Baron Norreys
Baron Norreys , of Rycote in the County of Oxford , (also Norris de Rycote ) is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England .
Award
The title was created by Queen Elizabeth I on May 8, 1572 as barony by writ by calling Henry Norreys (also Henry Norris ) through Writ of Summons as Baron Norreys, of Rycote, in the House of Lords . Henry Norreys was the son of Chamberlain Henry Norris, who was executed in 1536 for alleged adultery with Anne Boleyn . He came from a family of landed gentry of Anglo-Saxon origin who, like many others (e.g. Cecil and Russell ), had risen to the titled nobility under the Tudors after much of the old Norman nobility had perished in the Wars of the Roses .
His son, the 2nd Baron, was made Earl of Berkshire and Viscount Thame in 1621 . At his death in 1624 he left a daughter but no sons, so these titles became void again. The barony of Norreys, however, can be passed on to daughters as barony by writ in the absence of male offspring. His daughter Elisabeth inherited him as the 3rd baroness and when she died in 1645 her daughter Bridget became the 4th baroness. Bridget married into the Bertie family. Her son and heir, James Bertie, 5th Baron Norreys , was given the title of Earl of Abingdon in 1682 . The Barony of Norreys has since been a subordinate title of the respective Earl of Abingdon. Since then, the eldest son of the respective earl has had the courtesy title of Lord Norris as his heir . His descendant the 8th Earl also inherited the title 13th Earl of Lindsey in 1938 . The current title holder is Richard Bertie as 14th Earl of Lindsey, 9th Earl of Abingdon and 13th Baron Norreys.
List of Barons Norreys (1572)
- Henry Norreys, 1st Baron Norreys (around 1525–1601)
- Francis Norreys, 1st Earl of Berkshire , 2nd Baron Norreys (1582-1624)
- Elisabeth Wray, 3rd Baroness Norreys († 1645)
- Bridget Bertie, 4th Baroness Norreys (1627-1657)
- James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon , 5th Baron Norreys († 1699)
- Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon , 6th Baron Norreys (1673–1743)
- Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon , 7th Baron Norreys († 1760)
- Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon , 8th Baron Norreys (1740–1799)
- Montagu Bertie, 5th Earl of Abingdon , 9th Baron Norreys (1784-1854)
- Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon , 10th Baron Norreys (1808-1884)
- Montagu Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon , 11th Baron Norreys (1836–1928)
- Montagu Bertie, 13th Earl of Lindsey , 8th Earl of Abingdon, 12th Baron Norreys (1887–1963)
- Richard Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey , 9th Earl of Abingdon, 13th Baron Norreys (* 1931)
Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the eldest son of the current title holder, Henry Bertie, Lord Norreys (* 1958).