowland Davies visited Bendish" house "and saw all his contrivance to make salt." Archbishop Tillotson introduced Bridget to Queen Mary in 1694, and a pension was promised her, but it was never granted owing to the death of both her patrons immediately after the interview.
Personality
She was always determined to defend her family heritage.