NICHOLAS, John (c.1620-aft.1681), of Chepstow Castle, Mon.

Military: lt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of John Lambert* by Mar. 1647; capt. of ft. regt. of Sir William Constable* 23 Dec. 1647;Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS LXVII, f. 7; Wanklyn, New Model Army, i. 118. capt. of ft. brigade of Thomas Horton by May 1648.Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell ed. T. Carlyle, S.C. Lomas (3 vols. 1903), i. 316–7, iii. 253. Gov. Chepstow Castle by 22 July 1648–60.SP28/55, f. 218; CSP Dom. 1654, p. 52. Capt. militia, Mon. by July 1655-aft. June 1656.SP25/77, pp. 872, 895. Dep. maj.-gen. S. Wales and Mon. Jan. 1656–7.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 102. Cdr. militia, Mon. July 1659.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 16.

Local: commr. assessment, Mon. 7 Dec.1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650.A. and O. J.p. Mon. 5 Mar. 1650-Mar. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 360–2. Commr. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651.CJ vi. 591b. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Mon. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Mon., S. Wales 28 Aug. 1654. by 1655 – ?60A. and O. Recvr.-gen. S. Wales; Worcs. by 1659–?60.SP28/189, pt. 4; CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 73; A Narrative of the Late Parliament (1658), 17 (E.935.5); CCC 3249. Commr. militia, Mon. 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659; S. Wales 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16v; A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Jan. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 102. Steward, Severn conservation ct. 1656–7.CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 396.