Title:
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First name:
Vincent John
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Last name:
Biscoe
Aliases:
Briscoe, Vincent
Primary cohort:
London
Sex:
Male
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Relations
Lady Mary Seymour
Spouse (married 1759)
Lady Mary Seymour was the only daughter of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset.
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Geographic experiences
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Internal migrant:
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Supplier to slave trade voyages:
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Creditor to slave trade voyages:
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Philanthropy:
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Plantation owner:
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Sources:
J. J. Crooks, Records Relating to the Gold Coast Settlements from 1750 to 1874 (2013) pp. 11, 12; Benedict G. Fer, 'Parliament's Interest in West Africa, 1713-1785', MA thesis, University of Ottawa (1967) pp. 122-137.PROB 11/957/261
Voyage Nos 77703 and 77750 for the Othello carry no ownership information. The ship was owned by Hilton, Biscoe in 1758, HCA 26/9/173 Description: Commander: John Cappes.
Ship: Othello. Burden: 180 tons. Crew: 50. Owners: Messrs. Hylton Biscoe and Company of London, merchants. 19/07/1758. Voyage No. 77678 of the Scipio in 1757 shows the owner as John Cappes in TASTDB, whereas the ship was owned in 1756 by Hilton and Biscoe, HCA 26/6/9 Description: Commander: John Cappes. Ship: Scipio. Burden: 250 tons. Crew: 35; Owners: Hilton Briscoe [sic] and Company of London, merchants.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146663855
Vincent Biscoe was named in the will of Alexander Forbes, gentleman of Kingston, Jamaica (written in 1769 and proved in 1771) and charged with managing sufficient funds to provide for annuities for Forbes' mother and sister, PROB 11/973/276.
Brian W. Refford, The Bonds of the Trade: commerce and community the Liverpool slave trade 1695-1775 (2008) pp. 81 and 131, which sows correspondence of William Earle of Liverpool with the form, given as Turner, Hilton and Briscoe.
Other Individuals
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Organisations
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Crossings (1)
Birth
Date:
1721
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Death
Date:
29/04/1770
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Residencies
Bedford Row, Holborn
City of London (Middlesex)
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Military training
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Imperial positions
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Livery company affiliations
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Other business activities
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Was slave trading profitable:
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Will
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Will of Vincent John Biscoe merchant of [Bedford Row] St Andrews Holborn 14/05/1770. In the will he left £5000 to his daughter Mary and divided his extensive real estate in England between his sons Joseph Seymour Biscoe and Vincent Hilton Biscoe. In a codicil of 1768 he diverted his property in Mincing Lane and Tower Street in the City of London to his son Edmund Hammond Biscoe instead of Vincent Hilton Biscoe. He authorised his executors to make whatever arrangement was sensible with John Purrier if the latter wanted to continue the business of Vincent John Biscoe in which he [Purrier] was clerk. He left 20 guineas each to his 'worthy friends' Thomas Hibbert senior, Thomas Hibbert junior and Samuel Jackson of Kingston, and £25 p.a. to Miss Hannah Shelley, natural daughter of his late correspondent Danl. Monro of Jamaica, provided she did not inherit the contingent remainder of the fortune Monro left to his niece Fanny Jenkins. His will was otherwise silent on Jamaica and on 'slave-property' although he said he had 'very considerable' personalty including debts receivable by him.
Legacies
Physical Imprints
Building Category:
Urban
Type:
Built
Town/City:
London (Middlesex)
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Year:
1766-1768
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Vincent John Biscoe was the mortgage lender for the development of a stretch of Brompton Road (formerly Brompton Row), of which his brother Elisha was freeholder.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol41/pp33-49
