Family and Education
b. c. 1552, 2nd s. of Richard Bisse by Mary, da. of Joseph Carter. educ. Magdalen Coll. Oxf. 1571, BA 1573, fellow 1574-84, MA 1577; incorp. Camb. 1581, DD. 1596. m. Mary, da. of Geoffrey Upton.
Offices Held
Canon, Bath and Wells 1583, canon residentiary 1585, sub-dean 1585; auditor 1586 – 87, 1588 – 89, 1589 – 90, 1590 – 91, 1596 – 97, 1597 – 98, 1598 – 99, 1599 – 1600, 1600 – 01, 1605 – 06, 1606 – 07, 1607 – d., surveyor of houses 1587 – 88, 1592 – 93, 1598 – 99, 1601 – 02, 1605 – 06, 1606 – 07; master of fabric 1590 – 91, 1591 – 92, 1599 – 1600, 1600 – 01; steward 1607 – d.
Prebendary of Warminster 1583, of Compton Bishop 1596; rector of Mells 1583 – 89; vicar of Bishop’s Lydiard 1586 – 89; rector of Christian Malford 1590 – 1607, of Blagdon 1597–1607.
Freeman, Wells 1584; j.p. Som. by 1588.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Wells, Som.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
BISSE, James (c.1552-1607)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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