Bridget (Norris) Fleming (abt. 1580)

Born about 1580 in Speke, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas (Bould) Bold — married 9 Apr 1607 in Childwall, Lancashire, England

Died [date unknown] in Coningston Hall, Coniston, Cumberland, England

Biography

Bridget Norris was a daughter of Sir William Norris, KB of Speke, Lancashire (d. 1626),^[1] and his wife, Elianor, daughter of Sir William Molyneaux of Sefton, Lancashire.^[2]

Marriage

She was said to be married to Sir Thomas Bold at the time of the 1567 Visitation.^[3] However, the couple married on 9 April 1609.^[4] On 9 April, 1607, the Archdeaconry of Chester issued to Thomas Bould, of Bould, and Bridget Norris of Chidwall Parish, Lancashire, spinster, a licence to marry without proclamation of banns, at Childwall, Lancashire; their Bondsman was Edward Mollineux of Garston, Lancashire.^[5]

She remarried to John Fleming, esq. of Ridale, co. Westmorland.^[4] Her second marriage is recorded in Vis. of Lancs. 1664/5.^[2]

Bridget died childless at Coningston Hall, Coniston, Cumberland.^[1] Marriage

• BEF 1623 Husband: John Fleming

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Daughter of Sr William Norris of Speak in Com. Lanc. Knight of ye Bath & widow of Sr Tho. Bold of Bold in Com: Lanc. Kt

   Fleming, Daniel. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaelogical Society, Tract Series, No. XI, The Memoirs of Sir Daniel Fleming Abbreviation: Fleming Memoirs Editor: W.G.Collingwood (Titus Wilson & Son, Kendal, 1928)

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Norreis of Speke," in Vis. of Lancs., 1664/5 by William Dugdale. Google Books. Pedigree.
3. ↑ "Norris," in Vis. of Lancs., 1567, p. 85. Archive.org. eBook.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} George Omerod, (1851). "IV. Norres of Speke," in Parentalia, p. 181. Google Books.
5. ↑ Wm Fergusson Irvine, ed., "Marriage Licences Granted Within the Archdeaconry of Chester in the Diocese of Chester. Vol I. 1606-1616". (London: The Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire, Vol LIII, 1907), 15. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/recordsocietyfo04chesgoog/page/n29/mode/1up : accessed 7 December, 2022).

See also:

• Gillow, Joseph, The Huddleston Obituaries, "Publications of the Catholic Record Society." (Catholic Record Society, London, 1905) Page 124