NORTON, JOHN, son of Richard Norton; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) in 1660; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1662, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1662, scholar 1663; BA 1665/6; MA 1669 (incorp. Oxford 1669); unsuccessfully petitioned Charles II in 1668 for a letter to the Master and Fellows of Trinity Coll. to grant him the next Fellowship, Norton stating that “he was put aside last election of Fellows on account of His Majesty’s letter for another : if not elected this term will become incapable, as scholars of the seventh year have to take their MA degree and cannot then be Fellows” (CSP Dom 1667-8, 597, where the petition of Ralph Norton to Lord Arlington on behalf of his ward John Norton will also be found); ordained; Vicar of Rushden, Herts., from 1669; d. 1684.
NORTON, EDWARD, son of William Norton, Westminster; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1714. [Perhaps same individual as last, with an error in the father’s Christian name in one of the entries].
NORTON, EDWARD, son of John Norton, London; b.; at school under Freind (J. E. B. Mayor and R. F. Scott, Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb., ii, 220, where Norton is stated to have been at school at “Westminster”, but Head Master’s name is not given); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 1 Jul 1715, aged 16; BA 1718/9; MA 1722; ordained deacon (London) 13 Mar 1719/20; Curate, Greenwich, Kent; Head Master, Colfe’s GS, Lewisham, Kent 13 Jun 1733-63; m.; d. 30 Jan 1767.
NORTON, ---; b.; at school c. 1660 (Busby’s Account Book).
NORTHRYGE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).
NORTHEY, THOMAS; b.; adm. 22 Sep 1775. [Perhaps Thomas Northey, third son of Thomas Northey, Berwick-on-Tweed, adm. Middle Temple 18 May 1778 – was he a son of Thomas Northey, army officer, and Margaret, dau. of J. L. Hancorne, Gower, Glamorgan (they m. 1766) ?].
Northcott, Richard Henry, son of Walter Wynne Northcott of Edinburgh and Maude Elsie, d. of Maj.-Gen. Arthur Hill; b. 26 Apr. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1927; 2nd Lieut. The Welsh Regt Jan. 1932, Lieut. Jan. 1935, Capt. Jan. 1940, temp. Maj.; m. 7 Apr. 1941 Elizabeth Hope, d. of George Douglas Budge and sister-in-law of George Edric Nee (qv); killed in action (Normandy) July 1944.
Richard Henry Northcott was born at Paddington, London on the 26th of April 1910 the only son of Walter Wynne Northcott and Maude Elsie (nee Hill) Northcott of 27, Craven Road, Paddington, later of Rochester House School, Edinburgh. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1923 to December 1927. He was a member of the 1st Rowing VIII in 1927 where he rowed at stroke. The Elizabethan wrote the following on his 1927 season: - “Rather short in the swing, but otherwise an excellent stroke, showing good judgement and an ability to rally his crew.” He served as a member of the Officer Training Corps and was promoted to Lance Corporal in September 1927.
He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in the Territorial Army on the 29th of March 1930 before being commissioned with the same rank in the 1st Battalion, Welch Regiment in the regular army on 30th of January 1932. He was promoted to Lieutenant on the 30th of January 1935 and to Captain in January 1940. He was married at Kensington on the 7th of April 1941 to Elizabeth Hope (nee Budge).
He was promoted to temporary Major on the 5th of February 1943 and joined the 1/5th Battalion of his Regiment as a company commander on the 29th of July 1943.
On the 16th of June 1944, an advance party from the Battalion left their base at Herne Bay and travelled by road to Canning Town. They were joined there by the main party and entrained for their marshalling area at Lingfield in Surrey. The main group began embarking at Newhaven at 2pm on the 24th of June and landed at the Jig Beach section of Gold Beach in Normandy at 1.30pm on the 26th of June 1944.
By the morning of the 21st of July 1944, the 1/5th Battalion, Welch Regiment was at the town of Baron. At 3pm that afternoon, enemy smoke and high explosive shells began landing in the Battalion positions with A Company, on the right of the line, soon reporting that they were under attack by four tanks accompanied by infantry. At 4pm a Platoon from B Company, which was positioned on the left of the Battalion and was on a line which ran along the Croie de Filandriers to Le Bon Repos road, was overrun by four enemy tanks supported by infantry. At 7pm two Squadrons of British tanks moved along the Battalion’s left flank in an attempt to bring the Germans under enfilade fire but this failed. At 8pm, A Company reported that the enemy tanks were now within 50 yards of their positions and by 9.30pm they were reported to be within 10 yards, after which there was no further communication from them. At 9.30pm C Company reported that the enemy force attacking them consisted of four Mk IV tanks with infantry and that they had knocked out two of the tanks, one with a PIAT and one with a six pounder anti tank gun. The Company was engaged in heavy fighting throughout the night, during which they were cut off and, with the enemy force within 50 yards of their position, they were ordered to withdraw at 6.30am the following morning.
C Company had suffered casualties of 25 men during the fighting while A Company was assumed to have been wiped out. Richard Northcott was among the dead.
He is commemorated on the Bayeux Memorial Panel 15, Column 3.
Northcott, John Anthony Fraser, son of Rev. Reginald James Northcott, Vicar of Charlton Kings, Gloucs, and Susan Frances Northcott; b. 8 Feb. 1924; adm. Jan. 1938 (B); left July 1938 and went to Cheltenham Coll.; 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards June 1943; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1948, MA 1953; ord. deacon 1950, priest 1951 (London); Curate St Martin’s-in-the-Fields 1950; Chaplain to the Forces Apr. 1952, regimental chaplain Korea and Hong Kong 1952-3, Germany 1953-7, UK 1957; d. 5 Aug. 1964.