• John Norreys may refer to: Sir John Norris (soldier) or Norreys (c. 1547–1597), the son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys, a lifelong friend of Queen...
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  • John Thomas Norris (1808–1870), MP for Abingdon, 1857–1865 John Norris (1721–1786), High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire John Norris (soldier) or Norreys (ca...
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  • Sir John Norreys (c. 1400 – 1 September 1466) was a high ranking Lancastrian, and the head of the branch of the Norreys family who became prominent under...
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    Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys, he was a lifelong friend of Queen Elizabeth. The most acclaimed English soldier of his day, Norreys participated in every...
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    Henry Norris (or Norreys), 1st Baron Norreys (c. 1525 – 27 June 1601) of Rycote in Oxfordshire, was an English politician and diplomat, who belonged to...
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  • Irish county of Cork. Baron Norreys of Rycote Earl of Abingdon whose secondary title is Baron Norreys of Rycote Sir John Norreys (Esquire), Keeper of the...
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  • grandfather Sir John Norreys, who had established this branch of the Norreys family as extensive landowners in the county of Berkshire. The Norreys family members...
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  • Richard Norreys. Lionel Norreys (c. 1480–1537). Katherine Norreys (born c. 1481), who married Sir John Langford of Aldworth in Berkshire. Anne Norreys (born...
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    Francis Drake and John Norreys took the castle by storm. Drake used two cannons to batter the castle and when the walls gave in, Norreys ordered a direct...
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  • Lady Alice Norreys (previously Dame Alice Norreys; c. 1405 – c. 1450) was an English Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Alice was probably born...
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  • Henry Norris (or Norreys) (c. 1482 – 17 May 1536) was an English courtier who was Groom of the Stool in the privy chamber of King Henry VIII. While a...
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    Armada with 23,375 men and 150 ships, led by Francis Drake as admiral and John Norreys as general. The English fleet suffered a catastrophic defeat with 11...
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    and on the left by the Earl of Essex, her Master of the Horse. Sir John Norreys brought up the rear. The version that is most widely considered to be...
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  • Years' War. It was commanded by Sir Francis Drake as admiral and Sir John Norreys as general. The campaign resulted in the defeat of the English fleet...
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  • William Norreys (1552 – 25 December 1579) was an English soldier and courtier of the Tudor period. Norreys was born in 1552 to Henry Norreys, 1st Baron...
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    Nicholas Wyfold (1420–1456), Lord Mayor of London, and secondly of Sir John Norreys (1400 – 1 September 1466), Master of the Wardrobe. By his second wife,...
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    appointed Norreys General of all the States' troops beyond the Meuse. In August, the Dutch local council, assembled in Leeuwarden, tasked Norreys with preventing...
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    under Marshal D'Aumont reinforced by an English contingent under Sir John Norreys who besieged the town of Morlaix, which was held by the combined forces...
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  • 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...
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    the English contingent was enlarged and put under temporary command of John Norreys. After crossing the English Channel they joined the States troops of...
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    Bourbon, Prince of Conti, reinforced by English contingents under Sir John Norreys, against the combined forces of Spain, during their occupation of Brittany...
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    1526–1536: Henry Norreys 1536–1543: Anthony Knyvett 1543–1554: Sir Philip Hoby 1554–1565: John Norreys 1554–1591: Sir William Norreys (joint) 1591–1593:...
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    known as "Black Jack" Sir William Norreys (1548 – 27 December 1579 Ireland) who was Marshal of Berwick. Sir Edward Norreys (c. 1550 – October 1603 Englefield)...
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    Island in the face of an amphibious assault led by Francis Drake and Sir John Norreys. He returned to England at the end of 1575, resolved "to live henceforth...
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    the beginning of the war and was then under the command of veteran Sir John Norreys. They combined forces but were undermanned and under-financed, and faced...
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    Royal Inauguration in Gaelic Inauguration c.1100–1600, (Woodbridge 2004) John O'Donovan (ed.) Annals of Ireland by the Four Masters (1851) Katharine Simms...
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  • Sir Francis Norreys (1609–1669) was an English politician. Norreys was the illegitimate son of Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire and Sarah Rose. On...
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    greater concern and John Norreys, already in France, wrote a warning letter to the Queen. Elizabeth, seeing the danger, ordered Norreys to join with Martin...
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    supported by English forces under the command of Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Norreys. When the people failed to rise and yield the city to Dom António, the...
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  • army under John Norreys arrived. Many of Rennenberg's army were sick and in a mutinous mood; they fled east towards Groningen and with Norreys in pursuit...
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