About Thomas Pigott
Lived 1526 – 1579 (aged 52–53). Thomas Pigott was a politician.
Thomas Pigott (c. 1526 – 1579) was an English politician.
Career Thomas Pigott of Doddershall was born to Francis Pigott, son of Thomas Pigott (b. 1478) and Agnes Forster. Through his grandfather, he was half-cousin to MP Thomas Pigott (Aylesbury MP), grandson of Lady Maud Parr.
Pigott became High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1552–3, and in 1557-8, and a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Bedfordshire in 1559.
He married to Anne Rich, daughter of Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Lord Chancellor of England.
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Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Thomas Pigott (Bedfordshire MP)
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