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bap. 28 Aug. 1613, 1st s. of Richard Biscoe of Little Missenden and his 1st w. Martha, da. of John Turner of Ashley Green, Chesham.J.C.C. Smith, Ped. of the Fam. of Biscoe (1887), 15; A Transcript of the First Vol. 1538-1636, of the Par. Reg. of Chesham ed. J.W. Garrett-Pegge (1904), 115. m. by 1638, Ann, da. of William Nicoll, tanner, of Uxbridge, Mdx. 2s. 6da. (3 d.v.p.).Smith, ‘Biscoe’, 16; Garrett-Pegge, Par. Reg. of Chesham, 169; The People of Chesham (Buckingham, 1984), 6, 8, 117. suc. fa. 1652.Smith, ‘Biscoe’, 15. d. aft. 1666.Ludlow, Mems. ii. 391.
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Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of Thomas Tyrrell* by Apr. 1644;SP28/14, f. 259; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. regt. of Edward Montagu II* by Apr. 1645-Dec. 1647;M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 48; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 398. maj. of ft. regt. of John Barkstead*, Dec. 1647 – bef.Oct. 1651; lt.-col. by Oct. 1651-bef. Aug. 1653;J. Sprigg, Anglia Rediviva (Oxford, 1854), 329; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 338; Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, i. 87, ii. 62; CSP Dom. 1651, p. 478. regt. of Sir William Constable* by Aug. 1653-June 1655.CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 433; Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, ii. 65. Col. of ft. June 1655–1 Feb. 1660.Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, ii. 86, 135; CJ vii. 685a, 829b.

Local: commr. assessment, Mdx. 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; Bucks. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Essex 9 June 1657.A and O; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. Bucks. 12 July 1653-bef. c.Sept. 1656;C231/6, p. 259. Mdx. by Oct. 1653–?Mar. 1660.C193/13/4, f. 64v; Mdx. Par. Regs. Marr. ed. W.P.W. Phillimore and T. Gurney (1910), ii. 17 Commr. securing peace of commonwealth, Mdx. and Westminster by Jan. 1656; Bucks. by Mar. 1656;TSP iv. 406, 583. London 25 Mar. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238. militia, Bucks., Mdx., Suff. 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. Knight marshal of the household by Sept. 1658.Burton’s Diary, ii. 518. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

Parlimentarian
BISCOE, John (1613-aft. 1666), of Little Missenden, Bucks. and West Drayton, Mdx.
: Bucks. and Mdx., West Drayton.
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Commons 1640-1660
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BISCOE, John (1613-aft. 1666), of Little Missenden, Bucks. and West Drayton, Mdx.

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jt. purchaser of Sayes Court, Kent for £12,583 5s 3¾d, 1650;I.J. Gentles, ‘The debenture market and military purchasers of crown lands, 1649-60’, (London PhD thesis, 1969), 254. bought properties at Ryton, Salop. formerly belonging to William Craven, 1st Baron Craven, bef. Mar. 1653;CCC 1625. bought manor of Drayton, West Drayton, Mdx. bef. 1660.VCH Mdx. iii. 194.
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