HELP in LAST NAME?

Question:

HELP in LAST NAME?

i have a friend, he has the last name " Bishop XXVII" and he is british. he said he is a british aristocracy. does anyone know anything about this last name? and can anyone provide some background info?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hey T Mac Fan,

There are 389 Bishop entries in the Family Search Site. The 27th after the surname is suppose to be some sort of generation identifier - that is a lot of generations.

There is a Bishop GENFORUM, which is your best chance to find someone that really knows about the Bishop name, and that Roman numeral identification. This forum has over 6000 messages, so is fairly well researched and active.

According to James P. Wolf, of Swyrich.com:

"Origin: English

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bishop, Bisshop, Bisshope, Bishope, Bishoppe and many more.

First found in Worcestershire, where they held a family seat from ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Daniel Bishop who settled in Virginia in 1663; Henry Bishop settled in Maryland in 1633; Joseph Bishop in Virginia in 1644; Thomas Bishop settled in the Barbados with his wife and servants in 1680. "