Thomas Gape (Great Bedwyn MP)
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Thomas Gape (Great Bedwyn MP)
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Thomas Gape was an English lawyer, administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. Gape was the son of Hugh Gape, a weaver, of Dorchester, Dorset. He became servant to the Marquis of Hertford in 1646. He entered Middle Temple in 1648 and by 1660 he was steward of the manorial court of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire. He was instructed by his employer to stand as Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn in April 1660 and was blamed for the "hot contest" and double return that followed.
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Member of the Parliament of England
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2022-09-22T17:27:42Z
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