Maulger Norton (born ca. 1593) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1640. Norton was the son of Robert Norton of

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and his wife, Catherine Stavely, daughter of John Stavely, of Swinton who left his estates to his daughter. In April 1640, Norton was elected

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for

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in the

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. In 1665 Norton was of St Nicholas, near

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, aged seventy-two. By 1667 Norton was a receiver of crown revenues for Durham, Northumberland and Richmond. In September of that year he got into difficulties and was called in for a review of his accounts. Proceedings were issued against his estate and he was put into custody, to be released on 16 September. By September 1669 he was suspended from receiving rents for Northumberland and Durham and the archdeaconry of Richmond. Norton married Ann Wandesford, daughter of Sir George Wandesford, of

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and sister of

Christopher Wandesford Christopher Wandesford (24 September 1592 – 3 December 1640) was an English administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons between 1621 and 1629. He was Lord Deputy of Ireland in the last months of hi ...

. They had two sons, John and Michael, and a daughter Mary who married

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, MP for Richmond John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain Volume 4''
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