John Norbury

John Norbury (died 1414) was an English courtier, ambassador and Member of Parliament. He served as Lord High Treasurer of England.^[1]

He was born a younger son of Thomas Norbury of Nantwich, Cheshire.

After serving as a soldier in France in the service of the Duke of Brittany in 1368 he was made deputy Captain of Brest (1382–1397) and Captain of Guînes (1399–1401) with responsibilities for maintaining the truce between England and France. He also represented Hertfordshire in Parliament in 1391. During this time he allied himself with Henry Bolingbroke, the future Henry IV of England.

When Bolingbroke ascended the throne Norbury was made Lord High Treasurer of England (1399–1401), Keeper of the Privy Wardrobe (1399–1405) and a member of his Privy Council. In 1406 he was acting as an ambassador to negotiate a further truce with the French.

He died in 1414 and was buried at Greyfriars, London. He had married twice: firstly Petronilla, with whom he had at least 1 daughter (Joan) and secondly Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Thomas Butler, MP and the widow of Sir William Heron, Lord Say, MP of Eshott and East Duddoe, Northumberland, with whom he had at least 2 sons, Henry and John, both of whom became knights and MPs.

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