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    Norton, George

    Male Abt 1570 - Aft 1620  (~ 51 years)


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    • Name Norton, George 
      Born Abt 1570  Of Abbott's Leigh, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died Aft 1620  Of Abbott's Leigh, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I06545  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 11 Jun 2015 

      Father Norton 
      Family ID F03139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Strangways, Anne,   b. Abt 1590, Of Melbury, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Married Abt 1605  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
      +1. Norton, Grace,   b. Abt 1605, Of Abbott's Leigh, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1620-1626, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 21 years)
      Family ID F01916  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • Norton of Abbots Leigh, etc. DD\SAS\C/795/BK/19 1618
        1 doc
        Contents: Agreement: Nicholas Botiller of Devizes(co.Wilts.)esq., and wife Margt., and Geo.Norton of Abbots Leigh, esq., and Nich.Strangways of Melbury Sampford (co.Dorset), esq; reciting that Botiller has delivered £1000 to Norton, etc., of which £300 has been repaid; and agreeing that the remaining £700 is to be held to the benefit of Botiller and his wife, and their children. 17 Nov.16 Jas.I
        [Also listed by Winstanley as APD 94].

        Grandfather??
        Sir George Norton, of Leigh, Admon. 9 May, 1584. (Som. Wills, v. 74.)

        ABBOTS LEIGH. [Leghe by Potbury, Abbot's Lee, Abbottslie.] See also LEIGH ; some items there may belong to ABBOTS LEIGH. Registers. Baptisms, 1783-1812; Burials, 1703-1717, 1780-1812; Marriages, 1769-1809. (Parish Register Abstract, 5.) Treaty with the Bishop of Bristol, at the request of the King, for Sir Geo. Norton to have the Manor of Lie (Harl. 6195, /. 14, 15.) Action by Hugh Smyth against Sir George Norton, temp. Eliz. concern, the manor. (Chan. Proc. Ser. II. vol. i. 350.)

        The reversion of Abbotts Leigh, in the county of Somerset, was granted 23rd September, 1559, to Sir George Norton, knt. who d. 26 Elizabeth, leaving a son, Samuel Norton, esq. of Abbotts Leigh, father of George Norton, esq. of Abbotts Leigh, whose daughter and heiress, Grace Norton, of Abbotts Leigh, m. B. Norton, esq. of Church Stretton, in Shropshire, Alderman of London, by Jane, his wife, daughter of Thomas Owen, esq. one of the judges of the Common Pleas, and by him, who d. in 1635, aged seventy, had a son and successor, Sir George Norton, knt. of Abbotts Leigh, b. in 1622, who m. Ellen, daughter of Sir William Owen, knt. of Condover, in Shropshire, by Ellen, his wife, daughter of Robert, Lord Kilmorey, and by her, who m. secondly, Sir Timothy Baldwin,

        SIR GEORGE J NORTON, of Leigh, Somerset, Knt, dec d . Admon. May 9, 1584, to his son Samuel Norton, Esq.
        WILLIAM NORTON, Citizen of London. Will dated Aug. 27, 1593, proved Jan. 1593-4, by Bonham Norton. [8 Dixy.] To
        be burd in the Church of S* Faith, under the Cathedral of St Pauls. One-third of my goods to my wife Johan, another third to my only son & heir, Bonham Norton, & the remaining third to uses of my will. To William & Thomas, sons of Bonham Norton, ^100 each at ages of 21, & if either die under age, the survivor to have his brother's ^roo. My two brothers, Edward & George Norton, £4 each. To John, son of Edward, ^"20. Richard, son of my brother Richard Norton, ,£10. My sister in law Alice Hewet, 40/. Sixty-six gowns of cloth to the Freemen of the Company of Stationers, & to the Livery of the Company, whereof I am a member, 40/, " towards a recreation or drinking to be had amongst them at their pleasure." Parishes of Clyffe, co. Kent, Cleobury- Mortimer, Stottesdon, Ludlow, Ludford, &c, Salop, 40/ each parish. Laurence Malbone. Residue to Bonham Norton, Exor. George Norton, my brother, & Richard Watkins, Overseers. My manors in Salop I have already assured to my son Bonham Norton, he to satisfy the dower of my wife Johan.

        Will of Samuell Norton of Lyng, Somerset 08 February 1621 PROB 11/137

        SAMUEL NORTON, of Lyge, 2 Somerset, Esq. Will dated Jan. 1, 1615, proved Feb. 8, 1620, by the Exors. [16 Da/e.] To my daughter Elizabeth Seaman, £$ for a piece of plate. My daughter Joan Courte, ^"io yearly. My son Samuel Norton. To Hugh Norton, his son, £5 for a piece of plate. Residue to my son George Norton Abbots Leigh his daughter Grace, they to be Exors. Mr Thomas Morgan & Samuel Davies, preacher of God's Word, Overseers.

        Will of George Norton, Grocer of London 14 February 1626 PROB 11/148
      • Check will of other Nortons, does hethey mentione George Norton son of a brother Sameul or Grace and her husband and their son George?
        (Parish records only available form 1673)