Thomas Pigott (Bedfordshire MP)

16th-century English politician

Doddershall House, Pigott family estate

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

## Career[edit]

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[edit]

1. ^ Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. ISBN 9781461045137.

Parliament of England

Preceded by

Sir Humphrey Radclyffe
Sir John Gascoigne

|  Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
1559
With:  John St John | Succeeded by

John St John
Lewis Mordaunt

Political offices
Preceded by

Oliver St John

|  High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
1552–1553  | Succeeded by

Sir William Dormer

Preceded by

Sir Robert Peckham

|  High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
1557–1558  | Succeeded by

Sir Humphrey Ratcliffe

Preceded by

Sir Lewis Mordaunt

|  High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
1571  | Succeeded by

Thomas Leigh

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