Family and Education
b. c. 1615, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Edward Bysshe of Burstow and Lincoln’s Inn by Mary, da. of John Turner of Ham, Bletchingley. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 1633, aged 18; L. Inn, entered 1627, called 1634. m. 5 Nov. 1635, Margaret, da. of John Greene, Haberdasher, of Old Jewry, London and Boyshall, Essex, 3s. suc. fa. 1655. Kntd. 20 Apr. 1661.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 23; Wood, Ath. Oxon. iii. 1218; J. Comber, Suss. Genealogies Ardingly, 65; Manning and Bray, Surr. ii. 318; EHR, xliii. 389.
Offices Held
Commr. for levying money, Surr. 1643, defence 1645, j.p. 1646 – 53, 1659 – July 1660, Aug. 1660 – d., commr. for assessment 1647 – 48, Aug. 1660 – d.; bencher, L. Inn 1658; commr. for militia, Surr. Mar. 1660, recusants 1675.
Commr. for abuses in heraldry 1646; Garter king of arms 1646 – May 1660, Clarenceux 1650 – 58, 1661–d.
FRS 1663.
Main residence: Smallfield Place, Burstow, Surr.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BYSSHE, Edward (c.1615-79)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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