Biography of Thomas Bisshopp 1st Baronet 1553-1626
Paternal Family Tree: Bisshop
In or before 1552 [his father] Thomas Bisshopp of Henfield in Surrey (age 46) and [his mother] Elizabeth Belknap were married.
On 30 Apr 1553 Thomas Bisshopp 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Bisshopp of Henfield in Surrey (age 47) and Elizabeth Belknap.
In 1560 [his father] Thomas Bisshopp of Henfield in Surrey (age 54) died. His son Thomas Bisshopp 1st Baronet (age 6) became a ward of Richard Sackville (age 53) and then his son Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset (age 24).
On 06 Sep 1602 [his son] Edward Bisshopp 2nd Baronet was born to Thomas Bisshopp 1st Baronet (age 49) and [his wife] Jane Weston (age 49).
On 07 May 1603 during his journey south King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 36) stayed at Theobalds House, Hertfordshire as a guest of William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley.
King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland knighted:
Gervase Helwys (age 41)
John Leventhorpe 1st Baronet (age 43)
Michael Stanhope (age 54).
On 24 Jul 1620 Thomas Bisshopp 1st Baronet (age 67) was created 1st Baronet Bisshopp of Parham in Sussex.
In or before 1625 [his son] Edward Bisshopp 2nd Baronet (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Tufton (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet (age 46) and Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet (age 43).
On 26 Nov 1626 Thomas Bisshopp 1st Baronet (age 73) died. His son [his son] Edward Bisshopp 2nd Baronet (age 24) succeeded 2nd Baronet Bisshopp of Parham in Sussex.
GrandFather: Edward Belknapp of Blackfriars in London
Mother: Elizabeth Belknap