William Norreys of Bray

Events 

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

William is mentioned in a law suit in 1427.

Relationships

Father: Roger le Norreys.

This relationship is given in the Norris pedigree in the notes to the Berkshire Visitations volume (pp. 184-5), citing MS. Ashmole 852, pp. 130-131. It is given in Berkshire VCH (3: sub Bray).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Christian Strech.

This relationship is given in the Norris pedigree in the notes to the Berkshire Visitations volume (pp. 184-5), citing MS. Ashmole 852, pp. 130-131. Christian is said to be the daughter of William Strech of Ruscombe, Berkshire.

Spouse: Anne Delamere.

This relationship is given in the Norris pedigree in the notes to the Berkshire Visitations volume (pp. 184-5), citing MS. Ashmole 852, pp. 130-131.

Children (by Christian): 

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

John Norreys (died 1 September 1466) married (1) Alice Merbroke; married (2) Eleanor Clitherow; married (3) Margaret Chedworth.

William Norreys of Wingfield, Berkshire.

Agnes Norreys (died 12 April 1472) married William Bulstrode.

Children (by Anne): 

Roger Norreys of Cookham, Berkshire.

References

'Bray with the borough of Maidenhead: Introduction, borough and manors', in A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3, ed. P H Ditchfield and William Page (London, 1923).

Clark, Linda. “John Norris (d. 1466)” in The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1422-1461 (Linda Clark ed.) (University of Cambridge Press, 2020). 

The Four Visitations of Berkshire 1532, 1566, 1623, 1665-6; Vol. II Additional Pedigrees and Notes. (W. Harry Rylands, ed.) (Harleian Society vol. LVII; London, 1908).

Will of John Norreys of Bray, Berkshire. Proved 1466 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.