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- Sir John Norris, or Norreys (ca. 1547 – 3 September 1597), of Rycote, Oxfordshire, and of Yattendon and Notley in Berkshire, [ 1 ] was an English soldier. The son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys, he was a lifelong friend of Queen Elizabeth.
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Sir John Norris, or Norreys (ca. 1547 – 3 September 1597), of Rycote, Oxfordshire, and of Yattendon and Notley in Berkshire, [ 1 ] was an English soldier. The son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys, he was a lifelong friend of Queen Elizabeth.
Sir John Norris, commonly known as ‘general’ or ‘black Jack’ Norris, was the most distinguished of Lord Norris’s six martial sons, and probably the ablest English soldier of his time. As a young man he seems to have spent some time in the care of Sir William Cecil, while his father was ambassador in France. It was while visiting his ...
Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Norris PC (1670 or 1671 – 13 June 1749) was a Royal Navy officer and Whig politician. After serving as a junior officer during the Nine Years' War and the Williamite War in Ireland, he was given command of a squadron sent to North America to protect British settlements on the banks of Hudson Bay in 1697.
John Norris, or Norreys, was a renowned soldier who staunchly defended the cause of Protestantism, in Holland and Flanders, Ireland, France and Portugal. There is no question that he was a brave leader of men but he lacked compassion and it could be said of him that he was a well-bred thug.
Sir John Norris (c. 1547-1597),was a celebrated military commander known as 'Black Jack'. He served in the Netherlands, Brittany and Ireland. He died unmarried at Norris Castle, Mallow, co. Cork in Ireland, the home of Sir Thomas, of gangrene. Sir Henry Norris (1554-1599) was educated at Oxford university and was also a soldier and died of wounds.
Sir John Norris, or Norreys (ca. 1547 – 3 September 1597), of Rycote, Oxfordshire, and of Yattendon and Notley in Berkshire, was an English soldier. The son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys, he was a lifelong friend of Queen Elizabeth.
Oct 16, 2023 · Queen Elizabeth I sanctioned the English Armada in 1589 as a counterstrike against Spain following the Spanish Armada’s failed invasion of England in 1588. Led by Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Norris, the expedition aimed to exploit Spain’s weakened state.
