Background
He was the son of John Nicholls of Donington, now Dunton, Buckinghamshire.
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William Nicholls
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He was educated at Street Paul"s School under Thomas Gale, and went up with an exhibition to Magdalen Hall, Oxford, where he matriculated as a commoner on 26 March 1680. He later migrated to Wadham College, and graduated Bachelor of Arts on 27 November 1683.
Career
On 6 October 1684 he was chosen a probationary fellow of Merton College, and proceeded Master of Arts 19 June 1688, Bachelor of Divinity 2 July 1692, and Doctor of Divinity 29 November 1695. Having taken holy orders about 1688, he became chaplain to Ralph Montagu, and in September 1691 rector of Selsey, near Chichester. He was also rector of Bushey, Hertfordshire, from 1691 to 1693, and in 1707 a canon of Chichester.
He suffered from poverty in later life.
He was buried in the centre aisle of Street Swithin"s Church in London.
