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.
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