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John Norreys (Keeper of the Wardrobe)

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John Norreys married (3rd) in September 1459 Margaret Chedworth (1436–1494), widow of Nicholas Wyfold (died 1456), Alderman, Citizen, and grocer of London, Mayor of London (1450–1), and daughter of John Chedworth, Knt., civil lawyer, by his wife, Joan. The couple had one son and one daughter:
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Anne Norreys, living 1495, married (1st) John Harcourt, Esq. (born c. 1450, died 1485), of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire; (2nd) before 1495 John Grey, Esq., of Bosworth, Leicestershire.
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John Norreys, Esq. (of Goldston , Kent), married Isabel/Elizabeth Wyfold, daughter and heiress of Nicholas Wyfold, Alderman, Citizen, and grocer of London, Mayor of London (1450–1).
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on 20 January 1448 and to empark some 600 acres (2.4 km). In 1450 he purchased the manor of Hampstead Ferrers, which soon became renamed
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After Alice's death, John Norreys married (2nd) Eleanor Clitherow, daughter and co-heiress of Roger Clitherow, of Goldston ,
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in 1446. The windows of its great hall still contain the fine stained glass he placed there, showing the
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Sir John died on 1 September 1466. He was buried in the Norreys Chapel (of St. Nicholas) in
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family were descendants of the prominent le Norreys family, who are said to have come to
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in 1442 and 1457. He was made a Yeoman of the King's Chamber by 1439,
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around 1440, then just a manor house. He received a Royal licence to
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and Christina Stretch, daughter and heiress of William Stretch of
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His widow, Margaret Chedworth, married (3rd) before 22 Jan. 1467
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Through his first marriage, to Alice, John gained ownership of
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John's descendants all served at court. His great grandson
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John made a life for himself at the royal court. He was a
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Sir John Norreys (Esquire)
John Norreys (disambiguation)
Lancastrian
Norreys
House of Tudor
Keeper of the Wardrobe
Henry VI of England
Esquire
Ockwells Manor
Ruscombe
Bray
Norreys
England
Norman Invasion
Alice
Yattendon
Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
Sir William Norreys
Kent
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk
Ockwells
arms
King
Queen
Bishop of Salisbury
Dukes of Warwick
Somerset
Suffolk
Yattendon Castle
crenellate

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