Margery Norris

Margery Norris (1521 – 1599) was a courtier to Queen Elizabeth I. She, her husband and her six sons all served the crown and they have a huge monument in Westminster Abbey. Life Norris was born in 1521 and she was the daughter of John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame and Elizabeth Edmonds. Norris had three brothers, John, Henry and Francis, and a sister, Isabel, who married Sir Richard Wenman. She married Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys sometime between December 1542 and 26 August 1544. Henry had recovered some of his father's lands as they had been forfeit when his father was beheaded for allegedly having sex with Anne Boleyn. Her father was a supporter of her husband who was not in favour under Queen Mary. Her father introduced the two of them to the future Queen Princess Elizabeth. Rycote played host to Elizabeth as her father was one of her guardians and she became close to Norris and her husband. In 1572 the Queen made her husband Baron Norreys.