Nicholas Byron Explained

Sir Nicholas Byron
Birth Date:	1416
Death Date:	1503 (aged 87)
Noble Family:	Byron
Father:	John Byron
Mother:	Margery Booth
Spouse:	Joan Bushler
Issue:	John Byron Elizabeth Byron Ellen Byron Jane Byron Dorothy Byron Mary Byron
Birth Place:	Clayton, Lancashire
Death Place:	Colwick, Nottinghamshire

Sir Nicholas Byron (1416–1503) was an English nobleman, politician, and knight.

Family

Byron was the son of John Byron, and his wife, Margery Booth. He was created a Knight of the Bath by Arthur, Prince of Wales on the occasion of Prince Arthur's marriage on 14 November 1501.^[1]

Marriage and issue

Sir Nicholas married Joan Bushler, daughter of Sir John Bushler^{[2] [3]} of Haugham, Lincolnshire and Elizabeth Berkeley, with whom he had five daughters and two sons, including John Byron. Joan survived her husband and married Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton, Nottingham.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage ..., Volume 30 p. 164
2. Book: Shaw, W. A. . The Knights of England. A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of all the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Knights Bachelors, Incorporating a Complete List of Knights Bachelors Dubbed in Ireland, Vol. 1 . 1906 . 146 . Sherratt & Hughes . London .
3. Dodsworth's Yorkshire Notes (Agbrigg). The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal. 7. Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Bradbury, Agnew and Co., Whitefriars, E.C.. 276. 1882.
4. Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and ..., Volume 7 By Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges