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 a Warning of Perils thereby imminent not to be neglected,’ London, 8vo, 1567. 2. ‘A Disclosing of the great Bull and certain Calves that he hath gotten, and specially the Monster Bull that roared at my Lord Byshops Gate,’ London, 8vo, 1567; reprinted in ‘Harleian Miscellany.’ 3. ‘An Addition Declaratorie to the Bulles, with a Searching of the Maze,’ London, 8vo, 1567. 4. ‘A Discourse touching the pretended Match betwene the Duke of Norfolke and the Queene of Scottes,’ 8vo, n.d.; also in Anderson's ‘Collection,’ i. 21. 5. ‘Epistle to the Quenes Majestes poore deceyued Subjects of the North Countrey, drawen into Rebellion by the Earles of Northumberland and Westmerland,’ London, by Henrie Bynneman for Lucas Harrison, 8vo, 1569. 6. ‘A Warnyng agaynst the dangerous Practices of Papistes, and specially the Parteners of the late Rebellion. Gathered out of the common Feare and Speeche of good Subjectes,’ London, 8vo, without date or place, by John Day, 1569 and 1570; ‘newly perused and encreased’ by J. Daye, London, 1575, 12mo. 7. ‘Instructions to the Lord Mayor of London, 1574–5, whereby to govern himself and the City,’ together with a letter from Norton to Walsingham respecting the disorderly dealings of promoters, printed in Collier's ‘Illustrations of Old English Literature,’ 1866, vol. iii. (cf. Archæologia, xxxvi. 97, by Mr. J. P. Collier). Ames doubtfully assigns to him ‘An Aunswere to the Proclamation of the Rebelles’ (London, n.d., by William Seres), in verse; and ‘XVI Bloes at the Pope’ (London, n.d., by William Howe); neither is known to be extant (cf. Typogr. Antiq. p. 1038).

There exist in manuscript several papers by Norton on affairs of state. The chief is a politico-ecclesiastical treatise entitled: ‘Devices (a) touching the Universities; (b) for keeping out the Jesuits and Seminarians from infecting the Realm; (c) Impediments touching the Ministrie of the Church, and for displacing the Unfitte and placing Fitte as yt may be by Lawe and for the Livings of the Church and publishing of Doctrine; (d) touching Simonie and Corrupt Dealings about the Livings of the Church; (e) of the vagabond Ministrie; (f) for the exercise of Ministers; (g) for dispersing of Doctrine throughout the Realm; (h) for Scoles and Scolemaisters; (i) for establishing of true Religion in the Innes of Court and Chancerie; (k) for proceeding upon the Laws of Religion; (l) for Courts and Offices in Lawe; (m) for Justice in the Country touching Religion’ (Lansd. MS. 155, ff. 84 seq.)

Norton's speeches at the trial of William Carter are rendered into Latin in ‘Aquepontani Concertatio Ecclesiæ Catholicæ,’ pp. 127b–132; and he contributed information to his friend Foxe's ‘Actes and Monuments.’ 

NORTON, WILLIAM (1527–1593), printer and publisher, born in 1527, was son of Andrew Norton of Bristol. He was one of the original freemen of the Stationers' Company named in the charter granted by Philip and Mary in 1555, and was also one of the first six admitted into the livery of the company in 1561. His name is of frequent occurrence in the early registers of the company, a license to print being issued to him in 1561, and fines being inflicted on him for various offences against the rules, such as keeping his shop open on a Sunday. Norton resided at the King's Arms in St. Paul's Churchyard, and was a renter of the company. He served the company as collector in 1563–4, under-warden in 1569–70, upper-warden in 1573 and 1577, and master in 1580, 1586, and 1593. He was also treasurer of Christ's Hospital. The earliest book known to have been published by him is Marten's translation of Bernardus's ‘The Tranquillitie of the Minde’ (1570). Other publications of his were Geoffrey Fenton's ‘Acte of Conference in Religion’ (1571) and translation of Guicciardini's ‘Historie’ (1579); Sir F. Bryan's translation of Guevara's ‘A Looking Glasse for the Court’ (1575), two editions of Horace (1574 and 1585), and an edition of the ‘Bishops' Bible’ (1575). Norton died in London in 1593, during his tenure of the office of master of his company, and was buried in the church of St. Faith under St. Paul's Cathedral. In his will (P. C. C. 8, Dixy) he left several benefactions to the Stationers' Company, and was possessed of considerable property in Kent and Shropshire. By his wife Joan, who was probably related to William and John Bonham, two of the original freemen of the Stationers' Company, he left an only son, (1565–1635), born in 1565, who was also a freeman of the Stationers' Company, and served various offices in the company, being master in 1613, 1626, and 1629. He held