Col. of militia ft. Hants by 1640 – 42, ?1689 – d.; freeman, Portsmouth 1640, 1682, Winchester by 1647; j.p. Hants 1641 – d., sheriff 1643 – 44, commr. for assessment 1643 – 52, 1657, 1659 – 80, 1689 – 90, sequestration 1643, accounts 1643, execution of ordinances 1644, safety 1645, militia 1648, Mar. 1660, scandalous ministers 1654, oyer and terminer, Western circuit 1655, July 1660-at least 1673; commr. for security, Hants 1655 – 56; foreman of grand jury, Hants 1656; lt. Alice Holt and Woolmer forests 1657 – 59, July 1660–2; dep. lt. Hants July 1660 – ?76, 1689 – d., commr. for recusants 1675; gov. of White Paper Makers Co. by 1690–d.
Col. of horse (parliamentary) 1642 – 45; gov. Southampton 1643 – 44, Portsmouth 1645 – 48, 1655 – 59, Apr. 1660–1; col. of ft. June – Sept. 1660, 1667; lt.-col. of ft., regt. of Charles Powlett I 1689–d.
Commr. for exclusion from sacrament 1646, scandalous offences 1648; councillor of state 1652 – 53, 25 Feb. – 29 May 1660; commr. for army 1653 – 54, trade 1655–7.
NORTON, Richard (1615-91)