Family and Education
bap. 26 Nov. 1578, 2nd s. of John Norton (bur. 11 Mar. 1581) of Allesley and Elizabeth Pitsford.Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxxii), 138; Allesley par. reg. ?appr. dyer, c.1592.Coventry Archives, Add. 11364, f. 16. m. (1) 17 Aug. 1601, Prudence, da. of Richard Jesson of Coventry, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 3 da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) Ellen ?Hales.Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxxii), 138; Ryton-on-Dunsmore and Holy Trinity, Coventry, par. regs.; PROB11/187/147. d. betw. 2-7 July 1641.PROB11/187/147; Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/2, f. 19.
Offices Held
Civic: surveyor for Spon Street, Coventry 1617. Cllr. by 1 Feb. 1626; dep. alderman, Crosscheaping ward 5 Dec. 1629; mayor, 1633 – 34; alderman, Bayley Land ward 10 Sept. 1634. Town clerk by 1 Sept. 1635. Viewer of Harnall fields, 30 June 1636. Gov. house of correction, 6 June 1638.
Local: commr. further subsidy, Coventry 1641; poll tax, 1641.
: of Little Park Street and Allesley, Warws., Coventry.
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Commons 1640-1660
Web Title
NORTON, Simon (1578-1641), of Little Park Street and Allesley, Coventry, Warws.
Will
2 July, pr. 23 Sept. 1641.PROB11/187/147.
Estates
house in Little Park Street built c. 1610.VCH Warws. viii. 148. Lease from Coventry corporation of tenement in Little Park Street with Humfrey Burton, 6 Sept. 1626. Renewed lease from corporation of ‘The Ramm’, 30 Sept. 1629; surrendered to son Thomas, 17 June 1634; rent £1 6s 8d.Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/1, ff. 283v, 295v, 325. Acquired a messuage and 102 acres in pars. of Holy Trinity, Harenhall and Foleshill, Coventry from Charles and John Hales aft. 9 Oct. 1629. Grant from crown of tithes of corn in par. of Clifton-on-Dunsmore for £25 and 10s p.a. 6 July 1631.Coventry Docquets, 253, 594. Lease from corporation of stable, garden, ‘high building’, Cook Street, for 21 years at £2 11s 4d rent, 9 Sept. 1638.Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/1, f. 356v. Interest with William Jesson*, John Barker* and others in messuage in Clifford Chambers, Glos. assigned from Sir Henry Rainsforde* and others, aft. Sept. 1638.Coventry Docquets, 727. At d. in 1641 £1,250 let in his hands to pay on purchase of Harnall Grange, in respect of Mistress Hales’s jointure’; land purchased from Sir John Gerard, bt. and tithes at Coundon and at Biggin, Clifton-on-Dunsmore.PROB11/187/147.
Oxford 1644
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