Sir Robert Norwich KS JP (died April 1535) was an English justice. He was a member of

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, and is first mentioned practicing in the

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in 1516, followed by service in his home county of

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as a commissioner in 1518. The same year he became a Bencher of his Inn, also giving his first reading, and acted as the Treasurer from 1519 to 1520. He was created a Serjeant-at-law in 1521, followed by a promotion to King's Serjeant a year later and, in 1525, an appointment as a Justice of the Peace, again for Essex. In 1529 he was knighted and appointed Surveyor of the King's Liveries, along with Sir Thomas Nevill, an office he held until his death. He was made

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on 22 November 1530, although there are few records of his character or career as Chief Justice. He died in April 1535, and was buried in St Nicholas's Chapel near

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Norwich, Robert Chief justices of the common pleas Knights Bachelor Serjeants-at-law (England) 1535 deaths Year of birth uncertain 16th-century English judges 16th-century English knights