A map of England with an overlay of Norton coats-of-arms taken from Burke's Gerneral Armoury. Click on the arms for more info.

Nortons of York
Sampson Norton

Norton Trade

Military Norton

Compendium of Norton Arms

Map of Worster, Buckingham, Bedford with arms

There are three main groups of Norton arms with an additional category for military arms. Whether they are related families is unknown at this time. This study is currently putting pedigrees and localities to as many arms as possible. We are also cross-referencing DNA as more Norton families link up with these noble lines.

The only family that display these arms are the Nortons of Sharpenhoe, co. Bedford, Hertford and Buckingham. This is also the Norton family that came to Guilford, Connecticut in 1639. (We have a DNA signature for this line.)

A pedigree done in 1632 by John Philepott, Somerset herald, sets out a linage starting with Sir Norvile who came with William I to England.

"This Genealogie of the Nortons of Sharpehow in Bedfordshire, beginninge at Noruile that married into the howse Valois, and came into England with Kinge William the Conqueror, and was his Constable; whose posteritie, long time after, assumed the English name of Norton, being the same in signification that Noruile is in French.
John Philepott, Somerset herald 1632

In the "Visitation of London" of 1633 the Heralds respited the arms of Thomas Norton for want of proofs. This means that there was not sufficient evidence to substantiat these arms. But they were allowed in the next year to Robert Norton in Hertfordshire and to Gravely Norton in Bedfordshire The Nortons of Sharpenhoe bore Gules a fret Argent over all a bend Vaire Or and of field.

It is not suprising that these Norton arms share the the same devices and tinctures as the Norvyle arms.

Red: Gules, The military colour for excellence and fortitude.

Fret: The fret signifies persuasion. In early days the charge was interchangeable with a quarter or a field fretty, which is simply interlacing bendlets going diagonally right and left. In fact, fretty was the original pattern. The fretty pattern represents a net and signifies persuasion.

Bend: The bend signifies defense or protection, and is a bearing of high honor.

Vair: Represents the fur of an animal called a ver or a vair, from the Latin word varus, that had to be imported from Russia and was often used for lining the cloaks of rich nobles. Vair was a symbol of great wealth.

The earliest dated Norton arms are the arms of Roger de Norton, Sheriff of Norfolk in 1269, just 203 years removed from the Battle of Hastings. They are also found at Suffolk, Dorset, Hants, and Sussex.

William Norton from this family is known to have gone on the last crusade with the future Edward I of England in 1271. It accomplished very little in Syria and retired the following year after a truce."

We have a pedigree of James de Norton in Hants from about 1285.

These Nortons appear to have close associations with seafaring and trade based on ther location at early Enlish seaports in the south which makes them interesting in connection with the Nortons of the Pepperers Guild of 1180.

This line produced Sir Richard Norton (heir of Rotherfield) Sheriff of Hampshire, 1st Baronet of Rotherfield 1622
b.1582 d.July 1645
m.Amy Bilson (died before 1655 daughter of Thomas Bilson. Bishop of Winchester.)

Norton Cheshire click here for more	Norton London, Warwick, Berkshire, Kent and Fulham. click here for more	Norton Worstershire, Cambridge, Buckingham, Kent, Somerset and Canterbury.
Pedigree for this line		Pedigree for this line

The chevron is a distinguishing feature of this branch of Nortons.
Below are examples of Cadet Branches of this Norton line.

London, Warwick	Kent	Kent	Kent	Norton - no location	Norton - no location

Seal of Francis Norton

THE name of Norton appears no fewer than twelve times in the list of Masters of the Stationers' Company, a record that is unlikely to be beaten. In almost a century, between 1581 and 1687, two members of the family held the office three times (William and Bonham); one, John, held it twice, and the fourth and last (Roger) held it four times. The first Master, in 1581-2 and two subsequent terms, was William Norton; the second was his nephew, John, Master in 1607-8 and 1611-1612; the third was William's son, Bonham, Master in 1613-14 and two subsequent terms. The fourth and last was Bonham's grandson, Roger, who was Master in 1678-9 and three subsequent terms. The family came originally from Shropshire. William Norton was probably born in the parish of Onibury in that county in 1526-7.

