Nicholas de Balscote

Nicholas de Balscote (died 1320) was an English-born official and judge in fourteenth-century Ireland.

He attained high judicial office, but his career was damaged by a quarrel with King Edward II.

Nicholas spent a considerable sum on the upkeep of the King's watermills in Dublin between 1311 and 1314.

He left his property in Dublin to John de Balscote and his brother Ralph.

As Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Bishop of Meath, he effectively dominated Irish politics in the last three decades of the fourteenth century.