John Percivall Foxley Norris

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Jun 1886, Kent

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1901, Almondbury, Yorkshire; Age: 42; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Halifax, Yorkshire; Age: 52; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

Son of Canon William Foxley Norris, vicar of Witney, Oxon, by Julia, daughter of Henry Thomas Monro, MD. Educated at Charterhouse, Surrey, 1873-7, matric. at Oxford (Trinity College) 12 October 1877, 3rd class theology and BA 1881, MA 1884, DD 1917, Student at Leeds Clergy School, 1881. Buried in Westminster Abbey.

Deacon 1882; Priest 1883; Curate of Eton, Bucks., 1882-5; Curate of St. Mary, Chatham, 1885-7; Vicar of Shirburn, Oxon., 1887-8; Vicar of Almondbury, Yorks., 1888-91; Rector of Barnsley, Yorks., 1901-9; Canon resident of Wakefield 1909-17; Archdeacon of Halifax 1906-17; Dean of York 1917-25; Prolocutor of the Lower House of Convocation of York 1919.

Dean of Westminster from 1925; Vice-chairman 1922-5, Chairman 1925-9, of the House of Clergy of The National Assembly. Provost of the Northern Division of the "Woodard" schools from 1906. F.S.A., Hon. A.R.I.B.A.,Hon. Chaplain to the Royal Academy from 1925. Dean of the Order of the Bath from 1926. Chaplain to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem from 1921. A chaplain in the Territorial Army. An Ecclesiastical Commissioner.

A member of Nobody's Friends from 1916 and of the Athenaeum Club, London.

Portrait by his son Arthur.



Dean of Westminster from 1925 until his death in 1937. An exceptionally talented artist he wrote widely on Church treasures whilst Dean of Westminster.
A much respected cleric he died on 28 September 1937 and his ashes buried in the nave in Westminster Abbey.

Also, was a Trustee of Speke Hall, Liverpool: later passing to the National Trust.

(Rolt family allowed weddings in Henry VII Chapel.)

For more informations see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Foxley_Norris

William married Mary Blanche Pott on 17 Apr 1884 in Sonning, Berkshire. Mary (daughter of Ven. Archdeacon Alfred Percivall Pott and Emily Harriett Gibbs) was born on 31 Dec 1858 in Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire; died on 15 Aug 1940 in Trent, Dorset; was buried in Aug 1940 in Trent, Dorset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 Jan 1859, Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire
• Residence: 1871, London
• Residence: 1881, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire

Notes:

Baptised at Cuddesdon, Oxon 23 January 1859. Buried at Trent, Dorset.

2 sons and 2 daughters.

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• Baptism: 9 Mar 1825, Holy Trinity, Chester, Cheshire

William married Julia Monro on 30 Dec 1851 in All Souls, St. Marylebone, London. Julia (daughter of Henry Thomas Monro) was born in 1822 in London; died in Apr 1908 in Witney, Oxfordshire; was buried on 30 Apr 1908 in Filkins, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Clergyman Archdeacon Of Berks
• Residence: Oxford, Oxfordshire
• Admission: 6 Dec 1810; Freedom of the City 0f London
• Baptism: 1 Apr 1823, St George the Martyr, Bloomsbury, Middlesex
• Residence: 1861, East Hendred, Berkshire
• Residence: 1871, London; Age: 48; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1881, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; Age: 58; Marital Status: Married; Relationship to Head: Head
• Residence: 1901, Windlesham, Surrey

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Son of Charles Pott, merchant of London, by Anne, daughter of Samuel Compton Cox, Master in Chancery. Baptised 1 April 1823 at St. George's, Bloomsbury. Educated at Eton College 1836-41, matric. at Oxford 15 December. 1840 (Balliol College), 2nd Class Classics 1843, BA 1844, MA 1847, BD 1854. Demy of Magdalen College, 1843-53. Fellow thereof 1853. Buried 3 March 1908 at Clifton Hampden. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there and Memorial window in the Church. Memorial Inscription in Sonning Church, Berkshire. Will dated 2 February 1903. Proved 19 March 1908.

Deacon 1845; Priest 1846. Curate of Cuddesdon, co. Oxon.; Vicar thereof and Principal of the Theological College there 1852-7; Rector of East Hendred, Berks., 1857; Vicar of Abingdon, Berks., 1867; Archdeacon of Berks. 1869-1903. Vicar of Clifton Hampden 1875-82 (presented by Henry H. Gibbs). His parsonage there is now the Manor House. Vicar of Sonning, Berks., 1882-99. His Life is in the Dictionary National Biography.

Portrait by Sir W. B. Richmond in last possession of his son The Rev. Alfred Pott.

