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b. 11 Jan. 1596, 1st s. of John Niccolls, draper, of Shrewsbury, Salop and Anne, da. of David Heylyn of Shrewsbury.J.B. Blakeway, Sheriffs of Salop (Shrewsbury, 1831), 120. educ. Shrewsbury 1608;Shrewsbury School Regestum, 213. Queens’, Camb. 1616;Venn, Al. Cant. G. Inn 1619.GI Adm. m. 6 Dec. 1626, Mary, da. and coh. of John Kynaston of Marton Hall, Kinnerley, Salop, 3s. 4da.Blakeway, Sheriffs of Salop, 120; Salop Par. Regs. Hereford Diocese, xii. (Salop Par. Reg. Soc. 1898), 123, 134, 136; PROB11/310/379. suc. fa. 1635.C142/528/94. d. 16 Apr. 1662.Salop County Records, i. pt. 2, p. vi.
Offices Held

Civic: jt. bailiff, Shrewsbury 1636 – 37; alderman, 1638 – 17 Oct. 1642, 2 June 1645–?d.; mayor, 1645 – 46; steward, 1648–d.Owen, Blakeway, Hist. Shrewsbury, i. 408, 431, 458–9, 534, 539.

Local: j.p. Salop Feb. 1638–6 Oct. 1653;Coventry Docquets, 74; C231/5, p. 281; C231/6, p. 271; C193/13/4, f. 82. Mont. by 13 Mar. 1648–?Mar. 1660;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 143–5. Herts. 23 July 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 192. St Albans liberty Mar. 1651 – 18 Sept. 1660; St Albans borough July 1656–18 Sept. 1660.C231/6, p. 212; C181/6, pp. 180, 182, 317, 396. Sheriff, Salop 1640–1; Mont. 1641–2.List of Sheriffs (L.and I. ix), 120, 263. Commr. subsidy, Salop 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Herts. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660; Mont. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, Salop 27 Mar. 1643; commr. west midlands cos. 10 Apr. 1643; levying of money, Salop 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, Herts. co. cttee. 5 Oct. 1643.CJ iii. 265a; The Impact of the First Civil War on Herts. ed. A. Thomson (Herts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 182. Commr. defence of Herts. 18 Dec. 1643; commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644.A. and O. Solicitor in London, Eastern Assoc. cttee. at Camb. Jan. 1645.SP28/27, f. 163. Commr. associated cos. of N. Wales, Mont. 21 Aug. 1648; militia, Salop 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Mont. 2 Dec. 1648; N. Wales 26 July 1659; Herts. 12 Mar. 1660. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. N. Wales 24 Oct. 1657;SP25/78, p. 239. oyer and terminer, St Albans borough 15 July 1656 – 6 Oct. 1658; St Albans liberty 15 July 1656-aft. Oct. 1659.C181/6, p. 179, 181, 291, 398.

Religious: elder, Shrewsbury classis, Salop 1647.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 407.

Military: lt. militia horse, N. Wales 13 Aug. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 508.

Parlimentarian
NICCOLLS (NICHOLLS), Thomas (1596-1662), of Boycott, Pontesbury, Salop; Garth, Guilsford, Mont. and Bushey, Herts.
: of Boycott, Pontesbury, Salop; Garth, Guilsford, Mont. and Herts., Bushey.
NICHOLLS
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Commons 1640-1660
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NICCOLLS (NICHOLLS), Thomas (1596-1662), of Boycott, Pontesbury, Salop; Garth, Guilsford, Mont. and Bushey, Herts.

Will
22 June 1661, pr. 9 Mar. 1663.PROB11/310/379.
Estates
bought Boycott Hall Farm, Pontesbury, 1621;VCH Salop, viii. 260. bought land at Malehurst, Pontesbury, 1655;VCH Salop, viii. 268. bought land at Asterley, Pontesbury, 1658.VCH Salop, viii. 267.
Oxford 1644
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