Alan le Norreys

  General Notes:

According to the author of the web site titled The "le Norreys" family in England from 1135 to 1650. there were six son of Alan and Ellen, his heir Herny, Sir John, Richard, William, Alan, and Hugh as well as a daughter named Agnes. Also the author, Steve Norris, suspects that Alan's wife, Ellen, may have been an Erneys. He bases his opion on the fact that Robert Erneys and his son Richard Erneys both granted land to Alan's father John le Norreys and then to Alan, and later to Alan's and Ellen's sons, Alan and Hugh. Steven also thinks that Alan Norreys of Speke died from the "Black Death" that was the cause of so many deaths in Eurasia in 1348-1350. ⁹²³

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁷²⁹
Alan le Noreis is named as son of John in 1 Edward III. In 8 Edward III, had a grand of lands from Richard Erney to him and his wife Ellyne of messuages and lands in Speke: and the same year he exchanged Speke Greaves with Sir John Molyneux (at the time being described as Alan son of John le Norres) for lands between his and those of Erneys' stretching lengthways from the bank of Mersey "ad altam viam ducentem de Manerio dicti Alani in eadem villa usque ad Esslesiam de Gerstan." [Harl. MSS. 1997, p. 87]

In 13 Edward III, the same Alan "son of John Norres" has a demise from Richard Erney, Citizen of Chester, of all his interest in Speke, manerial or otherwise, to hold by yearly payment for three lives (his own and those of his sons Alan and Hugh); and 17 Edward III has releases of dower in Speke from the wife and daughter of Adam Molineux.

~Ormerod, " Memoir of the Lancashire House of Le Noreis or Norres, and of it Speke Branch in Particular," Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, ser.1 v.2 1849-1850, p. 152

• Records and Notes. ⁹²⁰
In 1350, Katherine, widow of Sir Robert de Lathom, sued Henry le Norreys of Speke, John his brother, and John Grelley, as executors of the will of Alan le Norreys of Speke, for the sum of 40 marks, afterwards increased by £20. [De Banc. R. 362, m. 26 d.; 363, m. 79 d.; 364, m. 89d.; Duchy of Lanc. Assize R. 1, m. 3 d].

Alan married Ellyne.