Buried:
Age: 85

Died:
Woodside

Alfred married Emily Harriett Gibbs on 5 Jul 1855 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. Emily (daughter of Rev. Joseph Gibbs and Emily Vaughan) was born on 7 May 1834 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 21 Jan 1903 in Windlesham, Surrey; was buried on 26 Jan 1903 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Clergymans Wife
• Baptism: 1 Jun 1834, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
• Residence: 1851, Wraxall, Somerset; Visitor
• Residence: 1861, East Hendred, Berkshire
• Residence: 1871, Abingdon St Helen, Abingdon, Berkshire; Age: 36; Relationship: Wife
• Residence: 1881, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; Age: 46; Marital Status: Married; Relationship to Head: Wife
• Residence: 1891, Sussex; Visitor
• Residence: 1901, Windlesham, Surrey
• Death: 21 Jan 1903, Chertsey, Surrey

Notes:

Baptised at Clifton Hampden 1 June 1834. Buried 26 January 1902 at Clifton Hampden. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there.

Died:
Woodside

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• Residence: 1835, Bromley, Kent
• Residence: 1841, Bromley, Kent
• Residence: 1851, Pancras, London
• Residence: 1861, Bromley, Kent

Charles married Anna Cox on 10 Aug 1809 in St Pancras Parish Chapel, Camden, London. Anna was born on 9 May 1788 in Holborn, London; died on 24 Dec 1876 in Bromley, Kent; was buried in Bromley, Kent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1841, Bromley, Kent
• Residence: 1851, Pancras, London
• Residence: 1861, Bromley, Kent
• Residence: 1871, Bromley, Kent

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Deacon, Priest and then Perpetual Curate of Clifton Hampden
• Residence: Oxford, Oxfordshire
• Baptism: 12 Sep 1801, Exeter, Devon
• Residence: 1861, Chelsea, London; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

He was in the employ of Antony Gibbs & Sons 1818-24 (in London 1818-21, Cadiz 1818-2, Gibraltar 1822-3, again in London 1823-4). He was ordained Deacon in 1828, Priest by the Bishop of Chester 8 Aug. 1829. Curate of Howarden, co. Flint, 1828-30, Perpectual Curate of Clifton Hampden, co. Oxon 1830-64 in the new parsonage given by his cousin Anne Noyes (patron of the living) which, from 1905, was again the parsonage, and from c. 1846 in the new parsonage built by his sister-in-law Caroline Gibbs (now the Manor House), Devisee of Belmont, Wraxall, under the will of his cousin and brother-in-law George who died 1863. For his life up to 1823 and a few later details see the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs.

Portraits: miniature of him by Sir William Ross was in possession of Everilda Gibbs in 1932; a portrait of him with his wife and sister Joanna was known to be in possession of Evelyn Alice Heberden until her death in 1955, but whereabouts unknown in 1980; watercolour in middle age in possession of Alexandra White (2021 - previously George Medley in 1980).



Educated at Mr. Phillip's School, Turnham Green. He graduated from Worcester College, Oxford in 1828 with a B.A. He was the Curate in 1830 at Clifton Hampden, Berkshire.
1851 CENSUS - Visiting relations, ( George & Harriett Gibbs) at "Belmount House" Wraxall, Somerset.
Joseph 49, Emily 47,
1861 CENSUS - Visiting relations, ( George & Harriett Gibbs) at "Belmount House" Wraxall, Somerset.
Joseph 59, Emily 57, Harriett T. 17, Joseph H. 20, George H. 18, & Stanley R. 14.

Occ. Deacon, Priest and then Perpetual Curate of Clifton Hampden until death.

Probate - 5 May 1864. Left under £20,000.

Joseph married Emily Vaughan on 14 Sep 1831 in Llangattock, Breconshire, Wales. Emily (daughter of Rev. Charles Vaughan and Emilia Monck) was born on 14 Aug 1803 in Farnborough, Berkshire; died on 7 Sep 1869 in Kensington, London; was buried on 10 Sep 1869 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Oct 1803, Farnborough, Berkshire
• Residence: 1851, Wraxall, Somerset; Visitor

Notes:

Her father, rector of Crickhowell, co. Brecon, was descended from the Vaughans of Tretower, whose full pedigree (including Sir Roger Vaughan, knighted and mortally wounded at Agincourt) is in Theophilus Jones's 'History of Brecon (1805-9, new edition 1909). Her mother's father John Monck of Bath (Burke's 'Landed Gentry' under 'Monck of Coley Park') was a descendant of William Monck (and his wife Dorothy, sister of 1st Earl of Darnley) whose ancestry is in Burke's Peerage under 'Monck' (Viscount). A miniature of her by Sir William Ross was in possession of Everilda Gibbs in 1932. Portrait Heberden, great-grand-daughter of Joseph and Emily Gibbs. This portrait was formerly in possession of Evelyn Alice Heberden.