James Bissell

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James Bissell (d. 1638) is recorded as rector of St Mary Bredman, Canterbury, from 1591 to 1638.[1] He was executor in 1609 of the will of Robert Wynne, mayor of Canterbury[2] and is also recorded as an ecclesiastical court judge.[3] In 1604 he is also recorded as a schoolmaster in the Canterbury parishes of St Mary Bredman, St Peter's and All Saints.[1]

It is possible that this book came through the library of William Somner, as Somner's father acted in the same ecclesiastical courts in the diocese.

Shelfmark W2/X-1-35(1)

Abstract, of certaine Acts of Parlement: of certaine her Maiesties Iniunctions: ... canons, constitutions, and synodals prouinciall, ... 1584.

Inscription on title page (16/17c): Jacobus Byssell.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 CCED PersonID 39285
  2. http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wynne-74
  3. James M. Gibson, Records of Early English drama: Kent, Diocese of Canterbury, (2002) p. 1563.