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Nicholas Close (died 1452) was an English priest Bishop of Carlisle from 1450 to 1452. He was provided to the see of Carlisle in January 1450 and consecrated on 15 March 1450. He was selected Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield on 30 August 1452 and served for a short time before his death in late October 1452. He was educated at King’s College Cambridge being elected a fellow in 1443 and served as a commissioner to Scotland in 1449.