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Families covered: Norris of Rycote, Norreys of Yattenden
Sir John Norreys of Bray and Patenden, Sheriff of Devon and Berkshire (d 1466) | |||||||||||||||
m1. Alice Merbrooke (dau of Richard Merbrooke of Yattenden) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Sir William Norreys (Norris) of Yattenden (d 04.01.1507) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Isabel Ingoldsthorpe (d before 1513-4, dau of Sir Edmund Ingoldsthorpe) | |||||||||||||||
BE1883 reports that Sir William had 3 sons, who died young, and 3 daughters, all of whom are shown below under his third marriage (to Anne Horne). We follow BP1934. | |||||||||||||||
m2. Jane de Vere (dau of John de Vere, Earl of Oxford) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Sir Edward Norreys of Yattenden 'of Ricot' | ||||||||||||||
m. Fridiswide Lovel (dau of John Lovel, 8th Lord of Titchmarsh, Lord Holand) | |||||||||||||||
i. | John Norreys 'of Yattenden' (dspl 21.10.1564) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth (sister of Edmund, Lord Bray) | |||||||||||||||
It appears that (Sir) John had an illegitimate daughter ... | |||||||||||||||
a. | Anne Norres alias Graunt | ||||||||||||||
m. Alexander Zinzano | |||||||||||||||
ii. | Sir Henry Norreys or Norris (d 17.05.1536) | ||||||||||||||
m. Mary Fiennes (d 1533, dau of Thomas Fiennes, Lord Dacre 'of the South') | |||||||||||||||
a. | Sir Henry Norris, 1st Lord of Rycote (b c1525, d 27.06.1601) | ||||||||||||||
m. Margeret Williams (d 12.1599, dau of John Williams, Lord of Thame) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | William Norris (b c1547, dvp 25.12.1579, Marshal of Berwick) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Morrison (d c04.07.1611, dau of Sir Richard Morrison of Cashiobury) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Francis Norris, 2nd Lord of Rycote, Earl of Berkshire (b 06.07.1582, d 29.01.1621-2) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1598-9) Bridget de Vere (d 1631, dau of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Elizabeth, Baroness Norris (bur 28.11.1645) | ||||||||||||||
m. (27.03.1622) Edward Wray (of Glentworth family) | |||||||||||||||
p. Sarah Rose (wife of Samuel Hayward) | |||||||||||||||
(ii) | Sir Francis Rose or Norreys of Weston | ||||||||||||||
m. Hester Rous (dau of Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Bart of Rouse Lench) | |||||||||||||||
(2) | Sir Thomas Norris of Mallow (Justice of Ireland, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
m. Bridget Kingsmill (dau of Sir William Kingsmill of Sydmonton) wife of Sir Thomas, presumed mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Elizabeth Norris | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir John Jephson of Froyle | |||||||||||||||
(3) | Catherine Norris | ||||||||||||||
m. (1583) Sir Anthony Poulett, Governor of Jersey (d 22.07.1600) | |||||||||||||||
(4)+ | other issue - Sir John (d unm), Sir Edward (dsp, Governor of Ostend), Henry, Maximilian | ||||||||||||||
b. | Mary Norris | ||||||||||||||
m1. Sir George Carew of Mohun's Ottery | |||||||||||||||
m2. Sir Arthur Champernowe of Dartington (d 1578) | |||||||||||||||
B. | Anne Norreys | ||||||||||||||
m. John Tyrrel | |||||||||||||||
C. | Margaret Norreys | ||||||||||||||
m. John Barret of Bellhouse | |||||||||||||||
D. | Mary (or Margaret) Norreys (d c1512) | ||||||||||||||
m. Gilbert Bullock of Arbourfield (d 1500) | |||||||||||||||
E. | Elizabeth Norreys (d 22.01.1518) | ||||||||||||||
Some sources show an Elizabeth of this generation & marriage as married to Thomas Fettiplace of Compton Beauchamp. | |||||||||||||||
BP1934 identifies William's 3rd wife (and mother of Richard, Lionel, William, Joane, Elizabeth + unnamed daughter (not Anne), naming the daughters' husbands) as Anne, dau of Sir John Horne of Sarsden & widow of Sir John Harcourt. Visitation (Rylands (1908), Berkshire (additional), 'Stafford of Bradfield') provides more information about the daughters & husbands but identifies their mother as ... | |||||||||||||||
m3. Anne Horne (dau/heir of William Horne, Mayor of London) | |||||||||||||||
F. | Joane Norreys (Norris) | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir John Cheney of Wodhay | |||||||||||||||
G. | Elizabeth Norreys | ||||||||||||||
m. (sp) William Fermor (Farmer) of Somerton (d 20.07.1552) | |||||||||||||||
H. | Katherine Norreys (Norris) | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir John Langford of Bradfield | |||||||||||||||
I. | Anne Norreys mentioned by Rylands but not by BP1934 | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas Wroughton | |||||||||||||||
J.+ | other issue (dsp) - Richard, Lionel, William | ||||||||||||||
2. | Anne Norris 'TUDOR' shows Anne to be by this marriage | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir John Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt (d 26.06.1485) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Eleanor Clitherow (dau of Roger Clitherow of Colderstone) | |||||||||||||||
3.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
m3. Margaret Chedworth (dau of Sir John Chedworth) | |||||||||||||||
4.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
Possibly of this generation, but (if so) of which marriage is unknown (albeit probably the last), was ... | |||||||||||||||
5. | Margaret Norris | ||||||||||||||
m. John Southcot of Southcot | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Abingdon) with support from TCP (Norreys or Norris of Rycote) and BE1883 (Norreys of Thame and Berkshire)
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