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b. 30 Apr. 1553,Notes of Post Mortem Inquisitions taken in Suss. ed. E.W.T. Attree (Suss. Rec. Soc. xiv), 29. o.s. of Thomas Bishop† of Henfield and Elizabeth, illegit. da. of Sir Edward Belknap of Blackfriars, London, wid. of Walter Scott of Stapleford Tawney, Essex. J.W. Fitzwilliam, Parham in Suss. 50-1; HP Commons, 1509-58, i. 436-7; CB, i. 156. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1562; Clifford’s Inn; I. Temple 1572. Al. Ox.; I. Temple database of admiss. m. (1) 19 Sept. 1577, Anne, da. of William Cromer† of Tunstall, Kent, s.p.; (2) c.1589, Jane (bur. 24 Jan. 1637), da. of Sir Henry Weston† of Sutton Place, Surr., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1560; Fitzwilliam, 50-2; E.R. Mores, Hist. and Antiqs. of Tunstall in Kent, 92; H. de Candole, Story of Henfield, 77. Kntd. 7 May 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 104. cr. bt. 24 July 1620. CB, i. 156. d. 26 Nov. 1626. Fitzwilliam, 53. sig. Tho[mas] Bisshoppe.
Offices Held

J.p. Suss. 1578–d.; Cal. Assize Recs. Suss. Indictments, Eliz. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 134; E163/18/12, f. 80v. sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1584 – 85, 1601–2; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 137. capt. militia ft. Suss. c.1585; Harl. 703, f. 18. commr. subsidy 1589, c. 1603, 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, Ibid. f. 1; E179/282/60, rot. 45; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. recusancy 1592, Harl. 703, f. 67v. grain 1595, Ibid. f. 83. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1602 – d., Kent 1603 – 18, Suss. 1604–d., C181/1, ff. 28v, 57, 81; 181/2, f. 320; 181/3, ff. 166, 173. dep. lt. Suss. 1604–d.; Add. 11402, f. 94; E. Suss. RO, L/C/D/1, f. 28. commr. aid 1609, 1612, SP14/43/107; E163/16/21, unfol. pressing of seamen 1620, 1623, 1625, 1626, APC, 1619–21, p. 248; 1621–3, p. 436; 1625–6, p. 29; 1626, p. 13. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1624–d., C181/3, ff. 111, 208. Forced Loan, Suss. 1626. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144.

Marshal, Christmas feast I. Temple, 1579 – 81, 1583 – 89, steward 1590, 1594 – 1602, 1604 – 05, 1610, 1612, 1615 – 16, 1618, 1623, 1626. CITR, i. 301, 314, 326, 359, 370, 397, 450; ii. 6, 12, 53, 69, 92, 97, 109, 140, 157.

Main residence: Parham, Suss.
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Commons 1604-1629
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BISHOPP, Sir Thomas (1553-1626)

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