Family and Education
b. by 1509, yr. s. of John Bagnall of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs. by Eleanor, da. of Thomas Whittingham of Middlewich, Cheshire; bro. of Sir Ralph. m. c.1555, Eleanor (d.1573), da. and coh. of Sir Edward Griffith of Penrhyn, 6s. inc. Sir Henry 6 or 7da. Kntd. bet. 25 Mar. 1551 and 29 Jan. 1552.Bagnall is said to have been c.30 when he killed a man in a brawl. DNB supp.; Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. xxiii. 346-7; P. H. Bagenall, Vicissitudes of an Anglo-Irish Fam. 18, app.; CPR, 1550-3, pp. 387-90; APC, iii. 465.
Offices Held
MP [I] 1585.
Gent. pens. by Jan. 1547-c.49; marshal of Ireland 29 Mar. 1547–53, 23 Oct. 1565–90; commr. to enforce Acts of Uniformity and Supremacy, Ireland 1568; j.p.q. Caern. and Anglesey by 1561, rem. by 1573; chief commr. for govt. of Ulster 1577, 1584.
Main residence: Wolston and Warwick, Warws.; Longford, Derbys.; Stafford and Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffs.; London; Penrhyn, Caern. and Newry and Carlingford, Ireland.
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Commons 1509-1558
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BAGNALL (BAGENHALL, BAGNOLD), Sir Nicholas (by 1509-90/91)
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Oxford 1644
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