Nicholas de Selby

Nicholas de Selby was one of two Members of Parliament for the constituency of York and the first recorded as such. He was elected during the reign of Edward I.

Nicholas de Selby
Member of the England Parliament
for York
In office
1294–1297
Succeeded byJohn le Espicier
Personal details
BornUnknown
Unknown
DiedUnknown
Unknown
Resting placeUnknown
NationalityEnglish
ChildrenJohn

Life and Politics

Related to Hugh de Selby, who was mayor of York by order of the King by way of the Sheriff of York in 1217, his father having been a forester for the Abbey of Selby.[1]

Elected to parliament 1295 on the Sunday after the feast of St Martin on 13 Nov of that year. He took the seat formally the following year.[2][3]

He served as a Bayliff of the city of York in 1278, 1279 1285 during the reign of Edward I.[4] He became the Mayor of York between 1286–89.[5][6]

He held lands and tofts in Deighton near Escrick to the south of York which he passed on to his son John [7] His son John was an Apothecary, became a Chamberlain of York in 1317 and Bailiff of York in 1321.[8][9]

References
  1. W. Wilberforce Morrell (1867). The History and Antiquities of Selby. Whittaker & Co. (London).
  2. The Parliament Writs and Writs of Military Summons. Lyon Public Library Digitized 28 Feb 20140. 1827. p. 833.
  3. Charles Brunton Knight (1944). A History of the City of York: From the Foundation of the Roman Fortress of Eboracum A. D. 71 to the Close of the Reign of Queen Victoria A. D. 1901. With Brief Summaries of the Contemporary English History of Each Successive Period. Herald Printing Works. p. 203.
  4. Christopher Hilyard, James Torr (1719). The Antiquities of York City, and the Civil Government Thereof: with a list of all the mayors an bayliffs and sherriffs from the time of king Edward the first to this present year 1719. G. White. p. 22.
  5. Christopher Hilyard, James Torr (1719). The Antiquities of York City, and the Civil Government Thereof: with a list of all the mayors an bayliffs and sherriffs from the time of king Edward the first to this present year 1719. G. White. p. 23.
  6. "List of Mayors of York" (PDF). Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  7. page 20 "Hull History Centre: Papers of the Baines Family of Bell Hall, Naburn" (PDF). Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  8. Davies. Walks through the City of York. p. 210.
  9. "Lord mayors of York". Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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