Nicholas Byron
Sir Nicolas Byron (died 1503) was an English Knight.
Origins
He was the younger son of Sir Nicholas Byron of Clayton, Manchester and Alice Butler, daughter of Sir John Butler of Bewsey, and grandson of Sir John Byron (died 1450). He was the heir of his brother Sir John Byron who died without heir on 3 May 1488.
Title
He was created a Knight of the Bath by Arthur, Prince of Wales on the occasion Prince Arthur's marriage on 14 November 1501.[1]
Family
Nicholas Byron married Joan Bushler or Bussey, a daughter of Sir John Bushler[2][3] of Haugham, Lincolnshire and Elizabeth Berkeley. He was the father of Sir John Byron (died 1567). Joan survived her husband and married Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton, Nottingham.[4]
References
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage ..., Volume 30 p. 164
- ^ Shaw, W. A. (1906). 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. London: Sherratt & Hughes. p. 146.
- ^ Yorkshire Archaeological Society (1882). The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal. 7. Bradbury, Agnew and Co., Whitefriars, E.C.: 276.
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