1598-02-22

For Francis Nicolls, see 26 Oct., 1596. He was of Hardwick (three miles north-west of Wellingboro’), co. Northampton, the son of Thomas Nicolls of Pitchley, in the same county. Mr. Nicolls returned home five days subsequently. During the time of the Armada he had been in command of Tilbury Fort. By his wife Anna he had two children, one, Mary, who came with Dee to Manchester, 18 June, 1600, to reside there for a time, and so is occasionally mentioned in the Diary ; and Francis. Augustine Nicolls, brother of the elder Francis, was one of Fuller’s worthies, and became a justice of the Common Pleas. He patronised the Rev. Robert Bolton, the Puritan, a native of Blackburn ; and he died on circuit at Kendal, Westmorland, 3 Aug., 1616, aged 57 (Nichols’ Leicestershire, iii. 480 ; The Academy, 7 Sept. 1878, p. 237). Foxton is the Leicestershire village of that name, three miles north-west of Market Harborough. See 27 Feb., posteà.

Various authors. Local Gleanings: an Archælogical & Historical Magazine, Chiefly Relating to Lancashire & Cheshire. Edited by J. P. Earwaker. Page 181.
Written by John Eglington Bailey