 Abt 1540 - Aft 1582 (~ 43 years)
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| Name |
Nicholas, Robert |
| Born |
Abt 1540 |
Of All Cannings, Wiltshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Aft 1582 |
| Person ID |
I04394 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
11 Jun 2015 |
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| Notes |
- Did he marry an Elizabeth Sheldon??
Visitation of Wiltshire 1565
NICHOLAS of Stert.
Arms : -Quarterly ; and Crest as under Nicholas of Randway, on each
a crescent for difference.
Robert Nicholas of Stert, co. Wilts, Gent, second son of Robert of Cote, mar. Mary, da. of William Webb of Bradford, co. Wilts, and by her had issue, - Richard, son and heir ; Christopher, second son ; Edward, third son ; Elizabeth ; Edith ; and Jane. (Continued in the Visitation of 1623).
Robert Nicholas and Mary Webb had children:
(Ni12) Edward Nicholas >
(Ni12-2) Elizabeth Nicholas
(Ni12-3) Edith Nicholas
(Ni12-4) John Nicholas
(Ni12-5) Richard Nicholas, who had a son Nicholas Nicholas with further issue possibly baptized at Manston see
(Ni12-6) Christopher Nicholas, who had two sons
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Dictionary of National Biography:
Possibly the father of Robert Nicholas, Judge baptised 22.11.1597 at All Cannings. Elected member of Devizes in the Long Parliament. In November 1646 he was member of the sub-committee of ac- counts for Wiltshire, and on 30 Oct. 1648 was created by the commons serjeant-at- law ; in the same year he was nominated one of the king's judges, but does not appear to have attended the trial. On 2 May 1649 he was appointed one of the counsel for the Commonwealth against Lilburne, Prynne, and others, and on 1 June became a judge of the upper bench. In 1650 he was commended for the charges he delivered while on circuit. In 1655 Nicholas was made a baron of the exchequer, and on 29 May in the same year was appointed commissioner of oyer and terminer. While on circuit at Salisbury he and others were captured by Colonel Penruddock [q. v.] and his band of royalists, some of whom wished to put them to death on the spot. Other counsels pre- vailed, however, and a detachment of the army soon set them at liberty. In 1657 Nicholas is referred to as chief justice (ib. 1657, p. 156) ; but this is a mis- take, and, according to Noble, Cromwell ' laid him aside.' On 27 Nov. 1658, how- ever, he again appears as a judge, was sent on circuit in 1659, and was restored to the upper bench on 17 Jan. 1659-60. At the Restoration it was proposed to except Nicholas from the Act of Indemnity (Hist. MSS. Comm. App. to 7th Rep. pp. 123*, 137 b, 171 ), but this suggestion was not acted on; a warrant for his pardon was issued, and he frequently appears during 1660 as a member of the commission in Wilt- shire for raising money (Statutes of the Realm, v. 221, 274, 282). On 3 Dec. 1664 he was accused of boasting that he had drawn up the charge against Charles I, and would do so again if needful ; these words were said to have been spoken in May 1664 'behind St. Clement's in the Strand,' and a warrant against him was ap- plied for (Cal. State Papers, Dom. Ser. 1664- 1665, p. 101). The issue is not known, and Nicholas probably died during the next year. He left a son Oliver, who was after- wards knighted, and a daughter Catherine, who married Sir Thomas Brodrick of Wands- worth, Surrey, great-great-grandfather of Alan Brodrick, viscount Midleton [q. v.] (LE NEVE, Pedigrees of Knit/his, p. 102).
Ysearch.org/ZYP7C reports an Elizabeth Nicholas married John Richmond b 1589 in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, d 20 Mar 1664 Taunton, Bristol, Ma
ysearch.org/EBHRM and ETYVM show the same Elizabeth Nicholas as b about 1605 in Wiltshire Engl.m John about 1594 Ashton Keyes, Wiltshire, Engl. They had a son
John Richmond b 1627 in Ashton Keyes d 7 Oct 1715 in Taunton
Married Richard Filks & Joane, d. of Mr. Robert Nicholas, gent. ... 9 June 1584 Southbroom.
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