John Norton was the son of Richard Norton a yeoman of Billingsley county Shropshire he was nephew of William Norton (1537-1593) and cousin of Bonham Norton and was thus connected by marriage with the sixteenth century bookseller William Bonham He was three times Master of the Stationers Company in 1607 1610 and 1612 On his death in 1612 he left 1000 to the Company of Stationers not as is generally stated as a legacy of his own but rather as trustee of the bequest of his uncle William Norton The bulk of his property he left to his cousin Bonham Norton P.C.C. 5 Capell

The arms of the Nortons of Yorkshire, Norton-Conyers.

This is the basic arms of Fletcher Norton Lord Grantly, Baron Markensfield although his arms have supporters and a bend.

NORTON Lord GRANTLEY Baron of Markenfield, Yorks Creation 9 April 1782 Residence Grantley Park Yorks.
az a maunch erm over all a bend gu Crest a Moor's head couped at the shoulders wreathed round the temples with ivy ppr tied ar and az Supporters dexter a lion or collared az buckled gold pendent thereto an escutcheon of the arras sinister a grifh u ar collared an escutcheon pendent thereto as the dexter Motto Avi numerantur avorum

Norton Conyers as a village was established by Roger Conyers who married Margaret Norton, the last of the original York and Durham Nortons to inherit. Roger took the title "Norton" and his son was known as Adam Norton. Thereafter his decendants were variously referred to as Norton or Conyers-Norton. Link to more history of the Yorkshire Nortons

NORTON CONYERS, in the parish of Wath, wapentake and liberty of Allertonshire; 3 miles N. of Ripon. This was once the seat of the family of the Nortons; of whom Richard Norton was Chief Justice of England, about the year 1400: from him descended Richard Norton, who, with his sons, in 1569, engaged in the religious rebellion of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland, against Queen Elizabeth, which was soon suppressed. Mr. Norton, and his sons, with many others, were executed, and the estate given to the Musgraves.

"Thee, Norton! with thine eight good sons,
"They doom'd to dye, alas! for ruth,
"Thy reverend locks thee could not save,
"Nor them their faire and blooming youth!"

Norton Conyers had been the property of the venerable Richard Norton, who with three sons, engaged in 1569, in the religious, rebellion of the earls of Northumberland and Westmorland, against Queen Elizabeth. To inspire their followers with fit enthusiasm, they put into the hands of Norton, a flag, painted with the live wounds of our Saviour. It seems to have been a second Pilgrimages of Grace like the insurrection under Aske. This was soon suppressed. Mr. Norton and his sons were executed among multitudes of others, and his estate granted to a Musgrave, who disposed of it to an ancestor of the present owner.

The location of the earliest Nortons in Yorkshire
Info is taken from the IGI. I've used just he earliest entries 1200-1500.

York East riding
The only Norton town is shown on the border with North Riding.
Norton There is 1 Norton surname in Norton 1540.

York North Riding
Thirsk has 1 Norton 1561.
Norton-Conyers is the seat of the Norton-Conyers family. This is actually Conyers DNA. Around 1350 a Roger Conyers marries Margaret Norton who inherits Norton family land. Conyers takes the surname of Norton. The Conyers line is from Durham.
There are 2 Norton in Norton-conyers 1363 and 1540.

York West Riding
Whitkirk-Rothwell-Topcliff-Dewsbury: This group of parishes have 9 Nortons,
Whitkirk = 1580, 1580, 1594,
Rothwell = 1598,
Topcliff = 1500, 1502,
Dewsbury = 1500, 1506, 1502.
Otley-Adel: 1 Norton Adel 1438
Elland-Saurby: 1 Norton, 1594
Norton- none
Doncaster: 3 Nortons in Doncaster; 1564, 1541, 1541.

of Hertforshire and Sharpenhoe Nortons

Related to Nortons of York, specifically to Sampson Norton. These arms are interesting because they tie in several of the Norton themes.
Chevron - Sharpenhoe Norton
Fleur-de-Li - from Valois
Sword - Sampson Norton York
Maunch - York Nortons

SWORD: The sword symbolizes power, protection, authority, strength, and courage. It is a symbol of knighthood and chivalry.
LADY'S SLEEVE (maunch, manche): Used in heraldry from the custom of knights who attended tournaments wearing their ladies' sleeves as a pledge of love. Denotes a family that has access to the kings court. The Maunch is the device of the Nortons of York and the family of Hastings.
Fleur-de-lis: Heraldically this is a flower, and stands at the head of the flowers of heraldry.

Related to Nortons of York, specifically to Sampson Norton.

