Family and Education
b. 1501, 1st s. of Henry Norris of Speke by Clemence, da. of Sir James Harington of Hornby, Lancs. and Wolfage in Brixworth, Northants. m. (1) settlement 1521, Ellen, da. of Rowland Bulkeley of Beaumaris, Anglesey and Whatcroft, Cheshire, 1s. 6da.; (2) by 1535, Anne, da. and coh. of David Myddelton of Chester, Cheshire, wid. of Thomas Seton, 6s. 6da. suc. fa. 7 July 1524. Kntd. 1531.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m. and date of parent’s marriage, VCH Lancs. iii. 135; Top. and Gen. ii. 377. Vis. Lancs. 1567 (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 84; J. B. Watson, ‘Lancs, gentry 1529-58’ (London Univ. M.A. thesis, 1959), 433; G. Ormerod, Misc. Palatina, 23 seq.; H. H. Leonard, ‘Knights and knighthood in Tudor Eng.’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1970), 303.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Lancs. 1544 – 45; j.p. Cheshire 1547; commr. relief, Cheshire, Lancs. 1550; other commissions 1535 – 65; mayor, Liverpool, Lancs. 1554 – 55; member, council of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby by 1555.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Speke, Lancs.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
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NORRIS, Sir William (1501-68)
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