NORTON, Richard (1615-91), of Southwick, Hants.

Family and Education

b. 19 Nov. 1615, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Daniel Norton† and Honor, da. of Sir John White of Southwick.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 113. educ. ?privately (Mr Fletcher);Christie, Life of Shaftesbury, i. 12-13. Brasenose, Oxf. 9 Dec. 1631;Al. Ox. G. Inn, 10 May 1634;G. Inn Admiss. 204. travelled abroad aft. Nov. 1634.PC2/44, f. 140v. m. (1) 4 July 1636, Anne (d. bef. 12 Apr. 1648), da. of Sir Walter Erle* of Charborough, Dorset, 1s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) bef. 21 Nov. 1648, Elizabeth, da. of William Fiennes†, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 4 July 1636.C142/534/101; Hants RO, 5M50/437; ancestry.com select births and christenings; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 113; PROB11/219/404 (Dame Honor Norton). d. May 1691.Luttrell, Brief Relation, ii. 238.

Offices Held

Civic: burgess, Southampton 17 Dec. 1634.Southampton RO, SC 3/1/1, f. 201v. Freeman, Portsmouth 5 Oct. 1640.Portsmouth RO, CE1/5, p. 39; Portsmouth Recs. ed. East, 352.

Local: j.p. Hants 26 Feb. 1641 – 10 June 1642, by Feb. 1650–d.C231/5, pp. 431, 528; C193/13/3, f. 56v; A Perfect List (1660), 49; C220/9/4. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672. 1660 – ?76SR; A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); Ordinance for Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. by 21 June 1642–?, 1660 – ?76LJ v. 156b. July, 1689–d.Add 21922, f. 238v; SP29/51, f. 112; SP29/225, f. 125. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643, 10 June 1645; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; defence of Hants and Southampton 20 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Sheriff, Hants 1643–4.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 56. Commr. for timber for navy, Kent and Essex 16 Apr. 1644; commr. for Hants, assoc. of Hants, Surr. Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644.A. and O. Member, cttee. for Southampton, 19 Aug. 1648.LJ x. 447b Commr. militia, Hants 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Southampton 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654 – June 1659, 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 9, 308; C181/7, pp. 9, 636. sewers, River Kennet, Berks. and Hants 14 June 1654;C181/6, p. 44. Hants 25 July 1671;C181/7, p. 584. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, c.Dec. 1655.TSP iv. 363. Foreman of grand jury, 1656.TSP v. 215. Lt. Alice Holt and Woolmer forests by Aug. 1656 – July 1659, July 1660–2.CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 5; 1657–8, pp. 136, 264; 1658–9, p. 361; 1659–60, p. 28; 1660–1, p. 138; Eg. 2551, f. 28. Commr. for public faith, Hants 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). preservation of timber, New Forest 1 Mar. 1660;CJ vii. 856b. poll tax, Hants 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR. Forester, South Bailiwick, New Forest 1660–70.Cal. of New Forest Docs. ed. Stagg, 121–204. Commr. recusants, Hants 1675.CTB iv. 697.

Military: capt. (parlian.) under Sir William Waller*, Portsmouth Aug.-Sept. 1642. Col. of horse, dragoons and ft. army of Sir William Waller, 1643–5. Col. of horse, army of 2nd earl of Manchester, Surr., Suss., Hants and Berks. 25 July 1643.BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database; A. and O.; D. Hall and N. Barber, ‘Norton’s Horse’, Procs. Hants Field Club Arch. Soc. lxi. 227, 239–40. Gov. Southampton by 18 Dec. 1643–4;CJ iii. 347b, 353a. Portsmouth 10 May 1645 – Dec. 1648, by 22 Oct. 1655 – bef.12 May 1659, by 19 Apr. – May 1660, Aug. 1660–1. June – Sept. 1660LJ vii. 364a, 365a; CJ vii. 653a-b; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 391; 1655–6, p. 106; 1659–60, p. 548; 1660–1, p. 213; SP29/47, f. 230; Ludlow, Mems. ii. 80. Col. of ft., 1667. Lt.-col. of ft. regt. of Charles Powlett I†, 1689–d.HP Commons 1640–1660.

Religious: elder, second Hants classis, 8 Dec. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 262–3.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 25 Nov. 1652, 14 July 1653, 25 Feb. 1660.CJ vii. 220b, 284b; A. and O. Member, cttee. for the army, 27 July 1653;CJ vii. 287b. cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1.

: Hants.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

NORTON, Richard (1615-91), of Southwick, Hants.

Will

5 July 1689, contested, and judgment passed on 26 Feb. 1692.PROB11/412/10

Estates

inherited manors of Southwick, Berry, Kilmeston Plunkenet, Weston Corbett and Wellesworth, and lands inc. messuages at Berry, Lee Heath, Newland farm and West Boarhunt, all in Hants, in some of which his mo. Dame Honor had a life interest.VCH Hants, iii. 163, 324, 387; Hants RO, 5M50/377, 378, 1246, 1817-20, 1824-7, 1886. Also inherited former priory, manor, rectory and tithes of Ixworth, Suff.JRL, RYCH3336, 3339, 3341, 3343; E134/15and16Chas2/Hil12; Hants RO, 5M50/439, 441, 442; Suff. RO (Bury), HA507/2/183. Held a succession of leases for three lives on Old Alresford manor, Hants, from bishops of Winchester.VCH Hants, iii. 304-5; CSP Dom. 1637-8, p. 64; Hants RO, 5M50/1094. By Mar. 1650 also owned lands in Cosham, Farlington and Widley (Portsmouth).VCH Hants, iii. 107; Hants RO, 5M50/1886. Contracted to purchase Middle Park, Hampton Court, for £3,700, but when no money was paid contract declared void in Dec. 1653.CSP Dom. 1653-4, pp. 300, 356 In 1678 sold Weston Corbett to Thomas Higgons* for £1,645.VCH Hants, iii. 387.

Oxford 1644

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