Sir Nicholas Martyn (12 April 1593 – 25 March 1653) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1646 to 1648.
He was educated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford matriculating on 8 March 1611, at the age of 17.
[2] He was added to the committee of militia for Devon in 1648 and was excluded under Pride's Purge at the end of the year.
It is said that before he died, as he lay sick at his house, one of the bells of the church began to toll of its own accord and continued for about a quarter of an hour until the time of his death.
His daughter, who married a wollen draper of Watling Street in the city, provided sanctuary for the five members that King Charles tried to arrest in the House of Commons.