Family and Education
b. by 1502, 1st s. of Edmund Norris of Fifield by Alice, da. of John Fowler of Fifield. m. by 1523, Mary, da. and coh. of Henry Staverton of Bray, 2s. inc. William 5da.Date of birth estimated from marriage. Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 23, 131; (lvii), 55, 184; C142/176/2.
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Gent. usher, the privy chamber by 1536, principal gent. usher July 1553–8 or later; keeper, Foliejon park, Windsor park, Berks. 1536 – d., Ashridge, Bucks. 1545; j.p. Berks. 1538–58/59; comptroller of works, Windsor castle 24 July 1538 – d.; commr. relief, Berks. and Windsor 1550, chantries 1553, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; gent. usher of the Black Rod and the order of the Garter 1554–d.LP Hen. VIII, x-xii, xviii, xx; CPR, 1547–8, p. 81; 1550–3, p. 392; 1553, pp. 351, 413; 1553–4, pp. 17, 28, 113, 116; Stowe 571, f. 50v; E101/423/12, pt. 2, ff. 8, 12; The King’s Works, iii. 415.

Main residence: Fifield, Berks.
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Commons 1509-1558
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NORRIS, John (by 1502-77)

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Oxford 1644
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