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Norbury, John (1443 - 1507)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1443
Death Date: 1507 (HP Wedgewood gives date of death as 1504)

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Female

  • Norbury, Elizabeth ( - 1488)
  • Norbury, Anne ( - )
  • Norbury, Jane ( - )
  • Norbury, Cecily ( - )

Offspring

  1. Mother unknown
    Female offspring: Norbury, Anne ( - )

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1482/3-01 (knighted between this date and June 1483)
    Vacated: 1506

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1480 -10 -10
JP, Surrey 1483 -6 -26 1484
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1484 -12 -8
King's Vice Marshal, England 1484 -4 -8 1485
MP, Surrey 1484 Possibly held office on this date.
Sheriff, Surrey 1484 -11 -5
Sheriff, Sussex 1484 -11 -5
Commissioner of Musters, Surrey 1488 -12 -23
MP, Surrey 1491 1492
MP, Surrey 1495
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1496 -4 -23
Commissioner of Musters, Surrey 1496 -4 -23
JP, Surrey 1497 -1 -4 1506

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Mr Norbury's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Mr Norbury's Performers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Norbury's Minstrel/s Norbury, John (1443 - 1507) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Mr Norbury's Performers Norbury, John (1443 - 1507) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Rylands, Paul (ed.). The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580, Made by Robert Glover Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy King of Arms. London: 1882
  • Stephenson, Mill. "On a Brass in Stoke D'Abernon Church". London: Surrey Archaelogical Society, 1891 Surrey Archaeological Collections 10.2 (1891): 282--87.
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936