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Anthony Nicholl
Anthony Nicholl, 14 November 1611 to 20 February 1658, was an English politician from Cornwall. Prior to the outbreak of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in 1639, he was closely associated with Parliamentarian leaders John Pym and John Hampden. A political moderate, following victory in the 1642 to 1646 First English Civil War, he was among the Eleven Members accused by senior Army officers in July 1647 of attempting to destabilise the kingdom.
Suspended in January 1648, he was restored, then expelled in Pride's Purge of December 1648. He returned to Parliament in 1654, and was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1656. He died in London on 20 February 1658.
Anthony Nicholl was born in Cornwall on 14 November 1611, one of numerous children of Humphrey Nicholl (1577–1643), a member of the Cornish gentry, and his wife Philippa Rouse (died 1669), half-sister to John Pym.
Anthony married Amey Speckett (1609–1685), whose family came from Thornbury, Devon; they had nine children, five sons and four daughters. After his death, she married another member of the local gentry, John Vivian.
Anthony's father Humphrey Nicholl was a close associate of William Coryton, leader of the opposition in Cornwall to the 1627 Forced Loan. A key stage in the struggle between Charles I and Parliament, this led to the institution of Personal Rule in 1629.
Both Humphrey and Anthony supported the Presbyterian faction in the House of Commons, led by John Pym. In April 1640, Nicholl was elected MP for Bossiney, which was dissolved by Charles in May. Following new elections in November 1640, he became MP for Bodmin, in the 1640 to 1660 Long Parliament.
John Pym nominated him as a Parliamentary observer at the trial of Strafford in March 1641. When the First English Civil War began in August 1642, unlike many of the Cornish gentry, the Nicholls backed Parliament. In September 1642, Francis Bassett, the Royalist Sheriff of Cornwall, expelled them and other supporters from the county.
In February 1643, Parliamentarians in Cornwall and Devon agreed a local truce with their Royalist opponents, causing outrage in London. Nicholl was sent to Exeter to warn his colleagues this was unacceptable, and no further agreements should be made. In May, he was present at the Battle of Stratton, a Royalist victory that ensured their control of the West Country. Nicholl's estates were occupied until the end of the war, and in June 1645, he received financial support from Parliament.
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Anthony Nicholl
Anthony Nicholl, 14 November 1611 to 20 February 1658, was an English politician from Cornwall. Prior to the outbreak of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in 1639, he was closely associated with Parliamentarian leaders John Pym and John Hampden. A political moderate, following victory in the 1642 to 1646 First English Civil War, he was among the Eleven Members accused by senior Army officers in July 1647 of attempting to destabilise the kingdom.
Suspended in January 1648, he was restored, then expelled in Pride's Purge of December 1648. He returned to Parliament in 1654, and was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1656. He died in London on 20 February 1658.
Anthony Nicholl was born in Cornwall on 14 November 1611, one of numerous children of Humphrey Nicholl (1577–1643), a member of the Cornish gentry, and his wife Philippa Rouse (died 1669), half-sister to John Pym.
Anthony married Amey Speckett (1609–1685), whose family came from Thornbury, Devon; they had nine children, five sons and four daughters. After his death, she married another member of the local gentry, John Vivian.
Anthony's father Humphrey Nicholl was a close associate of William Coryton, leader of the opposition in Cornwall to the 1627 Forced Loan. A key stage in the struggle between Charles I and Parliament, this led to the institution of Personal Rule in 1629.
Both Humphrey and Anthony supported the Presbyterian faction in the House of Commons, led by John Pym. In April 1640, Nicholl was elected MP for Bossiney, which was dissolved by Charles in May. Following new elections in November 1640, he became MP for Bodmin, in the 1640 to 1660 Long Parliament.
John Pym nominated him as a Parliamentary observer at the trial of Strafford in March 1641. When the First English Civil War began in August 1642, unlike many of the Cornish gentry, the Nicholls backed Parliament. In September 1642, Francis Bassett, the Royalist Sheriff of Cornwall, expelled them and other supporters from the county.
In February 1643, Parliamentarians in Cornwall and Devon agreed a local truce with their Royalist opponents, causing outrage in London. Nicholl was sent to Exeter to warn his colleagues this was unacceptable, and no further agreements should be made. In May, he was present at the Battle of Stratton, a Royalist victory that ensured their control of the West Country. Nicholl's estates were occupied until the end of the war, and in June 1645, he received financial support from Parliament.
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