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See also:NICOLLS, See also:RICHARD (1624–1672) , See also:American colonial See also:governor, was See also:born probably at See also:Ampthill, See also:Bedfordshire, See also:England, in 1624. He commanded a royalist See also:troop of See also:horse during the See also:Civil See also:War, and on the defeat of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king went into See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile. Soon after the Restoration he became See also:groom of the bedchamber to the See also:duke of
See also:York, through whose See also:influence he was appointed in 1664 on a Beo7soyobµeva (The See also:Theology of See also:Arithmetic), written in a spirit of See also:commission with See also:Sir See also:Robert Carr (d. 1667), See also:George See also:Cartwright
and See also:Samuel Maverick, to conquer New Netherland from the Dutch and to regulate the affairs of the New England colonies and See also:settle disputes among them. The expedition set See also:sail from See also:Portsmouth on the 25th of May 1664, and New See also:Amsterdam was surrendered to Nicolls on the 8th of See also:September. Under authority of a commission from the duke of York, Nicolls assumed the position of See also:deputy-governor of New Netherland (New York). His policy was vigorous but tactful, and the transition to the new regime was made smoothly and with due regard to the interests of the conquered See also:people. They were guaranteed in the See also:possession of their See also:property rights, their See also:laws of See also:inheritance, and the enjoyment of religious freedom. The See also:English See also:system of See also:law and See also:administration was at once introduced into See also:Long See also:Island, Staten Island and Westchester, where the English See also:element already predominated, but the See also:change was made much more slowly in the Dutch sections. A See also:code of laws, known as the " Duke's Laws," drafted by the governor with the help of his secretary, See also:Matthias Nicolls l (c. 163o-1687), and dated the 12th of See also:March, was proclaimed at Hempstead, Long Island, on the 1st of March 1665 and continued in force until 1683; the code was compiled from the codes of the New England colonies, and it provided for trial by See also:jury, for proportional See also:taxation on property, for the issuance of new See also:patents for See also:land and for land See also:tenure only by See also:licence from the duke. Nicolls returned to England in the summer of 1668 and continued in the service of the duke of York. He was killed in the See also:naval See also:battle of Southwold See also:Bay on the 28th of May 1672.
See J. R. See also:Brodhead, See also:History of the See also:State of New York (2 vols., rev. ed., 1872). For the " Duke's Laws " see Laws of Colonial New York, i. 6-too.
End of Article: NICOLLS, RICHARD (1624–1672)
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