Nicholas Kendall (Royalist)

Nicholas Kendall (c1577 - 1643) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625 and 1640. He was killed in action fighting on the Royalist side in the English Civil War.

Coat of Arms of the Kendall family of Pelyn in Cornwall.

Kendall was the son of Walter Kendall of Pelyn, Cornwall. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in October 1594 aged 17. He became recorder of Lostwithiel.^[1]

In 1625, Kendall was elected Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel in a double return. He was elected again as MP for Lostwithiel in April 1640 for the Short Parliament.^[2]

Kendall became a colonel in the King's army. He led a troop of Royalist soldiers into Bodmin, where they routed the Parliamentarian troopers who were raiding the town. He was killed at the siege of Bristol in 1643. He was buried in Lanlivery Church.^[3]

Kendall married by Emlyn Treffrey, daughter of Thomas Treffrey of Lostwithiel. Their son Walter was also MP for Lostwithiel.^[3]

References

1. ^ Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Kandruth-Kyte, Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 837-867. Date accessed: 24 February 2011
2. ^ Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp229-239
3. ^ ^{a b} Cornwall Online Parish Clerks The Kendall Family

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet Sir John Chichester	Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel 1625 With: Sir Henry Fane Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet Reginald Mohun	Succeeded by Sir Edward Mansell Reginald Mohun
Preceded by Parliament suspended since 1629	Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel 1640 With: Richard Arundell	Succeeded by John Trevanion Richard Arundell

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Name	Kendall, Nicholas
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Date of birth	1577
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Date of death	1643
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