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Thomas Pigott (Bedfordshire MP)

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Doddershall House, Pigott family estate

Thomas Pigott (c. 1526 – 1579) was an English politician.

Career

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Thomas Pigott of Doddershall was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1552–3, and in 1557-8, and a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Bedfordshire in 1559. [1]

He was married to Katherine Langston, daughter of Christopher Langston, Buckinghamshire. They had one son named Thomas Pigott, Justice of the Peace, who became the father of Thomas Pigott (Aylesbury MP). He also had a daughter named Elizabeth, who married to Judge John Lloyd.

References

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  1. ^ Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. ISBN 9781461045137.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
1559
With: John St John
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
1552–1553
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Sir Robert Peckham
High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
1557–1558
Succeeded by
Sir Humphrey Ratcliffe
Preceded by High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
1571
Succeeded by
Thomas Leigh