Thomas Gape (Great Bedwyn MP)

Thomas Gape (died 1678) was an English lawyer, administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.

He entered Middle Temple in 1648 and by 1660 he was steward of the manorial court of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire.

He was instructed by his employer to stand as member of parliament for Great Bedwyn in April 1660 and was blamed for the "hot contest" and double return that followed.

In 1666 he wrote that he did not dare to leave his employer's house in London for fear of a debtors' prison, and on 18 January 1667 he wrote "In above twenty years, I have not been able to make any considerable provision for my wife and children, notwithstanding my diligent performances in this noble family".

When he died at Porton, Wiltshire in 1678, he left £1,000 portions to his two unmarried daughters, and his coach and horses to his wife.