Sir Knight Edward Norreysnorrisnourse Nurse, I - Baron And Vicar Of Tetbury - Gov. Of Ostend - English Member Of Parliament, *

1551 - 1603  (52 years)

• Name	Sir Knight Edward Norreysnorrisnourse Nurse, I - Baron And Vicar Of Tetbury - Gov. Of Ostend - English Member Of Parliament  [1]
  Suffix	*
  Birth	22 Apr 1551	(Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, Oxfordshire, (Berkshire) England
  Gender	Male
  Birth	22 Apr 1551	Bray Castle, Wytham, Rycote, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom   [2]
  Birth	22 Apr 1551 or 1565	(Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, Oxfordshire, (Berkshire) England
  Death	1 Sep 1603 (1601)	Shinfield/Englefield, Oxfordshire (Berkshire), England   [1]
  Death	1603	died Englefield, Berkshire England; buried St Andrew Holborn, London, England   [3]
  Name	Sir Edward Norris  [4, 5]
  Name	Sir Knight Edward Norris Norreys, Baron and Vicar of Tetbury Gov. of Ostend 1590-1599 I
  Death	1 Sep 1603	died Englefield, Berkshire England; buried St Andrew Holborn, London, England   [5]
  Burial	Englefield, West Berkshire Unitary Authority, Berkshire, England   [5]
  Person ID	I9871	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Sir Knight Henry Norreysnorrisnourse Nurse, Ii Of Rycote* - 1st Baron Of Norreys De Rycote - Knight And Ambassador To France - Courtier To King, VIII ****,   b. Jan 1525, (Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, Berkshire, England d. 27 Jun 1601, Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels) (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lady Margaret Majorie Williams, Heiress of Rycote,   b. 15 Oct 1521, Thame, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 16 Nov 1599, Buried in a vault under Rycote Chapel, on the grounds of Rycote House, So. Oxford, Oxfordshire (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	26 Aug 1542	(Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, Berkshire, England
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F2528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary More,   b. 25 Dec 1553, West Riding, Yorkshire, , England d. 1605, St Dunstan in the West, London, England (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	17 Jul 1600	Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England
  Family ID	F2525	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Elinor Norris,   b. 1554, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 1621, England (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	26 Jan 1593	Bristol, Gloucester, England
  Family ID	F2526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Lady Elizabeth "Catherine" Norreys, of Rycote,   b. 1571, Heywood,White Waltham,Berkshire,England d. 28 Apr 1621, St Andrew, Holborn, London, London, England, United Kingdom (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	25 Feb 1573	Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England
  Children	1. Richard Norris,   b. 21 Sep 1589, Westbury, Wiltshire, England d. 21 May 1638 (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Marriage	25 Feb 1573	Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England
  Married	17 Jul 1600	Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom   [2]
  Children	1. Mary (Mayflower Passenger) Norris, *,   b. 1580, of Bedfordshire, England d. 25 Feb 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Rev. Edward Norris Of Salem, Mass And Vicar Of Tetury, England,   b. Jan 1580, Tetbury, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, UK d. 23 Dec 1659, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Henry Norris,   b. 9 Feb 1581, Westbury, Wiltshire, England  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F7127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  Wikitree 2022 "Sir Edward Norreys (or Norris) (died 1603) was a 16th-century Governor of Ostend and English Member of Parliament. Norreys was the third son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys and his wife, Lady Margery Williams, then of Wytham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He was elected as Member of Parliament for Abingdon in the Parliaments of 1584–1585 and 1588–1589. Like his more famous brother, Sir John Norreys, Edward became a distinguished soldier, fighting in the Netherlands. He was knighted by the Earl of Leicester in 1586 and was appointed Governor of Ostend in 1590. In February the following year he raided the Spanish fort at Blankenberge and destroyed it, returning to Ostend with little loss.[1] In England, Sir Edward lived on a small estate at Englefield in Berkshire. Dudley Carleton was his secretary. Sir Edward married Elizabeth Norreys in 1600, but the cousinly union did not produce any children. He died in October 1603. Thomas Edmondes wrote that Norreys died after a quarrel with his wife left his mind unbalanced. She subsequently married the Scottish courtier Sir Thomas Erskine.[2]" Sir Edward had knowledge of the Netherlands through the way. He also traveled extensively in his career.. Nor records of his children have been found in baptismal records by me in any county in England. He could have fathered children in various travels who are now showing up as DNA matches between American descendants of Norris' in Berkshire which remained his home during these assignments. This is theory. Mary was born 32 miles from where he was born. We don't know where John was born of Mass. and NY whose descendants have multiple DNA triangulations with Mary Norris on Gedmatch. I do not believe this Edward had a son Edward who emigrated to the colonies because I can find no DNA matches with descendants of Edward. Here is more detail. I have been able to find no evidence that Rev. Edward of Salem, Mass. is the son of Edward Norris, Gov. of Ostend. This includes checking for any first hand records, checking autosomal DNA cousin triangulations with my Uncle, Sharon Coates Kubacki and descendants of John Norris b. 1617-1621 of England, Mass. and NY. Mary was of Newbury whose closest possible relative was Edward Norris, Gov. of Ostend who lived 12 miles from Newbury, Berkshire, England. Descendants of she and John do NOT triangulate with descendants of Rev. Edward of Salem, Mass. Major publications like "The American Genealogist" article concur stating he had no children with his wife who was a cousin. The Visitations of Berkshire concluded in the early 1600's don't list them with any children either.

  
  

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