Background
Norden was the second son of William Norden of Rowde and his wife Mary Lybbe, daughter of Richard Lybbe of Hardwick, Whitchurch, Oxfordshire.
Norden was the second son of William Norden of Rowde and his wife Mary Lybbe, daughter of Richard Lybbe of Hardwick, Whitchurch, Oxfordshire.
He was educated at Hart Hall, Oxford and was awarded Bachelor in 1631.
He entered Middle Temple in 1630 and was called to the bar in 1638. He was Justice of the Peace for Wiltshire from 1646 to 1653. In 1657, he was Justice of the Peace for Wiltshire again and commissioner for assessment.
He was commissioner for assessment from January 1660 to his death and commissioner for militia in March 1660, He was Justice of the Peace for WIltshire again from March 1660 until his death.
In April 1660, Norden was elected Member of Parliament in double returns for both Old Salisbury and Devizes in the Convention Parliament and chose to sit for Old Salisbury. He was proposed as a Knight of the Royal Oak with an income of £800.
In 1662, he became an alderman of Devizes and remained until his death. In December 1666 he was elected Member of Parliament for Devizes in a by-election to the Cavalier Parliament.
He was solicitor for aids for Wiltshire from 1667.
Norden married at the age of 30 by licence dated 29 May 1647 to Elizabeth Skinner, daughter of Edmund Skinner of Cradley, Herefordshire and had six children.
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In 1654, he was elected Member of Parliament for Wiltshire in the First Protectorate Parliament.