Sir Edward Ayscough (1596 – by 1654) was an English Member of Parliament. He was the only surviving son of William Ayscough of

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, Lincolnshire and educated at

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(1612). He succeeded his father in 1611 and his grandfather in 1612 and was knighted in 1613. He was a Justice of the Peace for Lindsey, Lincolnshire from 1618 to at least 1640 and appointed

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for 1631–32. He was elected MP for

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in 1621 and 1628 and as

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(MP) for

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in November, 1640. As a devout Puritan he opposed the Forced Loan (a demand by Charles I that people "lend" him money) in 1627 and was briefly dismissed from the bench and imprisoned. He was an active supporter of the Parliament during the

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. He married Frances, the daughter and heiress of Sir Nicholas Clifford of Bobbing Court, Kent, with whom he had 7 sons and 6 daughters. He was succeeded by his son Edward Ayscough, also an MP.

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* 1596 births Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge High sheriffs of Lincolnshire 1650s deaths English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1628–1629 English MPs 1640–1648 {{1640-England-MP-stub