Anthony Nicholl
Anthony Nicholl (died 1658) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1656. He supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War.
Biography
Nicholl was a member of the Nicholl family of Penvose in Cornwall. His mother Philippa Rouse was a half-sister of John Pym and a second cousin of Sir Francis Drake.[1]
In April 1640, Nichol was elected Member of Parliament for Bossiney in the Short Parliament. He was elected MP for Bodmin for the Long Parliament in November 1640.[2] He was an extreme presbyterian and was one of the eleven members impeached in July 1647. He obtained a speaker's pass to go to Cornwall but was arrested on 17 August and brought back to Thomas Fairfax in Kingston upon Thames. He was well treated and after two days detention was sent to London with an accusation of High Treason. He escaped with the connivance of his captors. He was disabled from sitting in parliament by an order in January 1648, but this was revoked in June 1648. In 1648 he was made master of the Armoury of the Tower as compensation for the loss of his position as customer of Plymouth.[1] He was not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge in 1648.
In 1654 Nicholl was elected as one of the MPs for Cornwall in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Cornwall in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament.[2] He was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1657.[3]
Nicholl died in London in February 1658 and was buried in the Savoy.[3] A sumptuous memorial was erected by his wife at St Tudy in Cornwall.[4]
Family
Nicholl married Ann Speccot and had a family.[4]
References
- 1 2 Elizabeth (Douglas), Lady Fuller-Eliott-Drake The family and heirs of Sir Francis Drake (1911) page 366
- 1 2 Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- 1 2 Elizabeth (Douglas), Lady Fuller-Eliott-Drake The family and heirs of Sir Francis Drake (1911) p416
- 1 2 Parish Church of St Tudy
| Parliament of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Parliament suspended since 1629 |
Member of Parliament for Bossiney 1640 With: Sir John Clotworthy |
Succeeded by Sir John Clotworthy Sir Christopher Yelverton, 1st Baronet |
| Preceded by Richard Prideaux Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet |
Member of Parliament for Bodmin 1640-1648 With: John Arundell 1640 Thomas Waller 1648 |
Succeeded by Not represented in Barebones parliament |
| Preceded by Robert Bennet Francis Langdon Anthony Rous John Bawden |
Member of Parliament for Cornwall 1654 - 1656 With: Charles Boscawen 1654 Thomas Gewen 1654 James Launce 1654 Anthony Rous 1654-1656 Thomas Ceely 1654-1656 Richard Carter 1654-166 Walter Moyle 1654-1656 Anthony Rous 1656 John St Aubin 1656 |
Succeeded by Hugh Boscawen Francis Buller |