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NOWELL, Alexander (1516/17-1602), of Westminster, Mdx. and London.
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b. 1516 /17 1st s. of John Nowell of Read, Lancs. by and 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Robert Kay of Rochdale. educ. Middleton g.s. Lancs., Brasenose, Oxf. matric, 1536, BA 29 May 1536, fellow 1536-8, determined 1537, MA 10 June 1540, D.Th. supp. 10 June 1578, cr. 1 Oct. 1595. m. Jane (d. 3 Aug. 1579), da. of Robert Mery of Northaw, Herts., wid. of Thomas Bowyer (d. 13 Sept. 1558) of London, s.p.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of one Hast of Wyndham, Suss., wid. of Lawrence Ball and of Thomas Blount of London, s.p.Date of birth estimated from Nowell’s statement about age on entering Oxford. R. Churton, Alexander Nowell , app. 1; Chetham Soc. lxxxi. 36; A. B. Grosart, The Spending of the Money of Robert Nowell, pp. xxxviii-xliii; Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. 1501-40, pp. 419-21; DNB.
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Master, Westminster sch. 1543 – 55; canon and prebendary, Westminster 5 Dec. 1551–4, 21 June 1560–4, Canterbury 14 Feb. 1560–4, London 3 Dec. 1560 – d., Windsor 25 Apr. 1594 – d.; archdeacon, Westminster Jan. 1560; rector, Saltwood, Kent 3 Feb. 1560, Much Hadham, Herts. Dec. 1562–89; commr. to visit dioceses of Lichfield, Lincoln, Oxford and Peterborough 1559, Canterbury and Rochester 1560; other commissions 1563 – 83; dean, St. Paul’s 17 Nov. 1560.; eccles. commr. 1562 1572; j.p.q. Herts. 1564 – 79; fellow, Manchester Coll. Lancs. by 1578; principal, Brasenose, Oxf. 6 Sept.-14 Dec. 1595.
Main residences: Westminster, Mdx.; London.
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NOSEWORTHY, John (by 1481-1530/32), of Ashburton and Exeter, Devon.
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b. by 1481, ?poss. s. of John Noseworthy of Ashburton.Date of birth estimated from admission as freeman.
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Churchwarden. Ashburton 1502 – 04; bailiff. Exeter 1502 – 03, member of the Twenty-Four by 1508, receiver 1516 – 17, mayor 1521 – 22; commr. subsidy 1523, 1524.
Main residences: Ashburton; Exeter, Devon.
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NORTON, Thomas (by 1532-84), of London.
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b. by 1532, 1st s. of Thomas Norton of London by Elizabeth, da. of Robert Mery of Northaw, Herts. educ. Michaelhouse, Camb., matric. 1544 and 1545, MA 1570; I. Temple, adm. Nov. 1555. m. (1) by 1561, Margaret, da. of Thomas Cranmer, abp. of Canterbury, s.p.; (2) by 1568, Alice, da. of Edmund Cranmer, 4s. 2da. suc. fa. 10 Mar. 1583.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/203/12. DNB; N. and Q. (ser. 3), iv. 480; Harl. 1234, f. 113; 1547, f. 45v; Her. and Gen. iii. 276; Vis. Herts. (Harl. Soc. xxii), 80-81, 152; R. E. C. Waters, Fams. Thomas Cranmer and Thomas Wood, 22-23.
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Counsel to Stationers’ Co. 1562; remembrancer, London 6 Feb. 1571–d.? garbler of spices 10 Mar. 1583–d.; commr. to examine Catholic prisoners 1574, 1578 – 83, for Guernsey 1579, for Sark 1583; solicitor to Merchant Taylors’ Co. 1581; censor for bp. of London by 1581.
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Main residence: London.
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NORTON, Sir John (by 1512-57), of Northwood in Milton, Kent.
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b. by 1512, o. s. of Sir John Norton of Faversham by 1st w. Jane, da. and coh. of John Northwood of Northwood. m. by 1533, Alice, da. and h. of Edward Cobbe of ‘Cobbesplace’, 1s. suc. fa. 8 Feb. 1534. Kntd. 22 Feb. 1547.Date of birth estimated from marriage. Vis Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 79-80; DNB.
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V.-adm. Kent 1550; commr. relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; other commissions 1541 – d.; j.p. 1554.
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Main residence: Northwood in Milton, Kent.
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NORTON, Sir John (by 1512-57)
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NORTON, John (?1497-1561), of East Tisted, Hants.
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b. ?1497, 1st s. of Richard Norton of East Tisted by Elizabeth, da. of William Rotherfield alias Lyndhurst of Rotherfield. educ. prob. L. Inn, adm. 12 Feb. 1516. m. by 1530, Anne, da. of George Puttenham of Sheffield, 7 or 8s. inc. Richard 6da. suc. fa. 17 Feb. 1537.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/58/118, and at Gardiner’s trial, Foxe, Acts and Mons. vi. 226-7. Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 14; VCH Hants, iii. 31; PCC 4 Crumwell, 9 Streat.
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Recorder, Winchester by 1538 – 48; j.p. Hants 1538 – 47, q. 1554, western circuit 1540; commr. relief, Hants 1550, proclamations 1551, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, piracy 1556; sheriff 1556–7.
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Main residence: East Tisted, Hants.
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NORTON, John (?1497-1561)
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