MYLLES, JOHN, fourth son of Francis Mylles, Bitterne, Hampshire, Clerk of the Privy Seal, and Alice, dau. of Richard James, Newport, Isle of Wight; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1620, matr. 12 Oct 1621, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1644; BA 6 Feb 1623/4; MA 1626; BCL 1631; DCL 5 Jan 1648/9; adm. Middle Temple 19 Mar 1640/1; Judge Advocate-Gen. of Parliamentary Army 1644-51 and Jan – Dec 1660; one of Parliamentary Commissioners for surrender of Oxford 1646; a Parliamentary Visitor of University of Oxford 1 May 1647; one of the twenty Delegates appointed by the Proctors 19 May 1648; Canon of Christ Church (although not in holy orders) 12 Apr 1648 – ejection Jan 1650/1, for refusing to take the Engagement; restored to Canonry by Parliament 13 Mar 1659/60, but deprived by King’s Delegates Jul 1660; advocate, Doctors’ Commons 3 Jul 1650; MP Oxford University 1659-60; Chancellor, Diocese of Norwich, from 1661; d. Mar 1676.

NASH, THOMAS, son of Thomas Nash, Guilford Street, London, and Huntingdon, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Trollope (qv); b. 30 Oct 1797; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1812; left Midsummer 1815; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Aug 1815; BA 1821; MA 1825; ordained; Vicar of Lancing, Sussex, from 2 Aug 1823; m. 24 Mar 1821 Dorinda Estella Maria, dau. of T. William Brander, Morden Hall, Surrey; d. 6 Aug 1834.

NEGOS, WILLIAM, of London; b.; adm.; QS; contributed to collection of verses made by the QSS on death of Lady Elizabeth Cecil 1597 (Salisbury MSS, Hatfield House), and to congratulatory verses written by the QSS to Queen Elizabeth 1597 (British Library, Royal MSS); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Oct 1598, aged 18; BA 1601; MA 1604; ordained deacon May 1605, priest Dec 1605 (both Oxford); Rector of Gayton-le-Wold, Lincs., 1611; Vicar of Spelsbury, Oxfordshire 1613.

Nesbitt, Alan Chancellor, second son of Robert Henry Nesbitt, of Kensington, by Emma, daughter of George Chancellor, of Chessington Hall, Surrey; b. Feb. 2, 1874; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 16, 1886; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1892, matric. Oct. 14, 1892; rode against Cambridge in the bicycle races (1 mile, 4 miles and 10 miles) 1893, 1894, and 1896; B.A. 1897; adm. to Lincolns Inn 1896; called to the bar April 26, 1899; a Bencher of Lincolns Inn May 3, 1937; Conveyancing Counsel to the Court 1941; seccretary of the Elizabethan Club 1905-12; m. 1st Oct. 6, 1903, Amy, second daughter of Robert Castle, of Oxford; 2nd; d. June 28, 1949.

NEWDIGATE, SIR ROGER, BART., brother of Sir Edward Newdigate, Bart. (qv); b. 30 May 1719; adm. Oct 1727; KS (Capt. ) 1732; succ. brother as 5th baronet 4 Apr 1734; left Jan 1736; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Apr 1736; MA 1738; DCL 13 Apr 1749; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1738-40; of Harefield Place, Middlesex, and Arbury, Warwickshire; MP Middlesex 5 Aug 1742-7, Oxford University 31 Jan 1751-80; again travelling in Europe 1774-6; a staunch Tory, described in 1767 by Horace Walpole as a “half-converted Jacobite”; interested in architecture and classical sculpture; a benefactor of University Coll. and of the Radcliffe Library; founded Newdigate Prize for English verse at Oxford Univ. 1806; m. 1st, 31 May 1743 Sophia, dau. of Edward Conyers MP, Copped Hall, Epping, Essex; m. 2nd, 3 Jun 1776 Hester Margaretta, dau. of Edward Mundy, Shipley, Derbs.; d. 20 Nov 1806. DNB.

NEWTON (or NEWBY), WALTER; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1589, matr. 30 Oct 1590, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1600 (listed as Newby in some Christ Church records); BA 1593; MA 1596.

NICHOLAS, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1635, adm. pens. 14 May 1635, scholar 1636; BA 1638/9; MA 1642; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1640 – expulsion by Earl of Manchester 1644.

NICHOLS, RICHARD, brother of Francis Nichols (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1635; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1639, matr. 6 Dec 1639, aged 16, Westminster Student (still 1642); DCL 28 Sep 1663; commanded troop of horse in Royalist army during Civil War; attached to household of Duke of York, and served with him under Marshal Turenne; Groom of Bedchamber to Duke of York after the Restoration; commanded military expedition which took New Amsterdam (now New York, USA) from Dutch 27 Aug 1664 and acted as its first British governor, 1664-7; served as volunteer in Dutch war 1672; killed at battle of Solebay 28 May 1672, and buried Ampthill, Beds. DNB (s. v. Nicholls, Richard).

NICHOLSON, JOHN PAYLER, son of John Nicholson, London, packer, and Catharine, dau. of Daniel Chardavoyne, Sudbury, Middlesex; b. 16 Apr 1759; adm. 26 Jul 1774; KS 1775; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1778, matr. 17 Jun 1778, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1778 – void by marriage 7 Nov 1788; BA 1782; MA 1786; ordained deacon (Oxford) 6 May 1782, priest (Norwich) 25 Jul 1783; Warburton Lecturer 1786; Head Master, Colfe’s GS, Lewisham, Kent 1 May 1793-4; Master of the Free School at St. Albans, Herts., 1796-1803; Rector of St. Albans, Herts., from 1796; m. 28 Oct 1788 Hannah, dau. of Joseph Boone, Aldgate, London; d. 9 May 1817.

NICOLLS, ROBERT; b.; KS 1639.