Bonham Norton

Bonham Norton (1565–1635), was a politician and King's Printer to James I.

He was the son of William Norton. He became King's Printer after his cousin^[1] John Norton reassigned to another project for James I and became sheriff of Shropshire in 1611.^[2]

He was buried at Old St Paul's Cathedral. His widow Jane, daughter of Judge Thomas Owen (died 1598), also erected a monument in Condover church, Shropshire, in 1641, portraying her kneeling facing her husband.^[3]

References

1. Ames, Joseph (1749). Typographical antiquities : being an historical account of printing in England: with some memoirs of our antient printers, and a register of the books printed by them, from the year MCCCCLXXI to the year MDC. With an appendix concerning printing in Scotland and Ireland to the same time. pp. 306-307.
2. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Bonham Norton
3. Victoria County History of Shropshire, Volume 8. Oxford University Press. 1968. p. 55.