After he dissolved the monasteries, in 1545 Henry VIII sold Richard Brooke the manor of Norton, in which English county?
Richard Brooke (Norton) Richard Brooke (died 1569) bought the manor of Norton, near Runcorn, Cheshire from Henry VIII in 1545 following the dissolution of the monasteries. The manor included the former monastery of Norton Priory and also the settlements of Norton, Stockham, Acton Grange and Aston Grange in Cheshire and Cuerdley in Lancashire.
Norton, Nottinghamshire Norton is a village in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, just North of Cuckney, and is home to a number of farmsteads. Lying within the original extent of Sherwood forest, and on its present edge, and lying within the Welbeck Abbey Estate.