Bysshe
Bysshe is a surname sometimes used as a given name. It has been said that it is a variation of the surname Bush.
La Bysshe or Bysshe Court was a property in the parish of Horne in Surrey, England, by 1355. In 1629 it came into the ownership of Edward Bysshe, father of Edward Bysshe, and said to be a descendant of William Bysshe whose brother Thomas Bysshe had held the estate in the late 14th century. East Bysshe Farmhouse is a grade II listed building in the parish, built in the 17th century and extended and altered in the 19th century.
People
Notable people with the name include:- Edward Bysshe, English member of Parliament elected for Bletchingley between 1624 and April 1640, father of Edward
- Edward Bysshe, English barrister, FRS, politician and officer of arms, Member of Parliament for Bletchingley, Reigate and Gatton ; son of Edward
- Edward Bysshe , English writer
- Sir Bysshe Shelley, 1st Baronet, baronet of Castle Goring, grandfather of Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet, grandson of Sir Bysshe Shelley, 1st Baronet
- Bysshe Vanolis, pseudonym of Scottish poet James Thomson