Background
John Norris was born at Collingbourne Kingston, Wiltshire.
John Norris was born at Collingbourne Kingston, Wiltshire.
He was educated at Winchester School, and Exeter College, Oxford, gaining a Bachelor of Arts in 1680.
He was later appointed a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford (Master of Arts 1684). He lived a quiet life as a country parson and thinker at Fugglestone Street Peter with Bemerton, Wiltshire, from 1692 until his death early in 1712.
