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.

Life and Politics

Related to Hugh de Selby, who was mayor of

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

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 Selby is a market town and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, south of York on the River Ouse, with a population at the 2011 census of 14,731. The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until ...

. 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. He served as a Bayliff of the city of York in 1278, 1279 1285 during the reign of

Edward I Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony as a vassal o ...

. He became the Mayor of York between 1286–89. He held lands and tofts in Deighton near Escrick to the south of York which he passed on to his son John His son John was an

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, became a Chamberlain of York in 1317 and Bailiff of York in 1321.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:de Selby, Nicholas Politicians from York Members of the Parliament of England for constituencies in Yorkshire English MPs 1294 English MPs 1297 13th-century births Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown