JOHN NORWOOD
John Norwood, d ca 1509, son of John and Elizabeth Elton Norwood, went
to Gloucestershire. John Norwood courted and married Eleanor Gifford,
d ca 1496, dau of Sir John and Ann Gifford, a powerful family of Gloucestershire.
Eleanor brought Leckhampton Manor to the Norwood family. Leckhampton
was built in the fourteenth century; the unique Tudor chimneys and the
fine perpendicular porch were added by John Norwood. For more than
300 years, the Norwood family lived here in great splendor, and although
they suffered with the Royalists in the Civil Wars, they again came into
their own at the restoration of Charles II. For generations this
branch of the Norwood family continued to make successful marriages that
connected them to the Nobility and the Royalty of England. Among
these families are the Lygons of Madresfield Court in Worcestershire, the
Throckmortons of Caughton Court in Worcestershire, the Berkeleys of Berkeley
Castle in Gloucestershire and John, Duke of Lancaster, son of Edward III,
King of England.
Children of John and Eleanor Gifford Norwood
I. Roger Norwood
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