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Families covered: Norton of London, Norton of Sharpenhoe

                               
John R. Norton of Strealey, Bedfordshire (b c1478, d 16.01.1557)
m. Jane Cowper (dau of John Cowper)
1. Richard Norton (b c1517, d 16.01.1566)
The following is supported by Visitation (London, 1633, 'Norton #1').
  m. (c1556) Margery or Marie Wingate (dau of Robert Wingate of Sharpenhoe)
  A. William Norton (b c1535, d 1604)
  m1. Margery Hawes (dau of William Hawes)
  m2. Denniss or Dionise Cholmondley ## see here ##
  i. Richard Norton of London (a 1633, 3rd son)
  m1. Ellen Rowley (dau of Thomas Rowley of Saffron Walden)
  a.+ issue (a 1633) - Luke (b c1625), Richard, John, Ellen, Dorothy
  m2. Lettice Norton (dau of Luke Norton, widow of Robert Cheney) @@ below
ii.+ other issue - Thomas, John
2. Thomas Norton of London (d 10.03.1583)
  The following is part supported by Visitation (Hertfordshire, 1634, 'Norton of Marketcell').
  m1. Elizabeth Merry (dau of Robert Merry of Northall (Mery of Northaw))
A. Thomas Norton of London & Sharpenhoe (b by 1532, d 10.03.1584, MP)
  m1. (by 1561) Margaret Cranmer (dsp, dau of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury)
  m2. (by 1568) Alice Cranmer (a 1602, dau of Edmund Cranmer, Archdeacon of Canterbury (brother of Archbishop Thomas))
  i. Robert Norton (a 1634, 3rd son)
  m. Anne Hare (dau of Robert Hare of Lincolnshire)
  a. Anne Norton
  m. James Castle of London
  b+ other issue - Thomas (dsp), Robert, Thomas, Richard, George, Elizabeth
  ii. Anne Norton
  m. Sir George Coppin (b c1570, d 1619-20)
  iii. Elizabeth Norton
  m. Miles Raynsford (bur 26.01.1604, MP, Groom of the Privy Chamber, son of Thomas)
  iv.+ other issue - Thomas (d 1582), Henry (b c1571, a 1584), son
  B. Margaret Norton
  m. _ Symons
  C. Joan Norton
  m1/2. _ Spicer
  m2/1. _ Barrett
  m2. ?? (d 1581/2, widow of _ Osborne)
  D. Luke Norton of Offley, Hertfordshire
  The following is supported by Visitation (Bedfordshire, 1634, 'Norton (of Sharpenhoe in Streatley)'), which shows Luke as brother of Thomas of Sharpenhoe, and Visitation (London, 1633, 'Norton #2').
  m. Lettice Graveley (dau/heir of George Graveley of Hitchin, brother of Graveley of Graveley)
  i. Graveley Norton of Sharpenhoe (a 1634, of the Inner Temple)
  m. Ellen Angell (dau of William Angell, Sergeant of the Acatery)
a. Lettice Norton (b c1627, a 1634)
  ii. Benjamin Norton of London (a 1634)
  m. Bridget Angell (dau of William Angell of London (fishmonger))
  a.+ issue (a 1634) - Lettice (b c1631), Mary, Constance
  iii. Thomas Norton of London
  iv. Anne Norton
m. Eustace Nedham of Little Wimondley
  v. Lettice Norton
  m1. Robert Cheney of Bramhanger, Luton
  m2. Richard Norton of London @@ above
  vi. Elizabeth Norton
  m. Stephen Pearce of Hitchin
  vii. Martha Norton
  m. Thomas Coppin of Markett Cell (Markeatsel)
  viii. Susan Norton
  m. John Berners of Sharfield
  ix. Talbot Norton
  m. Thomas Rotheram of Farley
  E.+ 2 other sons
  m3. Elizabeth Marshall (dau of Robert Marshall, widow of Ralph Ratcliff of Hitchen (schoomaster/dramatist))

Main source(s): a schedule kindly provided by a regular contributor (CV, 28.06.24) which identified its sources, the main ones of which are identified above
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