Family and Education
b. 1522 /23, 1st s. of John Norris of Fifield by Mary, da. and coh. of Henry Staverton of Bray. educ. G. Inn, adm. 1544. m. 1547 /48, Mary, da. of Sir Adrian Fortescue of Shirburn and Stonor Place, Oxon., 6s. inc. John 6da. suc. fa. 30 Jan. 1577.Aged 68 at death according to MI, Ashmole, Berks. iii. 11. Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvii), 184-6; W. H. St. J. Hope, Windsor Castle, i. 271, 274.
Offices Held
Gent. usher, the privy chamber by 1553; gent. pens. by May 1558–d. ?steward, Bray and Cookham, Berks. 1567; comptroller of works, Windsor castle, and keeper of Foliejon park, Berks. 30 Jan. 1577 – d.; gent. usher of the Black Rod and the order of the Garter ?1577–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Fifield, Berks.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
NORRIS, William (1522/23-91)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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