Sir William Norreys [2501]
- Born: 1548, Probably at, Rycote, Oxfordshire 441
- Marriage: Elizabeth Morrison Countess of Lincoln [2502]
- Died: 25 Dec 1579, Newry, Ireland at age 31 441
 FamilySearch ID: K4L6-ZFB.
General Notes:
http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/wnorreys_rycote.html
William Norreys (1548-1579)
Born: 1548 probably at Rycote, Oxfordshire
British Soldier in Ireland
Death: 25th December 1579 at Newry, Ireland
William was the second son of Henry, Baron Norreys of Rycote, and his wif e, Margery the daughter of John, Lord Williams. He was with Walter Devereu x, Earl of Essex, in Ulster in 1574 and was, on one occasion, rescued fr om death by his brother, John. He was, it appears, temporarily appoint ed in 1576, Marshal of Berwick in succession to Sir William Drury, but so on returned to Ireland. He died of a violent fever at Newry on 25th Decemb er 1579, and is said to have accurately foretold his own death. Queen Eliz abeth sent his mother a letter of condolence. He married Elizabeth, daught er of Sir Richard Morrison, by whom he left a son Francis, later the Ea rl of Berkshire.
Edited from Leslie Stephens & Sidney Lee's "Dictionary of National Biograp hy" (1891).
William married Elizabeth Morrison Countess of Lincoln [2502] [MRIN: 406], daughter of Sir Richard of Cashiobury Morrison Knight [2503] and Bridget Hussey Countess Rutland\ Countes Bedford [2504] [M93L-KV7]. (Elizabeth Morrison Countess of Lincoln [2502] was born in 1545 and died in 1611.)
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