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 1548 - 1579 (31 years)
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| Name |
William Norreys |
| Prefix |
Sir |
| Birth |
1548 |
Probably at, Rycote, Oxfordshire  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| _FSFTID |
K4L6-ZFB |
| _FSLINK |
https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=K4L6-ZFB |
| Death |
25 Dec 1579 |
Newry, Ireland [1] |
| Notes |
- http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/wnorreys_rycote.html
William Norreys (1548-1579)
Born: 1548 probably at Rycote, Oxfordshire
British Soldier in Ireland
Death: 25th December 1579 at Newry, Ireland
William was the second son of Henry, Baron Norreys of Rycote, and his wif e, Margery the daughter of John, Lord Williams. He was with Walter Devereu x, Earl of Essex, in Ulster in 1574 and was, on one occasion, rescued fr om death by his brother, John. He was, it appears, temporarily appoint ed in 1576, Marshal of Berwick in succession to Sir William Drury, but so on returned to Ireland. He died of a violent fever at Newry on 25th Decemb er 1579, and is said to have accurately foretold his own death. Queen Eliz abeth sent his mother a letter of condolence. He married Elizabeth, daught er of Sir Richard Morrison, by whom he left a son Francis, later the Ea rl of Berkshire.
Edited from Leslie Stephens & Sidney Lee's "Dictionary of National Biograp hy" (1891).
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| Person ID |
I2501 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
26 Jan 2015 |
| Father |
Sir Henry Norreys, 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote, b. Abt 1525, Bray, Berkshire, England d. 27 Jun 1601, Rycote, Oxfordshire, England (Age ~ 76 years) |
| Mother |
Margaret Williams, Baroness Norreys of Rycote, b. Abt 1524, Thame, Oxfordshire, England d. Dec 1599 (Age ~ 75 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1542 |
| Family ID |
F434 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S49] Berkshire History Biographies see notes.
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