Norton, az. three swords, conjoined at the pomels, in the fesse point, ar. pomelled or ; on a chief of the last, a lion pass. gu. betw. two maunches erm.

The arms of Sampson Norton,
Knight, Master of the Ordinances of War to Henry VIII

NORTON SIR SAMPSON d 1617 surveyor of the ordnance and marshal of Tournay was related to the Norton family of Yorkshire a member of which a rebel of 1569 was called Sampson Norton He was early engaged in the service of Edward IV and was knighted in Brittany by Lord Brooke about 1483 probably during the preparation for war caused by the English dislike of the Franco Burgundian alliance. In 1486 he was custumer at Southampton and 6 Aug 1486 was appointed a commissioner to inquire what wool and woolfels were exported from Chichester without the king's license. The same year he received the manor of Tarrant Launceston in Dorset in tail male. Machado met him in Brittany in 1490. He was also serjeant porter of Calais and in office during the affair of John Flamank and Sir Hugh Conway. see NANFAN SIB RICHARD In 1492 he was one of those who received the French ambassadors in connection with the Treaty of Etaples. In 1494 he was present at the tournaments held when Prince Henry was created a knight. On 10 April 1495 he became constable of Flint Castle and the office was renewed to him on 23 Jan 1508-1509. In 1509 he was created chamberlain of North Wales He distinguished himself in Henry VIII's French wars holding as he had held under Henry VII the office of surveyorof the ordnance an important position involving the control of a number of clerks and servants He may have been a yeoman of the guard in 1511 In 1512 he was taken prisoner at Arras and after some difficulty was set free In February 1514 6 he was marshal of Tournay and was nearly killed in a mutiny of the soldiers who wanted their pay On 11 Sept 1516 hé became chamberlain of the exchequer Norton died Feb 15, 1617 and was buried at All Saints Fulham where there was a monument with an inscription now defaced. He married an illegitimate daughter of Lord Zouch. Sampson Norton signed his will 1612 at Fulham, Middlesex.

Letters &c Richard III and Hen VII ed Gairdncr Rolls Ser i 231 238 404 Jlater for Hist of Hen VII ed Campbell Rolls Ser i 439 524 ii 409 532 562 Memorials of Hen VII ed tìairdnerl Rolls Ser pp 376 382 Chron of Calais Camd Soc Lettcrsand Papers Hen Vili 15U9 17 Notes and Queries 7th ser viii 9 133 215 Hutchins's Dorset W.A. 3 A

Variation
Norton, [Somers.] ar. on a bend, cottised, betw. three lions ramp. sa. as many escallops or.

Norton, ar. on a bend, cottised, betw. two lions ramp. sa. three escallops of the first. ,

NORTON-PLACE is an antient manor and mansion in this parish, though now and for many years since made use of only as a farm-house, situated about half a mile northward from Chart-place. It was antiently the property and residence of the family of Norton, to whom it gave name; and in the south windows of this church there were formerly the essigies of Stephen Norton, who lived in king Richard II.'s reign, with his arms, Argent, a chevron between three crescents azure, on his tabard or surcoat, and Philipott says that he had found in a tournament of the Kentish gentlemen one of this name, in a tabard of the arms above-mentioned, encountering one Christmas, of East Sutton, not far distant, who was in like manner habited in a surcoat charged with his arms, expressive of his name, viz. Gules, upon a bend sable, three wassail bowls, or; which coat was likewise depicted in the south windows of Sutton church.

But the partitions inherent to gavelkind, so diminished the patrimony of this family, that in the reign of queen Elizabeth, and afterwards, they were obliged to sell off several parts of it at different times, all which came at length into the possession of Sir Ed ward Hales, created a baronet in 1611, whose grandson and heir of the same name in 1660 purchased of the two coheirs of the family of Norton, married to Denne and Underwood, the seat itself, with the remainder of the land belonging to it, by a fine then levied by them and their husbands for that purpose. His trustees about the year 1670, conveyed it, with the manor of Sutton Valence and Chart before-mentioned, and sundry other premises, to Sir William Drake, of Amersham, with which it was in like manner sold, about the year 1708, to Sir Christopher Desbouverie, whose daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie, of Teston, after the death of her two brothers, and a partition of her father's estates between herself and her sister, is now entitled to it.

