Nicholas(C) Noyes (Robert(D)) was born probably in Littleton, Hampshire, say 1496 (certainly before 1503 for he is "of the age of 21 and above" in 1524 [REQ2/14/71], and he died no earlier than 1564 and probably close to 1575, "a very old man" [Chancery Proceedings, Series II, C3/151/91]. He married say 1515 a wife whose name is presently unknown. Nicholas was listed at Cholderton in the subsidy rolls of 14 & 15 Henry VIII [1523-4], 10 Jan. 16 Henry VIII [1525], 8 Oct. 32 Henry VIII [1540], 12 Oct. 35 Henry VIII [1543], and 2 Elizabeth I [1559/60] [Subsidy Rolls, E179/197/63; E179/197/156; E179/197/184; E179/197/222; E179/197/241; E179/197/275]. In 1523/4, he was taxed 21 shillings on goods valued at £21. In 1527, in the Hundred of Ambrysbury "In the parishe of Chalderton [which at that time contained only 57 persons] first Nicholas Nowyse hath whett for the allowance for thye feyndyng of his houssold xvj quarters and to sell vj quarters … in barley, besydes to sow xxxti quarters and for the feynding of his houssold xxti quarters and to sell xiiij quarters" [Wiltshire Notes & Queries, 2 (1896-1898): 68-69). He is on the list of taxpayers for the benevolence of 1545 for Cholderton and was probably the Nicholas Noyes who was named overseer and witnessed the will of Cicilia Noyes of Shipton, widow, in 1546 [Two Sixteenth Century Taxation Lists, G.D. Ramsay, ed. (Devizes, 1954) p. 2. Consistory Court of Winchester, Unlisted Wills and Administrations, U. 129].
