NORRIS, Thomas (1653-1700), of Speke Hall, Lancs.

Family and Education

b. 30 May 1653, 1st s. of Thomas Norris of Speke Hall; bro. of Edward†, Richard* and William Norris*. educ. I. Temple 1669. m. 31 Dec. 1695, Magdalen, da. of Sir Willoughby Aston, 2nd Bt., of Aston, Cheshire, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. 1686. Trans. Hist. Soc. Lancs. and Cheshire, ii. 170; Baines, Lancs. ed. Croston, v. 58, 61; Norris Pprs. (Chetham Soc. ser. 1, ix), pp. xi, xv; IGI, Lancs.; VCH Lancs. iii. 136.

Offices Held

Burgess, Wigan by 1684; common councilman, Liverpool 1685, 1695–d., alderman 1685– Oct. 1688; sheriff, Lancs. Jan. 1696–Jan. 1697. NLS, Crawford mss 47/3/78, list of Wigan burgesses, Dec. 1684; Wahlstrand thesis, 58; R. Muir and E. M. Platt, Hist. Mun. Govt. of Liverpool, 225–6, 249; Norris Pprs. p. xiii.

Commr. for superstitious lands, 1693. E 178/6798.

Parlimentarian

NORRIS, Thomas (1653-1700), of Speke Hall, Lancs.

Main residence: Speke Hall, Lancs.

Author

E.C.

R.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

NORRIS, Thomas (1653-1700)

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Oxford 1644

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