He was a younger brother of
Sir Edward Nicholas, born on 26 September 1594. He was elected scholar of
Winchester College in 1607. He matriculated as scholar of
New College,
Oxford, on 18 February 1614, graduated B.C.L. on 30 June 1620, and D.C.L. on 30 June 1627. He became rector of
West Dean, Wiltshire, in 1621; of
Broughton, Hampshire, in 1629; master of St. 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 Civil War; and canon and
dean of St. Paul's in 1660. He died on 15 August 1661, and was buried at
Winterbourne Earls, Wiltshire. ==Family==