Family and Education
bap. 3 Dec. 1580,Devon RO, St. Petrock, Exeter par. reg. 4th but 3rd surv. s. of William Martin† (d.1609) of Exeter, merchant and his 2nd w. Katherine, da. of William Bogan of Totnes, Devon; half-bro. of Richard* and Thomas*. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 553; R. Dymond, ‘St. Petrock, Exeter’, Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. xiv. 463. educ. appr. merchant by 1610. Exeter Freemen ed. M.M. Rowe and A.M. Jackson (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. extra ser. i), 116. m. 7 Feb. 1613, Susanna, da. of John Sheere of Exeter, s.p. Devon RO, St. Kerrian, Exeter par. reg.; C2/Jas.I/M19/50. bur. 9 Oct. 1634 9 Oct. 1634. Devon RO, St. Petrock, Exeter par. reg. sig. Nicho[las] Martin.
Offices Held

Freeman, Exeter 1610, Exeter Freemen, 116. bailiff 1616–17, J.J. Alexander, ‘Exeter MPs’, Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. lxi. 211. common councilman 1619–d., Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 7, p. 333. recvr. 1625 – 26, sheriff 1626 – 27, mayor 1631–2, Alexander, 211. commr. oyer and terminer 1632, C181/4, f. 127v. alderman c.1633–d. Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 7, p. 836; St. Petrock, Exeter par. reg. (burial entry).

Gov., Exeter French Co. by 1631. Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 7, p. 779.

Main residence: Exeter, Devon.
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Commons 1604-1629
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MARTIN, Nicholas (1580-1634)

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