Sir Henry Norris (1554–1599) was an
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soldier and politician during the
Tudor period
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.
Early life
The fourth son of
Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys
{{Infobox noble, Baron
, name = Henry Norris
, title = Baron Norreys
, image = Henry Norris 1st Baron Norris of Rycote.jpg
, image_size = 240px
, caption = Henry Norris, aged 60, 1585
, a ...
, he matriculated at
Magdalen College, Oxford
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, in 1571, and was created M.A. in 1588.
He grew up at Rycote in
Oxfordshire
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and
Wytham
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in
Berkshire
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(now Oxfordshire).
Military career
He was captain of a company of English volunteers at
Antwerp
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John
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and
Edward
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History
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in the Low Countries in 1586 was knighted by
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
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, after the
battle of Zutphen
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(September). He was sent to
Brittany
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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.
He was
member of parliament
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for
Berkshire
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in 1588–89 and 1597–1598, but spent his latest years with his brothers John and
Thomas
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in Ireland. In 1595 he was colonel-general of infantry. Taking part under
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
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, in the campaign in
Munster
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in June 1599, he was wounded in the leg in an engagement with the Irish at
Finniterstown. He bore
amputation
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with patience, but died a few weeks later.
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1554 births
1599 deaths
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Henry, colonel-general
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