In the reign of Elizabeth there were five guilds in Maidstone viz the artificers the victuallers the drapers the mercers and the cordwainers Stephen Norton of a family anciently seated at Norton Place Chart Sutton belonged to the Maidstone guild of artificers in 1474. It was probably his son of the same name who was a noted bell founder in the time of Henry VII and Henry VIII and who was buried in All Saints Church A bell with his name upon it still hangs in the church tower of Chisel borough in Somerset.

unknown Norton
-	unknown Norton
	-	John Norton m.
		-	Francis Norton m.Dorthy Farnefold
				Henry Norton of CharIton, Wantage, Berkshire m.Elizabeth, fourth daughter of William Nelson of Chaldeworth, Berkshire.
					SIR Gregory NORTON, (c.1603-1652), of Buckinghamshire, MP and regicide. m.Martha, daughter of Bradshaw Drew of Densworth near Chichester, Sussex.
				-		Gregory Norton, died in 1652, shortly before his father Henry Norton,disinherited because of his opposition to the king's trial and execution. Elizabeth Norton.
				Sir Dudley Norton, Knight, Principal Secretary of State in Ireland under Charles I in 1612. m.Margaret MASTERSON, the daughter of Sir Thomas MASTERSON her first marriage was to Roger MAINWARING.
					Dudley Norton
					-	Robert Norton b.1719 d.1778 Married Sidney Sandys daughter of Patrick Sandys Esq. of Dublin
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NORTON, SIR Gregory (c.1603-1652), MP and regicide, was the son of Henry Norton of CharIton, Wantage, Berkshire, and his wife Elizabeth, fourth daughter of William Nelson of Chaldeworth, Berkshire. He was created a baronet of Ireland 27 April 1624, aged about twenty-one, probably through the influence of his uncle, Sir Dudley Norton, secretary for Ireland, and admitted to Gray's Inn in 1629, being a contemporary there of John Bradshaw [q.v.], who was to preside over the king's trial, John Cook [q.v.], who was to prosecute the king, and John Alured the regicide [q.v.]. From then until the end of 1640 at least he resided at Hampdens Manor, Penn, Buckinghamshire, moving in 1640 to West Thomey near Chichester in Sussex.

He achieved notoriety as one of the judges who sat at the trial of King Charles I and as a signatory of the king’s death warrant. Although rewarded with the former royal palace of Sheen, it was restored to the Crown at the Restoration; whilst his son, Sir Henry Norton, a Royalist, was disinherited by his father and died in obscurity, when the baronetcy is presumed to have become extinct. It is at this time that the Norton crest first appears in the 1623 Visitation of Berkshire, being described as out of a ducal coronet azure, a demi-lion rampant, double queued, argent.

He was JP for West Sussex from 1640 until his death, and was elected MP for Midhurst in a by- election to the Long Parliament in 1645, his fellow-MP being William Cawley the regicide [q.v.]. There is evidence of their closely co-ordinating their activities. As a prominent parishioner of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Norton was also a member of the committee for the City of Westminster, along with his close friend and relation, Humphrey Edwardes, the regicide [q.v.].

Though not a commanding presence in the House, Norton was a devoted committee man. He served in the committee concerning accounts within weeks of election as an MP, later joining the committee for martial law and the committee for Irish affairs, at which he attended assiduously, becoming a major figure. After Pride's Purge, Norton's importance in the Commons increased dramatically: He was immediately added to the committee for the revenue and the committee for compounding. On 23 December 1648 he joined the committee for proceedings against the king, the first of the Commons committees which laid the groundwork for the king's trial and execution. On 6 January he attended the first of the sessions of the high court of justice preparatory to the trial, and then attended most sittings of the court. He was present when" sentence was pronounced against the king, and signed the death-warrant. He then served on committees to set up a republican government and abolish kingship and the House of Lords. He continued to serve on increasing numbers of parliamentary committees until his death 26 March 1652.

Norton married Martha, daughter of Bradshaw Drew of Densworth near Chichester, Sussex. Their eldest son, Gregory, died in 1652, shortly before his father; the younger, Henry, was disinherited because of his opposition to the king's trial and execution. There was also a daughter, Elizabeth. Restoration gossip that Norton lived at Richmond Palace, acquired at a cheap rate after the king's execution, is puzzling; his home at the time was actually Oatlands Park, near Weybridge, Surrey, and at his death his widow claimed to be penniless. She was hounded under the Protectorate by the commissioners for compounding, who persecuted many republican MPs. She married, secondly, Robert Gordon, fourth Viscount Kenmure, in 1655, and died in 1671.

