Sir Nicholas PEDLEY

   Research Notes:

English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1656 and 1679.

He matriculated from Queens' College, Cambridge at Easter 1633 and was awarded BA in 1637. He was admitted at Lincoln's Inn on 23 April 1638 and was called to the Bar in 1646. He became Recorder of Huntingdon.

In 1656, Pedley was elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire in the Second Protectorate Parliament and was re-elected MP for Huntingdonshire in 1659 for the Third Protectorate Parliament.

In 1660, Pedley was elected MP for Huntingdon in the Convention Parliament. He was awarded MA in 1671 and was knighted on 29 February 1672 at a dinner at Sir Francis Goodricke's at Lincoln's Inn. He was elected MP for Huntingdonshire in 1673 and sat until 1679. In 1675 he became Serjeant-at-law.

Wikipedia article (with source citations):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Pedley#cite_note-HOP-1

   Marriage Information:

Nicholas married Lucy BERNARD, daughter of Sir Robert BERNARD 1st Bart. and Elizabeth TOLCARNE. (Lucy BERNARD was christened on 19 Jan 1626 in St. Mary's, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England and died on an unknown date.)