Norris, Henry (1525 - 1601)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 10
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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of Rycote, Oxfordshire

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1525
Death Date: 1601-06-27

Notes

Restored to estates lost due to father's attainder 1575--6

Siblings

Male

Norris, Edward ( - 1529)

Female

Norris, Mary ( - 1570)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Williams, Margaret ( - 1599)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1544-8-26
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Williams, Margaret ( - 1599)

  1. Male offspring: Norris, William (1545 - 1579)
  2. Male offspring: Norris, John (1547 - 1597)
  3. Male offspring: Norris, Edward (1550 - 1603)
  4. Male offspring: Norris, Henry (1554 - 1599)
  5. Male offspring: Norris, Thomas (1556 - 1599)
  6. Male offspring: Norris, Maximilian (d. 1593)
  7. Female offspring: Norris, Catherine (d. 1602)

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1566-09-06
    Vacated 1601-06-27
  • 1st Baron Norris
    Assumed 1572-05-06 (date summoned to parliament by this title)
    Vacated 1601-06-27

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, England By 1547 n.d.
MP, Berkshire 1547 1552
Butler of the Port, Dorset 1553-10-21 1601-06-27 For life
JP, Berkshire 1559 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1561/2 n.d.
Sheriff, Oxfordshire 1562-11-19 n.d.
Sheriff, Berkshire 1562-11-19 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1564 n.d.
Commissioner of Muster of Horses, Oxfordshire 1565 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1569 n.d.
MP, Oxfordshire 1571 1572
Bailiff, Keeper & Steward, Oxfordshire 1575-11-2 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1576 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1576 n.d.
High Steward, Berkshire Circa 1580 n.d.
Keeper of the Armoury & Porter of the Outer Gate, Berkshire Circa 1580 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Oxfordshire 1586-9-12 1601 Held jointly
Lord Lieut, Berkshire 1586-9-12 1601 Held jointly
Capt, Light Horse of the Queen's Bodyguard, England 1588-7 n.d.
High Steward, Berkshire 1588 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Oxfordshire 1590 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Berkshire 1590 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Bray, Berkshire
  • Rycote, Oxfordshire
    Acquired via wife
    Acquired: 1559
    Divested: 1601

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Derbyshire
  • Kent
  • Lincolnshire
  • Northamptonshire
  • Northumberland
  • Oxfordshire
  • Suffolk

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1593-1594 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Lord Norris' Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Norris' Players Norris, Henry (1525 - 1601) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

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Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)