John Norris (soldier)
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Sir John Norris, or Norreys, of Rycote, Oxfordshire, and of Yattendon and Notley in Berkshire, was an English soldier. The son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys, he was a lifelong friend of Queen Eli
The English fury on the Grote Markt in Mechelen, 1580
Norreys' sketch of the Spanish fort El Léon at Crozon 1594
Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote in Oxfordshire, was an English politician and diplomat, who belonged to an old Berkshire family, many members of which had held positions at the English court
John Norris (soldier)
…Norris, or Norreys (ca. 1547 – 3 September 1597), of Rycote, Oxfordshire, and of Yattendon and Notley in Berkshire, was an English soldier. The son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys, he was a lifelong friend of Queen Elizabeth. An active English soldier, Norreys participated in multiple Elizabethan theatres of war: the Wars of…
Henry Norris, aged 60, 1585
Coat of arms, Henry, 1st Baron Norris of Rycote