Henry Norreys, 1st Baron Norreys

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Henry Norreys, 1st Baron Norreys, 1585

Henry Norreys, 1st Baron Norreys (* around 1525; † August 10, 1601 in Rycote ) was an English nobleman and politician during the Tudor period.

Origin and family

Henry Norreys (including Norris) was the son of Henry Norris , a chamberlain ( Gentleman of the Privy Chamber ), which under Henry VIII. On May 17, 1536 for alleged adultery with Anne Boleyn was executed and Mary Fiennes, daughter of Baron Dacre of the South. Henry Norreys was born around 1525.

Political career

Norreys entered the service of Henry VIII at the royal court in 1544 and was responsible for the horses in the court stables from 1545–1546. Then he went into politics. He ran for a House of Commons mandate and was elected to the House of Commons for Berkshire in 1547 , a mandate he held until 1552. He was later re-elected to the House of Commons from 1571 to 1572, this time for Oxfordshire . Under Elizabeth I he then had to administer numerous state offices. In 1565 he was responsible for the remonte of horses in Oxfordshire. On February 6, 1566 he received the accolade in Rycote and was now Sir Henry Norreys. Queen Elizabeth then appointed Sir Henry Ambassador of England to France, an office he held from 1566 to 1571. Back in England, the Queen rewarded him on May 6, 1572 with a writ of summons , whereby he became a member of the House of Lords as hereditary Baron Norreys of Rycote . He took his seat in the House of Lords on May 8, 1572.

Elisabeth appointed him in 1580 to the guardian of the outer gate (Porter of the Outer Gate) and administrator of the armory of Windsor Castle . He became one of the judges in the trial of Lord Vaux in 1586. He was then appointed Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire and Berkshire from 1587 to 1599 . In 1588 he was honored by the University of Oxford , where they made him and his sons John and Henry Master of Arts (MA). In 1588 he received another honor when the queen appointed him her bodyguard. He was also appointed by her as a judge in the trial of the Earl of Arundel.

Since his father had not only been sentenced to death, but his goods had also been declared forfeit, Henry Norreys petitioned for these goods to be returned. He was reinstated in the confiscated estates (with the exception of the estates that had previously belonged to the convicted Lord Lovell).

The 1st Baron Norreys was married to Margaret Williams, who had died in 1599. He himself died in Rycote on August 10, 1601. He was heir as 2nd Baron Norreys of Rycote by his grandson Francis Norreys, since his son William had died on December 25, 1579.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Complete Peerage , Volume IX, Article Norreys, p. 643
  2. ↑ Note e to Article 1. Baron Norreys of Rycote in The Complete Peerage , Volume IX, Article Norreys, page 643
  3. ^ The Complete Peerage , Volume IX, Article Norreys, p. 644
  4. ^ Acts of Privy Council, 1558-70, 134
  5. ^ Acts of Privy Council, 87-1588, 118
  6. ↑ Leugh Rayment's Peerage, article Norreys of Rycote
  7. ^ The Complete Peerage , Volume IX, Article Norreys, p. 646

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SURNAME Norreys, Henry, 1st Baron Norreys
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1525
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1601
Place of death Rycote