NORRIS, William (bef. 1441-1507), of Yattendon, Berks.

Family and Education

b. bef. 1441, s. and h. of John Norris* by his 1st w.; C140/22/45. The ped. in C. Kerry, Hist. Hundred Bray, 120-1, contains many errors. er. bro of John†. m. (1) by autumn 1464, Howard Household Bks. ed. Crawford, p. xiv; i. 292 (mentioning the christening of a child of theirs in June 1465). Jane (fl.1466), Ibid. i. 378. da. of John de Vere, 12th earl of Oxford, by Elizabeth, gd.da. and h. of Sir John Howard*, prob. 4s. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 25 Apr. 1472, C140/55/29. Isabel (1441-20 May 1476), CIPM Hen. VII, i. 210-22. da. and h. of (Sir) Edmund Ingoldisthorpe*, wid. of John Neville, Marquess Montagu (d.1471), CP, ix. 92-94. 1s. 2da. (prob. all d.v.p.); These children, a son named William and daughters, Alice and Joan, must have died before their father, or else they would have then, in 1507, been sole h. or coheiresses with their half-sisters to the Ingoldisthorpe estates: CIPM Hen. VII, i. 161, 210-22; CPR, 1494-1509, p. 553; CP, ix. 92-94. (3) by Feb. 1479, CP25(1)/13/87/24. Anne (d. 12 July 1505), CIPM Hen. VII, iii. 178 (simply called ‘Anne Norris, widow’, but as the inq. relates to her dower in the Harcourt manor of Braunstone, Leics., it is clear that Sir William’s wife was meant). wid. of Sir William Harcourt† (d.1472) of Maxstoke, Warws. and Braunstone, Leics., and of (Sir) John Stanley II* (d.1476), CP25(1)/13/87/24; HMC Hastings, i. 26-27; G. Ormerod, Palatine and City of Chester ed. Helsby, iii (2), 566. 3da. One of these das., Anne, married in 1498 William, s. of Sir Christopher Wroughton†: Add. Ch. 20221. Kntd. Northampton 10 July 1460. W.A. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 12.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. election, Berks. 1478.

Steward of Cookham and Bray, Berks. 6 Aug. – 20 Dec. 1461, c. Nov. 1465–1484, 1485–d., He was holding the post in 1474–7 and 1497 when the lordships were held by successive queens: DL29/736/12059; Eton Coll. Archs., C2/276, 277. Reading abbey by Mar. 1476, Reading Recs. ed. Guilding, 74. Berks. estates of St. George’s chapel, Windsor by Nov. 1481, St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, recs. XV. 60.49. Stratfield Mortimer and Newbury 24 Jan. 1504 – d., Oxford university 3 Oct. 1504–d. SC1/44/82.

Kt. of the chamber of Edw. IV by Mich. 1465-aft. 1467, E101/411/15, f. 18v; 412/2, f. 36. for the body of Edw. IV by July 1474- bef. Apr. 1483, of Hen. VII by July 1503–d. SC1/44/76.

J.p. Berks. 18 Feb. 1467 – Nov. 1470, 12 June 1471 – Sept. 1481, 13 Nov. 1482 – Dec. 1483, 18 Nov. 1494 – d., Oxon. 20 Sept. 1485 – Feb. 1488, 26 July 1504 – d.

Keeper of rolls of chancery in Ire. 7 Sept. 1467 – ?Oct. 1483.

Sheriff, Oxon. and Berks. 5 Nov. 1468–9, 5 Nov. 1481–2, 5 Nov. 1486 – 4 Nov. 1487.

Commr. of array, Oxon., Berks. Oct. 1469, Berks. Mar. 1472; inquiry Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), Oxon., Berks. Mar. 1478 (estates of the duke of Clarence), Berks. Nov. 1496 (escapes of prisoners, Wallingford castle), Oxon., Berks. Feb. 1505, Berks. July 1505 (concealments); to survey R. Thames and enforce statutes of wiers and kiddles Dec. 1476, June 1478; of oyer and terminer, Oxon. Apr. 1481, Berks., Essex, Herts., Kent, London, Mdx., Oxon., Surr., Suss. Aug. 1483, Berks., Glos., Herefs., Oxon., Salop, Staffs., Worcs. Feb. 1495, Berks. Mar. 1502, Oxon. June 1506; to assess subsidies on aliens, Berks. Apr., Aug. 1483; administer oath against maintenance Jan. 1486; of gaol delivery, Oxford castle Oct. 1486, New Windsor Feb. 1488, Aug. 1489, Aug. 1490, Mar. 1492, May 1496, June 1501, June 1504, Feb. 1505, May 1506, Reading Feb. 1490, Feb. 1493, Abingdon, Henley, Oxford, Reading, Windsor, Wallingford July 1502; to raise force of archers to relieve Brittany, Berks., Oxon. Dec. 1488; raise subsidies in lieu of aids, Parl. 1504. PROME, xvi. 361.

Lt. of Windsor castle and Windsor forest prob. by July 1474 – Oct. 1483, Sept. 1485 – d.

Keeper of manor and park of Foliejon, Berks. 27 July 1474–22 Aug.1484, ?1485 – d.

Master forester of Wychwood and steward of Burford, Shipton, Spelsbury and the hundred of Chadlington, Oxon. during minority of Edward, earl of Warwick 5 May 1479–?, 1485–?

Parlimentarian

NORRIS, William (bef. 1441-1507), of Yattendon, Berks.

Main residence: Yattendon, Berks.

Author

L.S.C.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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