Sir Edward Bishopp, 2nd Baronet (1602 – April 1649) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1626 and in 1640. He supported the

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cause in the

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. Bishopp was the son of Thomas Bishopp of

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, Sussex, and his second wife Jane Weston, daughter of Richard Weston of Sutton Surrey. George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 1'' 1900
/ref> He was born 6 September 1602. He matriculated at

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on 22 October 1619, aged 18 and was a student of the

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in 1620. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Bennell-Bloye', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 106-141. Date accessed: 21 May 2012
/ref> He was knighted at Hampton Court on 18 December 1625 and succeeded to the

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on the death of his father in 1626. In 1626, he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for

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. In 1627 Bishopp killed Henry Shirley when Shirley attempted to collect a £40 annual annuity that Bishopp owed him under the terms of a bequest. After initially escaping, Bishopp was captured, charged with manslaughter and sentenced to be burnt on the hand. He was later pardoned on condition that he paid the annuity to the victim's elder brother, which he never did. He was nevertheless named

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in 1636. In April 1640, Bishopp was elected MP for

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in the

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. He was re-elected in the

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in November 1640 until his election was declared void in December. He supported the King in the civil war and was governor of

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on behalf of the King in 1643 and was taken prisoner at the surrender of the castle in January 1644. His estates were sequestrated and he compounded in October 1644. He was fined £7,500 in October 1645 which was later reduced to £4,790. In about 1626 Bishopp married Mary Tufton, daughter of Nicholas Tufton, Earl of Thanet and Frances Cecil, the daughter of Thomas Cecil, Earl of Exeter and Dorothy Neville. Bishopp died at the age of about 47 and was succeeded briefly in the baronetcy by his son Thomas, born 3 Dec 1627. In 1651, Thomas, his mother Mary, and sisters Frances, Diana, Christina, and Mary, successfully appealed for the portion of Bishopp's estate that was intended for the maintenance of his widow and daughters to be released from sequestration. Thomas died unmarried and without issue in 1652 and was succeeded by his brother Cecil (c. 1635 – 3 June 1705).

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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Bishopp, Edward 1602 births 1649 deaths Cavaliers Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1626 English MPs 1640 (April) High sheriffs of Sussex People from Parham, West Sussex