Sir Thomas Bishopp, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Bishopp, 1st Baronet (1553–1626), also spelt Bishop and Bisshopp, was an English politician.

He was the only son of Thomas Bishop of Henfield, Sussex and his wife, Elizabeth Belknap. On his father's death in 1560, he was aged 6 and the sole heir.

He inherited a substantial estate, including the rectory and park at Henfield, the manors of Beeding, Drayton, Hunston, Stubcroft, and certain farms and stock including a flock of 1,000 sheep. In 1572 he was admitted to the Inner Temple from Clifford's Inn.

Thomas Bishopp's connection with the Sackville family explains his swift promotion to office in Sussex, where he became a Justice of the Peace in 1578. He returned to parliament in 1586, sitting for Steyning. He was made baronet Bishopp of Parham in the County of Sussex in 1620. on 19 September 1577. Jane Weston (d. 1637), daughter of Sir Richard Weston Sir Edward Bishopp, 2nd Baronet Henry Bishopp, was a Postmaster General of England and inventor of the first postmark used on mail.