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NOTES AND QUERIES. [n s. VIL MAR. i, 1913.

Fifehead. Richard Norris, son of R., of Broad Windsor, Dorset, gent. Wadham Coll., matric. 2 March, 1698/9, aged 16 ; B.A. 1702, M.A. 1705; Vicar of Fifehead and of Swell, Somerset, 1716, until his death; buried at Swell, 30 Sept., 1733. See Gar- diner, 403 ; Foster's ' Alumni,' First Series, vol. iii.

Freshford. William Norris patron of living

1710. Collinson, i. 126. Prome. Stephen Norrice named in will of

John Bisse, dated 23 Dec., 1652. Brown,

' Som. Wills,' ii. 3.

Goathill. Richard Norres patron (Avith others) in 1555.

Ilchester. Nicholas Norys. Instituted to the living of St. John the Baptist, 6 Nov., 1411.

Long Sutton. John Norris, son of William, of Long Sutton, Somerset, pleb. Christ Church, matric. 13 Dec., 1633, aged 18 ; B.A. 27 Feb., 1635/6. Vicar of Long Sutton, Somerset,

13 April, 1639-61. Foster's * Alumni,' First Series, vol. iii.

Milverton. William Norrice, of Milverton, Somer- set. Will dated 9 June,* 1573; proved 2 Nov., 1573, by Elisabeth Norrice, f the relict [32 Petre]. To Alice my daughter my " white beare cupp of silver." My daughters Elizabeth and Johan. My son -in -law Sil- vester Huishe.J My daughter Huishe. To John Norrice, my son, all my lands, &c. My brother Englishe and Alice his wife. My son Robert Norrice. My cousin Hugh Norrice. My brother Thomas. Residue to my wife Elisabeth.

John Norrys, " billman," and William Norrys, " gentleman," are named on the ' Certificates of Musters of Somerset, 1569.' Somerset Record Society.

John Norris and Mary his wife were recusants, circ. 34 Eliz.-3 James I. Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries, v. 114.

Chancery Proceedings. John and Elizabeth Tyrrell v. William Norry, temp. Eliz. Public Record Office Indexes, 'No. VII., ' Chancery Proceedings,' Ser. II., vol. i. p. 397.

The will of John, dated 1646, is at Taunton.

Vide ' Taunton Wills,' part iv.

Minehead. John Norris of Mynehead, Somerset, gent. Will dated 25 Nov., 1668; proved

14 May, 1669, by John Norris [59 Coke]. My daughters Alice Norris and Mary Norris, 50Z. each. My son Thomas Norris, 100?. at age of 15. My daughter Elisabeth. Lands in Old Cleeve. My wife Mary Norris, Ex ix.

George Poole Norris, son of John, of Minehead, Dulverton, Somerset, cler. Exeter Coll , matric. 9 Dec., 1811, aged 19. Foster's Alumni, Second Series, vol. iii.

buried 20 Jan., 1573.
 * This should probably be Jan., as testator was

t Daughter of Baker.

J He married testator's daughter Anstice.

He was buried on 2 Dec., his widow on 17 Dec 1668. He was a strong Royalist and had to compound, having raised a troop of horse for the King.

Misterton. Will of John Norris of Misterton co. Somerset. Dated between 14 July and Christide following. Buried in churchyard of Beamyster. Brothers William, Thomas, and Hugh. Hugh's sons, John and Robert. Godchildren Edith Sharlicke, Alice Patten, and William Coome. My sisters Elizabeth and Agnes. Mary Combe, daughter of William Coinbe, sen. ; Joan Ouslie, daughter of John Ouslie ; Mary Weaver ; Edward Harris ; Rebecca Shoilicke ; Hugh Shoilicke; widow Baker (? Barker) ; Thomas Wigett ; Edith North of Beamister ; Roger Knappe of the same ; William Nille ; John Evans ; Robert Betscombe of Beamister ; Edm. Lake and Bartw. Darbye of same. Executor, my brother William Norris. Witnesses, John Hodder, Thomas Sprake. Probate 19 March, 1619/20. Lea's 'Abstracts,' Bos- ton, p. 100.

The wills of John 1549, Elinor (widow) 1559, John 1576, Thomas 1622, William 1622, John 1628, Richard 1661, Hugh 1664, Hugh 1728, are at Taunton. Vide ' Taunton Wills,' parts i. and iv.

The will of William 1628 is in P.C.C. 76 Bar-

rington, and John 1620 is P.C.C. 27 Soame. Newton St. Loe. John Norris (1657-1711), Platonic philosopher and mystic divine, instituted to this living 7 May, 1689, which he held till 1692. This John was the son of Rev. John Norris of Aldbourne, d. 16 March, 1681 (Wilts), who was possessed of consider- able property at Collingbourne Kingston (Wilts). John (1657-1711) was educated at Winchester and Exeter Coll., Oxon ; matric. 15 Dec., 1676, aged 19; B.A. 1680. Fellow of All Souls 1680, M.A. 1684. After holding the living of Newton St. Loe he went to Bemerton, Wilts. Brother of Samuel 1661 and John, infra, and father of Edward 1712. John (1657-1711) d. Bemer- ton, and there is a marble tablet to him in Bemerton Church. Besides the above he left "a daughter who m. Thomas Bowyer* M.A., Vicar of Martock, Somerset, in 1708. See ' D.N.B.,' which is not correct in saying that the father of John Norris (1657-1711) held the living of Ashbourne (W^ilts). Aid- bourne is correct. ' D.N.B.' also says his daughter " married Bowyer " (see above for addition of Christian name). It would b*> interesting to discover if Thomas Bowyer, Vicar of Martock, who married John N orris's only daughter, was connected with the Nichols and Bowyer families, printers, and also with the Rev. W. Norris, Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries 1759-90 (elected F.S.A.' 4 April, 1754). He succeeded Ames, and d. Dec, 1792. Buried Pentonville Chapel. Corrector of the press to Baskett. See Nichols's ' Lit. Anecdotes,' vi. 127. See also ' Lit. Anecdotes,' i. 137-8, and v. 68, where much space is given to John Norris (1657-1711). John Dunton's " character " of Norris isgivenby Nichols, and a picturesque anecdote of Norris's relations with Bishop Burnet is in same work, i. 640. Very interesting matter is found in Hearne's ' Diaries ' (Oxford Hist. Soc.), ii. 62, iii. 455. See also Powicke (F. J. ), 'A Dissertation upon John Norris of Bemerton,' London, 1894.