Nicholas Wykes (c. 1488 – 1558) was a Gloucestershire landowner and MP. [1]
He was the eldest son of Edmund Wykes of Dodington, Gloucestershire and Dursley, Gloucestershire and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Norton of Bristol. [2] The family's estate was comparatively modest, but his father secured his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Poyntz (died 1520) and Margaret, illegitimate daughter of Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers. [2] Through this link to Elizabeth of York, Wykes obtained a post as gentleman waiter to prince Henry, the short-lived son of Henry VIII. [3]
Wykes held a number of posts in the local administration of Bristol and Gloucestershire and twice served as High Sheriff of Gloucestershire. [1] He lived as Dodington, where Leland described him as having restored the medieval manor house with attractive buildings. [4] He was a knight of the shire for Gloucestershire in the parliament of April 1554. [1]
His will, written in 1556, names 4 sons and 3 married daughters. [5]
Nicholas Wykes (c. 1488 – 1558) was a Gloucestershire landowner and MP. [1]
He was the eldest son of Edmund Wykes of Dodington, Gloucestershire and Dursley, Gloucestershire and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Norton of Bristol. [2] The family's estate was comparatively modest, but his father secured his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Poyntz (died 1520) and Margaret, illegitimate daughter of Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers. [2] Through this link to Elizabeth of York, Wykes obtained a post as gentleman waiter to prince Henry, the short-lived son of Henry VIII. [3]
Wykes held a number of posts in the local administration of Bristol and Gloucestershire and twice served as High Sheriff of Gloucestershire. [1] He lived as Dodington, where Leland described him as having restored the medieval manor house with attractive buildings. [4] He was a knight of the shire for Gloucestershire in the parliament of April 1554. [1]
His will, written in 1556, names 4 sons and 3 married daughters. [5]