Education
He matriculated as scholar of New College, Oxford, on 18 February 1614, graduated Bachelor of Civil Law on 30 June 1620, and Doctorate.C.L. on 30 June 1627.
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Matthew Nicholas
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He was a younger brother of Sir Edward Nicholas, born on 26 September 1594. He was elected scholar of Winchester College in 1607. He became rector of Westden, Wiltshire, in 1621.
Of Boughton, Hampshire, in 1629.
Master of Saint Nicholas hospital, Harnham, Salisbury, in 1630. Prebendal rector of Wherwell, Hampshire, in 1637.
Vicar of Olveston, Gloucestershire, canon of Salisbury Cathedral and Dean of Bristol in 1639. He was made canon of Westminster in 1642, but was deprived after the outbreak of the First English Civil War.
And canon and dean of Saint Paul"s in 1660.
He died on 15 August 1661, and was buried at Winterbourne Earls, Wiltshire.