Sir Gregory Norton in his will styles himself "Sir Richard Norton, of Paul's, Covent Garden, in the county of Middlesex, art." It bears date 12th March, 1651, and was proved by his relict, Dame Martha Norton, 24th Sept., 1652. He states that his land at Penn, in the county of Bucks, was _mortgaged_, and mentions his "disobedient son, Henrie Norton;" and desires his burial-place may be at Richmond, co. Surrey.

[R. L. Greaves and R. Zaller (eds.), A Biographical Dictionary of English Radicals of the Seventeenth Century, 3 vols., 1982-4; private research.]

ROBERT K. G. TEMPLE

Below is the seal of Francis Norton.
Possibly Francis Jr. died Milford 23 February 1666/7 and was the son of Francis Norton, son of William Norton and Denis Chomeley who were also the parents of Thomas Norton of Guilford, CT.

Another candidate is Frances Norton came to Portsmouth, Mass., from an unknown part of England in 1631 and later removed to Charlestown in the same colony. His wife Mary, gave him at least five children, Abagail, Mary, Elizabeth, Deborah, and Sarah, and possibly others.
Click for a larger picture.

This is a reproduction of a seal with the signature of Francis Norton.

Francis NORTON died on 27 Jul 1667 in Charleston, Maine. one of 5 stewards of a large company sent by Capt John Mason to New Hampshire about 1630. Took freemans oath in 1642, moved from Pescataqua in 1634 to Charleston, Maine

These arms are found for Roger de Norton, Sheriff of Norfolk 1269. Just 203 years removed from the Battle of Hastings. They are also found at Suffolk, Dorset, Hants, and Sussex.

They are also found in Hants, quartered onSir Richard Norton (heir of Rotherfield) Sheriff of Hampshire, 1st Baronet of Rotherfield 1622.

To the list of Nobles &c in this County of the reign of Hen VII I shall add a few accidentally omitted from other authorities and also such of those who had their first rise and notice about the time of the visitation taken in 1575 as are now or within memory have been remaining.

Norton of Rotherfield. This was a very ancient family They seem to have taken their rise from Norton Manor in the neighbouring parish of Selborne.
Ralph de Norton was Sheriff of the county( i Rich II Arms V a lion ramp O) 1377
Richard Norton 6 Hen VIII - 1516
Sir John Norton 1553 (6 Edw VI) and again 3 and 4 Phil and Mary
Richard Norton 1564 (6 Eliz) and again 30 Eliz
Daniel Norton 1608 (5 Jam I )
Richard Norton Kt n 1503 (Jam I) and
Dan Norton i Char I
Sir Richard Norton of Rotberfield was created a Bart May 23 1622 Francis Powlett of Anne port Esq married Elizabeth filter and heir of Sir John Norton of Rotherfield Bart and from him defcends George Powletr Efq presumptive heir to the Marquisate of Winchester the prescnt owner who bought it lately of Norton Powlett Esq illegitimate on of his elder brother (source)

