Degory Nicholls Explained

Degory Nicholls was a 16th-century priest and academic.

Evans was educated at both Oxford^[1] and Cambridge universities;^[2] He was Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge from 1577 until 1582.^[3] He held livings at Lanivet, St Ervan, Cheriton Fitzpaine and Lanreath; and was a Canon of Exeter from 1579 until his death in 1590.

Notes and References

1. [Alumni Oxonienses|Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714: Their Parentage, Birthplace, and Year of Birth, with a Record of Their Degrees]
2. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]
3. Cunich, Hoyle, Duffy and Hyam (1994). A History of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Magdalene College Publications