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Sir Nicholas Byron (1416–1503) was an English nobleman, politician, and knight.

Family

Byron was the son of John Byron, and his wife, Margery Booth. He was created a Knight of the Bath by Arthur, Prince of Wales on the occasion of Prince Arthur's marriage on 14 November 1501.

Marriage and issue

Sir Nicholas married Joan Bushler, daughter of Sir John Bushler of Haugham, Lincolnshire and Elizabeth Berkeley, with whom he had five daughters and two sons, including John Byron. Joan survived her husband and married Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton, Nottingham.

References

1. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage ..., Volume 30 p. 164
2. 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.
3. Yorkshire Archaeological Society (1882). "Dodsworth's Yorkshire Notes (Agbrigg)". The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal. 7. Bradbury, Agnew and Co., Whitefriars, E.C.: 276.
4. Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and ..., Volume 7 By Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges

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