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  1. Richard Norwood: Birth: abt 1573 in Leckhampton Court, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England . Death: 10 Jan 1629 in Down Hatherly, Gloucestershire, England


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a. Note:   Burial: St Peters, Leckhampton Court, Cheltenham, England Occupation: 1606 High Sheriff of Gloucester, England There is a brass in Saint Peters Church in Cheltenham to Elizabeth and William, 2 daughters and 9 sons.
  Married: 18 OCT 1569 England chidren: Eleanor NORWOOD b: 1565 in Leckhampton Court, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Richard NORWOOD b: ABT 1573 in Leckhampton Court, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England William NORWOOD b: 1575 in Leckhampton Court, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Henry NORWOOD b: 1580 in Leckhampton Court, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Ralph NORWOOD b: 1582 in Leckhampton Court, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Thomas NORWOOD b: 1584 in Leckhampton Court, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Maurice NORWOOD b: 1586 in Leckhampton Court, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Elizabeth NORWOOD b: 1588 in Leckhampton Court, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
  Marriage 2 Anne SACKVILLE b: 1555 Event: Single 8 JUL 1599 in St James, Clerkenwell, London, England
  William Norwood, b ca 1548 d 23 Sep 1632, High Sheriff of Gloucester in 1606, son of Henry and Katherine Norwood, md 18 Oct 1569 his cousin, Elizabeth Lygon, dau of William Lygon and Eleanor Dennis. Eleanor Dennis was a descendant of Edward I by Margaret of France; Eleanor was the dau of Anne Berkeley and Sir William Dennis. Both William Norwood and Elizabeth Lygon were descendants of the famous Berkeley family. There is an unusual brass in memory of Elizabeth Lygon Norwood in Saint Peters Church in Cheltenham. In the center are William Norwood and Elizabeth kneeling, while above them is a coat of arms, combining the arms of the Norwood and Lygon families. Back of Elizabeth are two little girls, Eleanor and Elizabeth. Back of William are their nine sons. The translation of the Latin inscription reads: "Elizabeth Norwood, wife of William Norwood, Esquire to whom she bore nine sons, two daughters, having lived fifty years, she piously and peacefully died in Christ, on April 16 A.D. 1598. I who eleven times did multiply Myself on earth, cannot in one death die, Rather my lively spirit both worlds shall roam, Heaven is my soul's---earth is my offspring's home, If I then freely range both spheres of space I perish not in any resting place." After the death of Elizabeth, William Norwood md ca 1599 Anne Sackville, widow of Richard Fogge. There was no issue of this marriage.
  Children of William Norwood and Elizabeth Lygon
  I. Richard Norwood, b ca 1575 Leckhampton d 10 Jan 1630 II. Henry Norwood, b ca 1576 d 1632, buried Leckhampton, Parish Church, England md ca 1612 Elizabeth Rodney Kirton; Henry was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, Barrister, admitted to Middle Temple 1598 III. William Norwood, b ca 1574, educated Jesus College at Oxford; d by 1628 without heirs IV. Ralph Norwood (Captain); b ca 1582 d aft 1618; a soldier in the low countries (Netherlands) V. Thomas Norwood, b ca 1583; d.s.p. ca 1618 VI. Maurice Norwood, b ca 1585, died without heirs VII. Eleanor Norwood, b ca 1563 d Feb 1623/4, md 1) ca 1590 George Blount of Sellington Worcester, d 20 Jan 1610; their son - Sir Edward Blount Eleanor Norwood md 2) John Culpepper (Colepeper?); 3 sons, 2 daughters VIII. Elizabeth Norwood b ca 1589 md Richard Moore



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