title: Henry Norbury
text: # Henry Norbury
  
  Henry Norbury (born 1415) of Hoddesdon and Little Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, was an English soldier and nobleman who served as a Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire in 1454 and later again in 1454.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Henry was eldest son and heir of John Norbury of Hoddesdon and Little Berkhamsted, by his wife Elizabeth Butler, a daughter of Sir Thomas Butler, MP, and widow of Sir William Heron, jure uxoris Baron Saye.
  
  ## Career
  
  Henry left Portsmouth in Dec 1435 with a force of 1,000 men for France, as part of the relief force that relieved Rouen in 1436. In 1450 he was in command of a detachment at the siege of Valognes, and led a garrison force from Vire, Normandy and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Formigny.
  
  He served as a Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire in 1454 and later again in 1454.
  
  ## Marriage and issue
  
  He married Anne Croyser, widow of Ingelram Bruyn and daughter and heiress of William Croyser of Stoke d'Abernon in Surrey; By his wife he had issue including:
  
  * Sir John Norbury , eldest son and heir, who married Jane/Joanna Gilbert, by whom he had a sole daughter and heiress Anne Norbury, who married Sir Richard Haleighwell of Halwell in Devon. Their daughter and sole heiress Jane Haleighwell married Edmund Braye, 1st Baron Braye.
  * Ralph Norbury;
  * Elizabeth Norbury, who married firstly William Sydney and secondly Thomas Uvedale.
  * Cecily Norbury;
  * Jane Norbury, who married Thomas Cruse;
  * Rose Norbury, who married a member of the St John. family;
  * Anne Norbury, who married Richard Hawkes.
  
  ## Death and burial
  
  He was buried at the Greyfriars, London.
  
  ## Citations
  
  * 1 2 Mosley 2003, p. 3810.
  * ↑ Pollard 2005, p. 23.
  * ↑ 'Parishes: Stoke d'Abernon', in A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3, ed. H E Malden (London, 1911), pp. 457-462
  * ↑ Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.166
  * ↑ 'Parishes: Stoke d'Abernon', in A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3, ed. H E Malden (London, 1911), pp. 457-462
  