Nicholas Eversfield (c.1584–1629) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1629. Eversfield was probably the son of Thomas Eversfield of Grove, Hastings. He matriculated from

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in about 1595 and was awarded BA in 1599. He was admitted at

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on 3 May 1602. He was High Sheriff of Sussex for 1619–20. In 1624, he was elected

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for

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in the

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. He was re-elected MP for Hastings in 1625, 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.Browne Willis ''Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences'' 1750 pp186-239
/ref> Eversfield married Dorothy Goring, daughter of Edward Goring of Oakhurst. His sons

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, John, Anthony and Thomas became MPs. History of Parliament Online - Eversfield, Anthony
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eversfield, Nicholas 1580s births 1629 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of Gray's Inn 17th-century English lawyers English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 English MPs 1628–1629 High Sheriffs of Sussex