Rotherfield Nortons William Norton ?? WlLLlAM took up the cross in the last Crusade 1270 (Parlimentary Roll E. ii) (source)
-	Sir James Norton b.abt 1270 (heir) 1310 m.Elizabeth de Gurdon m. Margaret (Adam de Gurdon died seised of the manor of Tisted, leaving a daughter and heir Joan, who in 1308 settled the whole on herself for life with reversion to James de Norton and his heirs. For licence to enter the manor James de Norton paid a fine of 5 marks to the crown during the next year. (fn. 13) In March, 1316, the manor was in his hands, (fn. 14) and in the May of that year he settled it upon himself and his second wife Margaret and their heirs; failing such it was to revert to Thomas the son of James by his first wife Elizabeth. ) (source) Sir James de Norton of Hants bore vert a lyon rapant or. - WlLLlAM took up the cross in the last Crusade 1270 (Parlimentary Roll E. ii) (source) (The future Edward I of England undertook another Crusade in 1271, after having accompanied Louis on the Eighth Crusade. He accomplished very little in Syria and retired the following year after a truce.)
		Sir Thomas Norton (of James and Elizabeth)
	-	John Norton (heir) 1361 d.1346 James and Margaret had a son John who died before 1346, when the manor passed into the hands of Edmund de Kendale, Margaret's second husband, in custody for John's son John, a minor, who came of age in 1360. (source)
		-	John Norton (heir) b.1340 d.1370 m1.Felice Kendall (daughter of Sir Edward Kendall) (issue Agnes, Catharine, Margaret, Mary) m2.Alice This John only held the manor for ten years, dying abroad, probably on active service in the French wars in 1370, and leaving a son and heir John only three years old. (source)
				John Norton b.1367 (heir) m.Joane Holle (daughter of Richard Holle Before 1424 John Nortonr conveyed the manor to trustees, who settled it in that year on his son John and Joan his wife and their heirs. (source)
					Peter Norton m.Mary Leigh (daughter of George Leigh of Adlington)
					Richard Norton m.Emme Wells (daughter of Thomas Wells)
					Margaret Norton m.Oliver Vachell of Bereton
					Isabel Norton m. Audley
					Elizabeth Norton m.White of Southwick
					other issue: Edward, Henry, Alice, Isabell
				-	Richard Norton (heir) d.1503 m. Elizabeth Rotherfield 1495, (daughter of Sir William Rotherfield alias Lyndhurst) Richard Norton the son and heir of John and Joan died seised of East Tisted in 1503, leaving a son and heir Richard, who married Elizabeth Rotherfield in 1495. (source)
					-	John Norton of Rotherfield m.Anne Puttenham (daughter of George Puttenham of Sherfield Thus in 1564 Anne Norton pleaded that her husband John Norton had left her the manor of Rotherfield as part of her dower. Within the manor was 'a great wood (fn. 60) adjoining the park pale of Rotherfield on the west side of the park containing threescore and seven acres or thereabouts . . . which hath been used time out of mind of man at the age of sixteen years growth to be lopped and sold.' Anne had therefore sent workmen to lop the trees, but her son Richard had hindered them and brought them before the King's Bench.' (source)
							Thomas Norton of Nutley
								Edmund Norton
							John Norton of Aldeford
								Richard Norton
							Marmaduke Norton of Hateley
								issue: Symon, Richard, Thomas, Sara
						-	Sir Richard Norton of Rotherfield (heir of Rotherfield) d.1536 m.Rose Whyte (White) (Daughter of William Whyte of Wymering) (source)) m.Anne (sister and heir of Edward Montpeeson of Battington, Wilshire) Richard died in 1536, leaving a son and heir John who died before 1564, in which year Anne his widow sought dower in East Tisted against her son Richard. She stated that she had been dispossessed by subtle practice between this her son and his uncle, who 'when the said orator was in great heaviness and sorrow for the death of her late husband came to her and brought a deed of release by which she should release unto the said Richard all right of dower in the said lands . . . while they swore to her that there was nothing in it but a note or remembrancer of such lands as her late husband held and nothing that would do her harm.' Trusting to them she signed the deed and her son seized the lands. (source)
								Mary Norton m.Sir Henry Uvedall
								Henry Norton
								John Norton of Enasyott or Ernshott (heir of Rotherfield) d.1564 m.Joane Cole
								-	Sir Richard Norton of Rotherfield d.1612 (heir of Rotherfield) m.Mabell Beecher (daughter of Henry Beecher, alsderman of London) Their son Richard, who was knighted in 1610, (fn. 26) succeeded to the manor on the death of his mother before that date, and held it until his death in 1612. (source)
