Paternal Family Tree: Norreys
John Norreys was appointed Keeper of the King's Wardrobe to King Henry VI of England and II of France.
John Norreys was appointed Knight of the Bath.
Around 1400 John Norreys was born to William Norreys [aged 15].
Before 1437 John Norreys [aged 36] and Alice Merbrook were married.
Around 1440 [his son] John Norreys was born to John Norreys [aged 40] and [his future wife] Eleanor Clitherow. He married 1475 Elizabeth Wyfold, daughter of Nicholas Wyfold and Margaret Chedworth Duchess Norfolk.
Around 1441 [his son] William Norreys was born to John Norreys [aged 41] and [his wife] Alice Merbrook at Yattendon Castle [Map]. He married (1) after 29th March 1461 Jane Vere, daughter of John de Vere 12th Earl of Oxford and Elizabeth Howard Countess of Oxford, and had issue (2) 25th April 1472 Isabel Ingaldsthorpe (3) 1478 Anne Horne and had issue.
In 1441 John Norreys [aged 41] was appointed Esquire to the Body.
Around 1445 Nicholas Wyfold and [his future wife] Margaret Chedworth Duchess Norfolk [aged 9] were married.
Around 1450 [his daughter] Anne Norreys was born to John Norreys [aged 50] and [his wife] Alice Merbrook. She married John Harcourt and had issue.
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After 1450 John Norreys [aged 50] and Eleanor Clitherow were married.
After 29th March 1461 [his son] William Norreys [aged 20] and [his daughter-in-law] Jane Vere were married. She the daughter of John de Vere 12th Earl of Oxford [aged 52] and Elizabeth Howard Countess of Oxford [aged 51].
On 1st September 1461 [his father] William Norreys [aged 76] died.
Before 1st September 1466 John Norreys [aged 66] and Margaret Chedworth Duchess Norfolk [aged 30] were married. The difference in their ages was 36 years.
On 1st September 1466 John Norreys [aged 66] died. He was buried in the Norreys Chapel St Michael's Church, Bray.
Before 22nd January 1467 John Howard [aged 42] and [his former wife] Margaret Chedworth Duchess Norfolk [aged 31] were married.
In 1494 [his former wife] Margaret Chedworth Duchess Norfolk [aged 58] died.