Humphrey Nicholls
Humphrey Nicholls (1577–1643) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629.
Nicholls was the son of Humphrey Nicholls of Cornwall. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 28 March 1595, aged 17. He was of Penvose, St. Tudy, Cornwall. In 1628, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bodmin and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years[1]
Nicholls died at the age of about 65 and was buried on 31 March 1642.[1]
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- 1577 births
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- Burials in Cornwall
- Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall
- Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford
- English MPs 1628–1629