Philip Bisse (1667 – 6 September 1721) was an English bishop.
Life
He was born in Oldbury-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire, the son of John Bisse, a clerk and educated at
Winchester College
Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of ...
and
New College, Oxford, ordained in 1686 and graduating M.A. in 1693. He was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathemat ...
in March, 1706.
He was
Bishop of St David's
The Bishop of St Davids is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St Davids.
The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the city of St Davids in Pembrokeshire, ...
from 1710 to 1713. In 1713 he became the
Bishop of Hereford, a post he held until his death in 1721. He was on the
Commission for Building Fifty New Churches.
In 1705, he married Lady Bridget Osborne, widow of
Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth
Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth (1657 – 17 October 1680) was the illegitimate son of King Charles II of England, by Catherine Pegge. He had a sister called Catherine FitzCharles who is believed to have become a nun. His mother went o ...
and daughter of
Sir Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds and Bridget Bertie.
Rt. Rev. Philip Bisse
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Family
His brother, the Rev. Dr. Thomas Bisse, was the Chancellor of Hereford Cathedral and in 1724 organised a "Music Meeting" which subsequently became the Three Choirs Festival
200px, Worcester cathedral
200px, Gloucester cathedral
The Three Choirs Festival is a music festival held annually at the end of July, rotating among the cathedrals of the Three Counties (Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester) and originally featu ...
.
Thomas, like his brother was son of John Bisse, of Oldbury-on-Severn
Oldbury-on-Severn is a small village near the mouth of the River Severn in the South Gloucestershire district of the county of Gloucestershire in the west of England. The parish, which includes the village of Cowhill had a population at the 2011 ...
, co. Gloucester. He matriculated at New College on 30 Sept 1691, aged 16; was a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Corpus Christi College (formally, Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford; informally abbreviated as Corpus or CCC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1517, it is the 12t ...
, was awarded BA in 1695, MA on 2 Mar 1698–9, BD in 1708, and DD on 27 Jan 1712–13. He was a preacher at the Rolls Chapel, London, 1715. Prebend of Hereford 1713, chancellor of Hereford (cathedral) 1716. He was rector of Cradley and a portion of Ledbury 1713, and of Weston-under-Penyard, co. Hereford, 1716. He died on 22 April 1731, aged 56.
A descendant and last of the line was Thomas Chaloner Bisse (1788–1872).
Notes
References
* Clergydatabase
* Foster's works on Oxford and things Ecclesiastical
Some sermons
*''The Merit and Usefulness of Building Churches. A Sermon Preach'd at the Opening of the Church of St. Marie in the Town and County of Southampton on Christmas-day, 1711'', by Thomas Bisse''.
::printed for Henry Clements, in Oxford; and are to be sold by Henry Clements, ondon 1712. (26 pages)
*''A Course of Sermons on the Lord's-prayer Preach'd at the Rolls by the Revd. Thomas Bisse''. Printed from the author's original manuscripts, and publish'd by Thomas Bisse, A.M. Chaplain of All-Souls-College, Oxon., 1740, (284 pages).
*''The Beauty of Holiness in the Common-prayer: As Set Forth in Four Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel, in the Year 1716''. By Tho. Bisse,
::printed by W. Bowyer, for W. Taylor; and W. and J. Innys, 1720. (173 pages)
1667 births
1721 deaths
Bishops of St Davids
Bishops of Hereford
18th-century Church of England bishops
Fellows of the Royal Society
18th-century Welsh Anglican bishops
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