Henry Bishop
Deceased Person
1611 – 1691
Who was Henry Bishop?
Henry Bishopp, also spelt Bishop and Bisshopp, from Henfield in Sussex, England was a Postmaster General of England and inventor of the first postmark used on mail. He was the second son of Sir Thomas Bishopp, 1st Baronet of Parham in Sussex. Henry at first fought for King Charles I, but was reconciled with parliament in 1647, after spending two years in Virginia. In the meantime his Rectory estate in Henfield had been sequestered. However he was restored to royal favour in 1660 and served as postmaster-general between that date and 1663. At his death in 1692 his Rectory estate in Henfield passed to his great nephew Sir Cecil Bishopp, 4th Baronet.
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