Bonham Norton (1565–1635), was a

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and

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. He was the son of William Norton. He became King's Printer after his cousin John Norton reassigned to another project for James I and became sheriff of

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in 1611. He was buried at

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. His widow Jane, daughter of Judge

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, also erected a monument in

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church, Shropshire, in 1641, portraying her kneeling facing her husband.

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