									-	Sir Richard Norton (heir of Rotherfield) Sheriff of Hampshire, 1st Baronet of Rotherfield 1622 b.1582 d.July 1645 m.Amy Bilson (died before 1655 daughter of Thomas Bilson. Bishop of Winchester.) The manor then passed to his son Richard, who was several times sheriff of Hampshire, and who was created baronet in 1622. The Norton family were staunch royalists and suffered heavily for their adherence to Charles. In July, 1644, Sir Richard was committed 'for maintaining the proceedings against the Parliament and for doing many disservices.' He was imprisoned in Lord Petre's house, but was by order of the Committee for Prisoners discharged in August, 1644, on giving sufficient security. His estates were valued at £15,000 a year, and on admission to compound he was fined at £1,000. This was reduced to £500 in March, 1645. He paid the fine, but died before August of that year, leaving his estate heavily charged, as his sons complained when they compounded for their own and their father's delinquency on his death. They stated that they had been in the king's army in Winchester garrison, and five days after its surrender had taken an oath administered by the county committee. They were now heavily burdened with their father's debts and the necessity of paying their mother's jointure, while Sir Richard the elder son had no other estate, and John the younger only a lease of £15 a year, now sequestered. In April, 1647, all proceedings against them were stayed, since they had paid £100, the sum to which their fine had been reduced in consideration of their poverty and their father's fine. (source)
											Sir Richard Norton (heir of Rotherfield) 2nd Baronet of Rotherfield b.1619 d.1652 m. Elizabeth The estate was not taken out until May, 1661, when, since Sir Richard had died in 1652 without male issue, it descended in tail male to his brother John as third baronet. (source)
											John Norton (heir of Rotherfield) 3rd Baronet? b.1619 d.1686 The estate was not taken out until May, 1661, when, since Sir Richard had died in 1652 without male issue, it descended in tail male to his brother John as third baronet. In 1666 Sir John Norton settled the manor of East Tisted on himself and Dame Dorothy his wife and their heirs. Sir John died in 1686 aged sixty-seven, and was buried in East Tisted church under an elaborate monument erected 'by the piety of his wife, Lady Dorothy. (source)
											Elizabeth Norton (heir of Rotherfield) m. 20 May 1764 John Paulett Elizabeth, the daughter of the late Sir Richard, as heiress of her uncle. Elizabeth had married Francis Paulet of Amport in August, 1674, (fn. 35) and on his death in 1695 or 1696 (fn. 36) their son Norton Paulet succeeded to the estate. The will of the latter is dated 1729, and by it Norton Paulet, his eldest son, was made sole heir and executor, and charged to pay his father's debts of £13,000. (fn. 37) Thus in 1756 he mortgaged the manors of East Tisted and Rotherfield to John Taylor, fellow of Winchester College, (fn. 38) but recovered the same before his death in 1758. (fn. 39) By his will Thomas Norton Paulet was made his sole heir after the death of his wife, Mrs. Anne Paulet, and was to have an annuity of £200 during the life of Anne. (fn. 40) Anne died about 1765, but before Thomas could enter into possession he had to prove his title against William Paulet, his father's eldest surviving brother, (source)
								Southwick Nortons Sir Daniel Norton of Southwick (heir) d.Apr 7,1636 m.Honora White (daughter of Sir John White of Southwick) The earliest mention of SOUTHWICK seems to be in the year 1133, when Henry I founded a priory of Austin canons at Portchester, assigning to them by the foundation charter the manor of Candover, a hide of land in Applestead, and a hide of land in Southwick. The priory was removed from Portchester to Southwick between 1145 and 1153, and this land with the addition of other lands acquired by grant of Richard de Boarhunt and Gilbert de Boarhunt during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries evidently became the manor of Southwick, (fn. 8) which remained in the hands of the prior and convent until the time of the Dissolution. After the Dissolution the site of the priory church of Southwick was granted to John White, servant to Sir Thomas Wriothesley, in 1538, and eight years later the manor and church of Southwick were granted to Sir Thomas Wriothesley that he might alienate them to John White. On the death of John White in 1567 the manor passed to his son and heir Edward. In 1580 Edward died, leaving a son and heir, John, who, in 1606, settled the manor on his daughter and co-heir Honor on her marriage with Sir Daniel Norton, and they came into possession of the manor on the death of John White in the following year. Sir Daniel Norton died seised of the manor in 1636, leaving a son and heir, Richard, who had married Anne daughter of Sir William Earle. Richard died 10 December, 1732, and his daughter and heir Sarah married Henry Whitehead ; they had two children Richard and Mary. Richard died young, 25 December, 1733, leaving all his estates to his nephew Francis Thistlethwayte, son of his sister Mary, who had married Alexander Thistlethwayte in 1717 and died before 1728. (fn. 19) Francis Thistlethwayte of Southwick took the name of Whitehead, and died 30 March, 1751, leaving his estates to his elder brother with remainder to his younger brother, Robert Thistlethwayte. From that time the manor has remained in the hands of the Thistlethwayte family ; Mr. Alexander Thistlethwayte of Southwick Park being lord of the manor at the present day. (source)
									Honora Norton m.John Elliott (son of Sir John of St.Germans)
									other issue Daniel b.1614,. Edward b.1618, Thomas, John b.1624, Frances, Bridgit (dsp), Catherine
									Sir Richard Norton of Southwick d.10 December, 1732 (heir) m.Anne Earle (daughter of Sir Walter Earle of Charborough)