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Sir Henry NORREYS, AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE, BARON NORRIS OF RYCOTE.

Sir Henry NORREYS, AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE, BARON NORRIS OF RYCOTE.

Male 1525 - 1601  (~ 76 years)

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  • Name Sir Henry NORREYS, AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE, BARON NORRIS OF RYCOTE.  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth Jan 1525  Bray Castle, Rycote, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Birth Jan 1525  (Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Death 27 Jun 1601  Rycote, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Name Sir Henry NORREYS  [1, 7
    Name Sir Knight Henry Norris (Norreys), Ambassador to France, Baron Norris of Rycote, MP II 
    Death 27 Jun 1601  Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels in the Grounds of Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Burial Winkfield, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Person ID I10514  Ancestrees
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2024 

    Father Sir Henry Norreys Norris, Baron Norreys,   b. Dec 1491, Bray Castle, Rycote, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1536, Beheaded for treason in The tower of London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 44 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Fiennes,   b. Dec 1495, Hurstmonceux (Herstmonceu) Castle, Dacre, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1533, Herstmonceux Castle, Wartling, Hailsham, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 37 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Hurstmonceaux, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5815  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lady Margaret Majorie Williams, Heiress of Rycote,   b. Between 1521 and 1534, Thame (Oxfordshire) England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1599, Buried in a vault under Rycote Chapel, on the grounds of Rycote House, So. Oxford, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Marriage 26 Aug 1542  (Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _MARRIED
    Children 
     1. (Sir) John Norris,   b. 1545, Rycote, Axon, Eng., England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1597, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Lady Catharine Elizabeth PoulettPaulet Paulett,   b. 1571, Fifield House, Bray, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1602, Malden, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Maximilian NORREYS,   b. 1558, (Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, (Oxfordshire) Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1591, Bretagne, France (killed while serving under his brother, John) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Henry NORREYS,   b. Abt 1554, of Oxon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1598, , , Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Sir Knight Edward NORRIS Norreys,, Baron and Vicar of Tetbury Gov. of Ostend 1590-1599 I,   b. 22 Apr 1551 or 1565, (Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, Oxfordshire, (Berkshire) England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1603, died Englefield, Berkshire England; buried St Andrew Holborn, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Sir William I (Captain) Norreys,   b. 1548, (Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, (Oxfordshire) Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1579, Newry, Down, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Sir Thomas Norris,   b. 1556, (Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, Oxfordshire, (Berkshire) England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1599, Mallow, Cork County, Munster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F2561  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2024 

  • Notes 
    • He was born and grew up at Yattenden Castle, 7 miles from where Mary Norris, said she was from in her 1611 marriage record in Holland. It's this Norris family that is most likely to be the ancestral line for Mary Norris of the Mayflower.

  • Sources 
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