Sir William Norris of Speke (d.1568)

✓ Sir William Norris of Speke, knighted between 1530 and 1535; 'engaged in the Scottish expedition of Lord Hertford' in 1544, when Edinburgh was taken (8 May 1544) and the books he brought home were left at Speke as heirlooms; d. 30 Jan 1567/8; his son Edward was 'of the age of twenty-eight years' at his succession in 1568: VCH Lancashire III 'Speke'. Son of Henry Norris (d. 1524) by Clemence Harrington. His wife is not named in the VCH passage read today - WIFE NOT WIRED (the standard accounts give Ellen Bulkeley; to check). Source: Victoria County History, Lancashire vol. III (1907), 'Townships: Speke' (british-history.ac.uk), read 27 Oct 2026. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 27 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]