Humphrey Bishop

Humphrey Bishop (c 1612 - 1675) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661.

Bishop was the eldest son of John Bishop of Chilcombe, Dorset and his wife Elizabeth Hawley, daughter of Francis Hawley of Buckland Sororum, Somerset and Corfe Castle, Dorset.

He was one of those nominated to become Knight of the Royal Oak with an estate valued £800 per annum.

In 1662, he became a Freeman of Lyme Regis, a commissioner for loyal and indigent officers and a J.P.

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