John Norbury (died 1414) of

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and

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, was an English courtier, ambassador and

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who served as

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of England.

Origins

He was a younger son of Thomas Norbury of

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Career

After serving as a soldier in France in the service of the Duke of Brittany in 1368 he was made deputy Captain of Brest (1382–1397) and Captain of Guînes (1399–1401) with responsibilities for maintaining the truce between England and France. He served as a

for

in 1391. During this time he allied himself with

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, the future King Henry IV. When Bolingbroke ascended the throne Norbury was made

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(1399–1401),

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(1399–1405) and a member of the Privy Council. In 1406 he was acting as an ambassador to negotiate a further truce with the French.

Marriages and children

He married twice: *Firstly to a certain Petronilla, by whom he had issue including: **Joan Norbury, daughter; **Elizabeth Norbury, wife of

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, Lord Mayor of London, and of

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Ashdown-Hill, John
"Lady Eleanor Talbot’s Other Husband: Sir Thomas Butler, heir of Sudeley, and his family"
pp. 2-3 *Secondly he married Elizabeth Butler, a daughter of Sir Thomas Butler, MP, and widow of Sir William Heron, ''jure uxoris'' Baron Saye, MP, of Eshott and East Duddoe, Northumberland, by whom he had issue including: **Sir

Henry Norbury Henry Norbury (born 1415) of Hoddesdon and Little Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, was an English soldier and nobleman who served as a Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire in 1454 and later again in 1454. Biography Henry was eldest son and heir o ...

(d.1415), MP, who married Anne Croyser, widow of Ingelram Bruyn and daughter and heiress of William Croyser of Stoke d'Abernon in Surrey;'Parishes: Stoke d'Abernon', in A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3, ed. H E Malden (London, 1911), pp. 457-46

/ref> **Sir John Norbury, MP.

Death and burial

He died in 1414 and was buried at the

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References

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