Philip Bisse
Philip Bisse (1667 – 6 September 1721) was an English bishop.[1]
Life
He was born in Oldbury-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire, the son of John Bisse, a clerk and educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, ordained in 1686 and graduating M.A. in 1693. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in March, 1706.[2]
He was
In 1705, he married Lady Bridget Osborne, widow of Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth and daughter of Sir Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds and Bridget Bertie.[3]
Family
His brother, the Rev. Dr. Thomas Bisse, was the Chancellor of Hereford Cathedral and in 1724 organised a "Music Meeting" which subsequently became the Three Choirs Festival.
Thomas, like his brother was son of John Bisse, of Oldbury-on-Severn, co. Gloucester. He matriculated at New College on 30 Sept 1691, aged 16; was a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, was awarded BA in 1695, MA on 2 Mar 1698–9, BD in 1708, and DD on 27 Jan 1712–13. He was a preacher at the Rolls Chapel, London, 1715. Prebend of Hereford 1713, chancellor of Hereford (cathedral) 1716. He was rector of Cradley and a portion of Ledbury 1713, and of Weston-under-Penyard, co. Hereford, 1716. He died on 22 April 1731, aged 56.
A descendant and last of the line was
Notes
- ^ Bisse, Philip. Concise Dictionary of National Biography. oxforddnb.com
- ^ "Bisse; Philip (1677–1721)". Library and Archive Catalogue, Royal Society. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ^ Rt. Rev. Philip Bisse. Thepeerage.com
References
- Clergydatabase
- Foster's works on Oxford and things Ecclesiastical
Some sermons
- The Merit and Usefulness of Building Churches. A Sermon Preach'd at the Opening of the Church of St. Marie in the Town and County of Southampton on Christmas-day, 1711, by Thomas Bisse.
- printed for Henry Clements, in Oxford; and are to be sold by Henry Clements, [London], 1712. (26 pages)
- A Course of Sermons on the Lord's-prayer Preach'd at the Rolls by the Revd. Thomas Bisse. Printed from the author's original manuscripts, and publish'd by Thomas Bisse, A.M. Chaplain of All-Souls-College, Oxon., 1740, (284 pages).
- The Beauty of Holiness in the Common-prayer: As Set Forth in Four Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel, in the Year 1716. By Tho. Bisse,
- printed by W. Bowyer, for W. Taylor; and W. and J. Innys, 1720. (173 pages)