Thomas Pigott of Doddershall, Buckinghamshire (fl. 1589) was an English politician and a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England.
Family Thomas Pigott was born to Thomas Pigott Sr. and Marie Lane, daughter of Sir Ralph Lane. Lipscomb, George, The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (London: J. & W. Robins, 1847.), Vol 1, p. 406 His father was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1593–1594, and a justice of the peace for the county. Lipscomb, George, The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (London: J. & W. Robins, 1847.), Vol 1, p. 406
His uncle was the Welsh judge John Lloyd, while his half-cousin, the MP Thomas Pigott, was the son-in-law of Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Lord Chancellor of England. Lipscomb, George, The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (London: J. & W. Robins, 1847.), Vol 1, p. 406Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Volume V, p. 438, YALE 18 Charles Harvey Townshend. Pedigree of Yale, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1899) Vol. 53, Page 82-3
Through his mother Mary Lane, Pigott was a grandson of Lady Maud Parr, the cousin of Queen Katherine Parr, and a nephew of Governor Sir Ralph Lane, Speaker Sir Edward Phelips, builder of Montacute House, and of Peter Wentworth, the brother-in-law of Sir Francis Walsingham.
Pigott married twice, firstly to Dorothy Cottenham, daughter and coheiress of Henry Cottenham of Norfolk. They had one son and one daughter. His second wife was a daughter of Sir John Allot, alderman and Lord Mayor of London.
Career He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Aylesbury in 1589. He was probably the Thomas Pigott who served as a Captain of the Buckinghamshire Trained Bands when they were called out during an invasion scare in 1599.Ian F.W. Beckett, Buckinghamshire: A Military History, Chapter 1, at Buckinghamshire Military Museum Trust.
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