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Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys

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Edward was relieved of his post in Ostend by the Queen. She sent him home as all of his brothers had died as soldiers and Elizabeth wanted her friend Margery to have one of her sons by her. Margery died soon afterwards in 1599 and the Queen wrote off £2,000 of their debt.
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The early years of Henry's life are obscure. His mother had died in 1531, and his father was beheaded in 1536, leaving him and his younger sister Mary orphans. The children were brought up by their childless uncle,
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in 1547. His wife, Margery, was the coheir of her wealthy father, who had become treasurer of the court of augmentations and who was continuing to acquire land in
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had not noticed this, and could not read Latin. The inscription was changed to read that the English had taken the town by force of arms.
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Henry died on 27 June 1601, having outlived his wife and five of his children, and was temporarily buried, on 21 May, in the church at
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armies, the queen sent a stately letter of condolence to "my own dear crow", as the Queen still affectionately called Margery.
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showed him a new lodging in a French palace. Norris observed a painting of the fortress town of Newhaven or
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In 1553, Henry was among the King's gentlemen who witnessed the device settling the crown upon
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did not hold this act against him, approving his appointment as the butler of
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of Lord and Lady Norreys lie beneath an elaborate canopy supported by marble
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Henry; in 1568, 1570, 1572, and in September 1592, on another journey from
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erected in honour of them and their six sons in St. Andrew's Chapel in
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family, many members of which had held positions at the English court.
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Members. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1558–1603
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and they are surrounded by kneeling figures of their children.
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He was recalled from France in August 1570 and replaced by Sir
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In November 1565, on the occasion of the third marriage of
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later in that same year. In 1554, he was assigned to guard
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Maximilian Norreys (c. 1557 – September 1593), killed in
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Index

Baron Norreys

Rycote
Chapel of St Michael and All Angels
51°44′17″N 1°02′07″W / 51.73802°N 1.03517°W / 51.73802; -1.03517
Sir John Norreys
William Norreys
Edward Norreys
Sir Henry Norreys
Thomas Norreys
Henry Norris
Mary Fiennes, Lady Norris

Rycote
Oxfordshire
English
politician
diplomat
Berkshire
Sir Henry Norreys
beheaded
adultery
Queen Anne Boleyn
Mary Fiennes
Thomas Fiennes, 8th Baron Dacre
Parliament of England
Citation
31 Hen. 8
Royal assent
Sir John Norreys

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