BISHOP, John III (d.1477), of Taunton, Som.

Family and Education

s. of William Bishop by his w. Margaret. E328/180. m. by 1434, C44/28/3. Alice, prob. da. and h. of Thomas Osborne, wid. of John Bowe† of Taunton, CP40/716, rot. 367d; C1/16/559; Som. Feet of Fines (Som. Rec. Soc. xxii), 92-93. ?s.p.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. election, Taunton 1472.

Keeper of the park of Pounsford near Taunton by appointment of Bp. Beaufort of Winchester 28 Jan. 1445, by appointment of Bp. Waynflete 1 June 1465–d. Reg. Common Seal (Hants Rec. Ser. ii), nos. 284, 359, 388; C67/40, m. 30.

Portreeve, Taunton, Mich. 1448–9. Hants RO, bp. of Winchester’s pipe rolls, 11M59/B1/186 (formerly 159440).

Porter of Taunton castle by Mich. 1461–d. Ibid. 11M59/B1/195, 197, 203 (formerly 155830, 155832, 155838); Reg. Common Seal, no. 358.

Parlimentarian

BISHOP, John III (d.1477), of Taunton, Som.

Main residence: Taunton, Som.

Bisshop, Busshop, Byshopp

Author

H.W.K.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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