Sir Thomas Biggs (c. 1542 – 4 May 1613) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1604. Biggs was the son of Thomas Biggs and his wife Magdalene Hoby. He built a mansion at Lenchwick. In 1593 he was

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. He became a J.P. in 1601. He was knighted on 23 July 1603. In 1604, he was appointed an alderman of Evesham by the charter on 2 March 1604 and was elected

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for

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and sat until 1611. He was re-appointed on 3 April 1605. W R Williams ''Parliamentary History of the County of Worcester''
/ref> Biggs died at the age of about 70 and was buried in Abbot's Norton Church. Biggs married Ursula Throckmorton, daughter of Clement Throckmorton of Haseley Warwickshire. His son

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became a

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Biggs, Thomas 1542 births 1614 deaths English MPs 1604–1611 Year of birth uncertain High Sheriffs of Worcestershire People from Evesham