Henry Norris (or Norreys), Baron Norris (c. 1525 - May 7, 1601), belonged to an old Berkshire family, many members of which had held positions at the English court. He was a trusted early member of the circle of Elizabeth I, having been assigned to her household when she was at Woodstock. He was knighted in 1566 and made ambassador to France, being replaced by Sir Francis Walsingham in 1570. In 1572 he was ennobled. Events January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manzs mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... Events February 8 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Elizabeth I of England - revolt is quickly crushed February 25 - Robert Devereux beheaded Jesuit Matteo Ricci arrives in China Bad harvest in Russia due to rainy summer Dutch troops drive Portuguese from Málaga Battle of Kinsale, Ireland Births... Berkshire (IPA: or  ; sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a county in England and forms part of the South East England region. ... Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. ... Map sources for Woodstock at grid reference SP4416 Woodstock is a small town in Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. ... Events January 7 - Pius V becomes Pope Selim II succeeds Suleiman I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands. ... Francis Walsingham by John de Critz (detail) Sir Francis Walsingham (c. ... Events January 23 - The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war February 25 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England with the bull Regnans in Excelsis May 20 - Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas. ... Events January 16 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. ...

His son, John Norreys, was a soldier in the armies of Elizabeth I. Sir John Norreys (ca 1547 – July 3, 1597, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland) was a skillful and courageous English soldier of a Berkshire family of court gentry, son of a life-long friend of Queen Elizabeth. ... Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland Queen of France, nominal title Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533–March 24, 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death. ...

His father, also Henry Norreys, was a grandson of Sir William Norris, who commanded the royal troops against Lambert Simnel at the battle of Stoke in 1487. Like his brother John (d. 1564), the elder Henry Norreys obtained a post at the court of Henry VIII, but was executed in 1536. Sir Henry Norreys or Norris (c. ... Lambert Simnel (circa 1477 – circa 1534) was a child pretender to the throne of England. ... The Battle of Stoke Field, which took place on June 16, 1487, marked the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. ... Events Richard Fox becomes Bishop of Exeter. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ...

The title Baron Norreys of Rycote has been created in the Peerage of England, by writ(?). The creation was for Henry Norris in 1572. ...

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• This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain.