Sir John Noreys, Vicar of South Lynn

Recorded as Sir John Norys, Vicar of South Lynn in 1444. Executor to will of his brother, Geoffery.

After this Geffrey Norys of this was lord who by his will dated August 12 1464 bequeaths his to be buried in the parish church of St Cecily the Virgin and Martyr of West Bilney appoints Margery bis wife Sir John Norys of South Lenne and John Norys his son his executors and this manor to his son John in tail.

In the 17th of Edward IV. Edmund Bedingfeld was lord; and in a court held of this manor, grants to John Norris, vicar of South Lynn, the site of the hospital of St. Laurence (which was then burnt) till it was rebuilt. [3]

1503. John Norris, the vicar of Allsaints, South Lenne, demised to " the convent of ffriers in lenn and South ienn, iij s, iiijd."

John Norris, the vicar, desired in his will, dated 1503, that his body might rest in the "high quere " of the parish church. His lands, etc., he left to provide a priest for the altar of the Blessed Trinity, for the better " sustentation " of the Gild of Allsaints, also for the burning of a lamp day and night before the sacrament in the chancel. He left also his " portous of paper rail " to be chained in the chapel of Our Lady in Allsaints'. A chantry priest was, moreover, to pray daily for the soul of John Norris, for the soul of his father Jeffrey, and for those of the deceased brethren of the Trinity Gild.

All Saints South Lynn
Vicars
1444, John Norys: by his will in 1503, he desires to be buried in the middle of the high qweere (the chancel) before the sacrament, and gives to find a priest at the altar of the blessed Trinity in this church, and for the better sustentation of that gild, his meadow and house, with the appertenances, lying without the east gates of Lynn, called the Oylhouse, and the profits of 7 acres of land and meadows in Sechy, called Berton's yards, and 5 acres in Rungton field, 3 half acres in West Winche mershe, to find a lamp burning day and night before the sacrament in the hey quere, by the oversight of the church reves, and his portous of paper rial to be chayned in the chapel of our Lady in this church. This vicar also built the vicarage-house, as appears by an inscription carved on the wood of the door case; his chantry priest was to pray dayly for his soul, and Jeffrey his father's, and the alderman and his brethren of Trinity gild, to keep yere day on Monday in Easter week, in Trinity chapel, and of Tuesday the mass of requiem.

Three bells were recast by Thomas Norris, of Stamford, to defray which ;1640 was borrowed from the town stock (1646-7). These bells were " the Margaret," the fourth bell, and " the John."
Tobias Norris, whose bells are to be found in Marshland, established the business at Stamford, where he died and was buried (1626).

The casting of a bell is said to have been a rare event during the dark and unsettled times immediately preceding the Puritan ascendancy, but in 1647 "the Margaret" was recast by John Norris of Peterborough, and money was expended upon our chimes. It is surprising that the anniversary of the accession to the throne of our ill-fated sovereign King Charles was celebrated by the ringing of St. Margaret's bells throughout the civil war, with one exception — the year of the siege (1643), despite the fact that Cromwell's forces occupied the town and Presbyterian ministers the pulpit of the church.

The Trinity gild of Bishop's Lenne paid 10/- to the recluse of Allsaints (1407). Rev. John Norris built tlie vicarage house in what was subsequently known as Vicarage Lane (1477).

Norris, Rev. John, 211, 250, 338, 480, 710, 738, 743, 883.

Lots of mentions of the Guybon family.

Guybon, Gregory, 510.
Guybon, Humphrey, 306, 510.
Guybon, Stephen, 250, 510.
Guybon (Gybbon), Thomas, 233, 234,
and Charles Gibbon or Guybon who published manuscripts
also Guybon Goddard, who produced important historical manuscripts

Sources

1. An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk: containing a description of the towns, villages, and hamlets, with the foundations of monasteries ... and other religious buildings ... By Francis Blomefield, Charles Parkin, Printed for W. Miller by W. Bulmer and co., 1808 - History, Google Books
2. History of the borough of King's Lynn by Hillen, Henry J. (1907), Published by Norwich : East of England Newspaper Co., Preserved in internet archive from a copy owned by the Library of the University of California, Los Angeles.
3. Francis Blomefield, 'Freebridge Hundred and Half: South Lynn', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 8 (London, 1808), pp. 541-548. British History Online accessed 14 July 2018.