John Hippisley (Parliamentarian)

Sir John Hippisley was an English privateer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1653.

[3] About this time, he purchased from Sir John Leman the manor of Lesnes and the site of Lesnes Abbey in Bexley which he later sold to Sir Thomas Gainsford, of Crowhurst, Surrey.

[6] In 1628 he was re-elected MP for Dover and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.

[3] About this time he sold the manor of Marston Bigot to Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork.

[7] In the Civil War, Hippisley sided with parliament and was commissioner to treat with the king.