England under Charles II. from the Restoration to the Treaty of Nimeguen, 1660-1678: English History from Contemporary Writers
Taylor, W. F.
1889
Nicholas.
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Secretary Nicholas was a man of general good reputation with all men, of unquestionable integrity, long experience in the service of the Crown, whom the late king trusted as much as any man to his death. He was one of those who were excepted by the Parliament from pardon or composition, and so was compelled to leave the kingdom, shortly after Oxford was delivered up, when the king was in the hands of the Scots. The present king continued him in the office of secretary of State, which he had so long held under his father. He was a man of great gravity, and without any ambitious or private designs, and had so fast a friendship with the chancellor that he was very well content and without any jealousy for his making many despatches and other transactions, which more immediately related to his office, and which were indeed always made with his privity and concurrence. | |