Background
The fourth son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys, he matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1571, and was created Master of Arts He grew up at Rycote in Oxfordshire and Wytham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).
The fourth son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys, he matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1571, and was created Master of Arts He grew up at Rycote in Oxfordshire and Wytham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).
Magdalen College.
In 1588.
He was sent to Brittany in May 1592 to report on the condition of the English forces, and in December 1593 was captain of a regiment of nine hundred Englishmen there. In 1595 he was colonel-general of infantry. Taking part under Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, in the campaign in Munster in June 1599, he was wounded in the leg in an engagement with the Irish at Finniterstown.
He bore amputation with patience, but died a few weeks later.
