Sir Knight Henry Norreysnorrisnourse Nurse, Ii Of Rycote* - 1st Baron Of Norreys De Rycote - Knight And Ambassador To France - Courtier To King, VIII ****

1525 - 1601  (76 years)

• Name	Sir Knight Henry Norreysnorrisnourse Nurse, Ii Of Rycote* - 1st Baron Of Norreys De Rycote - Knight And Ambassador To France - Courtier To King  [1, 2]
  Suffix	VIII ****
  Birth	Jan 1525	(Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, Berkshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Jan 1525	Bray Castle, Rycote, Berkshire, England
  Birth	Jan 1525	(Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, Berkshire, England   [3, 4]
  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   [5]
  Death	27 Jun 1601	Rycote, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Name	Sir Henry Norreys  [5, 9]
  Name	Sir Henry Norreys, Ambassador To France, Baron Norris Of Rycote.  [3, 4, 6, 7, 9]
  Name	Sir Knight Henry Norris (Norreys), Ambassador To France, Baron Norris Of Rycote, MP II
  Death	27 Jun 1601	Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels)   [1]
  Burial	Winkfield, Berkshire, England   [3, 7]
  Person ID	I9877	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Sir Henry Norreys Norris, Baron Norreys, *,   b. Dec 1491, Bray Castle, Rycote, Berkshire, England d. 17 May 1536, Beheaded for treason in The tower of London, Middlesex, England (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Fiennes, *,   b. Dec 1495, Hurstmonceux (Herstmonceu) Castle, Dacre, Sussex, England d. 9 Sep 1533, Herstmonceux Castle, Wartling, Hailsham, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom (Age 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Hurstmonceaux, Sussex, England
  Family ID	F5495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1542	(Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, Berkshire, England
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. (Sir) John Norris, (Never married),   b. 1547, Rycote, Axon, England, United Kingdom d. 3 Jul 1597, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Lady Catharine Elizabeth Poulett Paulet Paulett,   b. 1571, Fifield House, Bray, Berkshire, England d. 24 Mar 1602, Malden, Essex, England (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Maximilian Norreys,   b. 1558, (Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, (Oxfordshire) Berkshire, England d. 1591, Bretagne, France (killed while serving under his brother, John) (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Sir Knight Edward Norreysnorrisnourse Nurse, I - Baron And Vicar Of Tetbury - Gov. Of Ostend - English Member Of Parliament, *,   b. 22 Apr 1551, (Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, Oxfordshire, (Berkshire) England d. 1 Sep 1603, died Englefield, Berkshire England; buried St Andrew Holborn, London, England (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Sir William I (Captain) Norreys,   b. 1548, (Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, (Oxfordshire) Berkshire, England d. 27 Dec 1579, Newry, Down, Ireland (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Sir Thomas Norris,   b. 1556, (Wytham) Bray Castle, Rycote, Oxfordshire, (Berkshire) England d. 16 Aug 1599, Mallow, Cork County, Munster, Ireland (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Henry Norreys,   b. Abt 1554, of Oxon, England d. 1598, , , Ireland (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

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• 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.

  
  

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