Henry
Norwood
Born before in Gloucestershire, England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of William Norwood
and Elizabeth (Ligon) Norwood
Brother of
Eleanor (Norwood) Culpeper, Richard Norwood, William Norwood, Ralph Norwood, Thomas Norwood, Elizabeth (Norwood) Moore and Maurice Norwood
Husband of
Elizabeth (Rodney) Fisher
— married
about 1611 in England [uncertain]
[uncertain] Died
after age 38
in England
Profile last modified
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Biography
Name
Henry Norwood, Esq., of West Camel, Somerset, was the son of William Norwood, Esq., of Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, and Elizabeth Ligon.[1][2] His date and place of birth are unknown and are estimated, but a possible baptism record was found for a Henry, son of William, baptized 22 December 1578 at Cheltenham, St Mary, Gloucestershire.[3] Leckhampton is a district in south Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford University, and was admitted a member of Middle Temple in 1598 as the second son of William Norwood of Leckhampton.[1][4]
Marriage
Henry married Elizabeth Rodney, widow of James Kirton of Somerset, and daughter of John Rodney, Knt., of Rodney Stoke, Somerset, by Jane Seymour[1][5] (see research notes). They had two sons and one daughter:
- Major Charles Norwood, baptized 1 August 1613,[6] died 1692, married Elizabeth _____ and had no issue[1]
- Colonel Henry Norwood, Esq., died 14 September 1689, unmarried[1][7]
- Jane Norwood, under age 21 in 1616[1]
Death
Henry Norwood left a will dated 27 March 1616 and proved 5 November 1616.[1] In his will he named the children of James Kyrton, Esq., deceased, the former husband of his now wife Elizabeth Norwood; his daughter Jane Norwood, under 21; sons Charles and Henry Norwood; brother-in-law Sir Edward Rodney, Knt.; and his brother Thomas Norwood.[8] An Inquisition Post Mortem, held at Gloucester on 20 September 1632 recorded that Henry Norwood was seised in fee-tail after the death of his father William of the manor and rectory of Badgeworth, Gloucestershire and the advowson of the vicarage of Badgeworth, all of which were held of the King in chief by the 60th part of a knights fee. Henry's death date was noted as 29 March 1616, and that his son and next heir Charles was then aged 2 years, 7 months and 26 days.[9] (The statement about Charles' age points to Charles being born on 3 August 1613, which is incompatible with his baptism date of 1 August.)
Research Notes
Wife's Previous Marriage
Richardson states that Henry's wife was the widow of James Kirton and Paine Fisher. However, two years after Henry's death, an Elizabeth Norwood married Payne Fisher at St Luke, Chelsea, London on 24 December 1618.[10] Paine Fisher was an uncommon name and it's too much of a coincidence for him to have married an Elizabeth Norwood for it to have been another similarly named couple. The marriage entry shows no other detail, other than it was by licence. It throws out the order of the three husbands, but doesn't really affect the overall situation.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. III, page 579, LIGON 17.v.b., Henry Norwood
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), vol. III, page 26, LIGON 12.v.b., Henry Norwood.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. "Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813" [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P78/1 IN 1/1. Ancestry Record 4732 #2296529.
- ↑ "Nabbes-Nykke," in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford: University of Oxford, 1891), 1050-1083. British History Online, accessed December 18, 2022, BHO
- ↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013), vol. IV, page 621 SEYMOUR 21.ii., Elizabeth Rodney.
- ↑ Somerset Archives, ref. D/D/RR 445, Somerset Baptism Index, FindMyPast
- ↑ "Norwood, Henry (c.1614-89), of Leckhampton, Glos." in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983. Available online at History of Parliament Online (son Henry).
- ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 128. Ancestry Record 5111 #926532: Will of Henry Norwood of West amel. Somerset, proved 5 Nov 1616.
- ↑ W.P.W. Phillimore and George S. Fry. Abstracts of Gloucestershire Inquisitiones Post Mortem Returned Into the Court of Chancery. British Records Society, 1893. p. 163. Archive.org.
- ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK6P-K83 : 12 March 2020), Elizabeth Norwood in entry for Payne Fisher, 1618.
See also:
- Ligon, William D. The Ligon family and connections. (Hartford, CT: Printed by the Bond Press, 1947). Online at Ancestry.com page 860, 102-103.
- Smyth, John, and John Maclean. The Berkeley manuscripts: the lives of the Berkeleys, lords of the honour, castle and manor of Berkeley, in the county of Gloucester, from 1066 to 1618. (Gloucester: J. Bellows, 1885). 2:234-235.
- Throckmorton, Charles Wickliffe. A Genealogical and Historical Account of the Throckmorton Family in England and the United States. (Richmond, VA: Old Dominion Press, Inc., 1930). Online at Archive.org, page 117.
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edited by Michael Cayley
Yes, I wasn't implying anything needed to be changed, just that the confirmation of a 1613 birthdate meant that there was no other mother involved as per this statement that was previously on his profile. "Henry's March 1616 will names daughter Jane as a minor, but there's no such description for his sons Charles and Henry. For his sons to have been of age in 1616 means being born before 1595. Could Henry have had a first wife with whom he had his sons?" Cheers, Elizabeth :-)