Widow Norris

Suspected of being a Jacobite. Forbes thought she may have been the woman referred to as "Widow Morison" by the Lord Justice Clerk (vol. 5, p. 952), at whose house a Jacobite ball was allegedly planned. In March of 1753, Forbes performed the marriage of Mrs Norris's daughter Francis at the former's house (an inn) on the Shore of Leith (Register of the Episcopal Congregation in Leith, p. 59). Her husband was John Norris, customs officer, and the couple were members of Forbes's congregation (pp. 38 49, 50).

Name

forename	[Unknown]
surname	Norris
reg	Widow Norris

sex

Female

occupation

Innkeeper

residence

Leith

Languages Known

English, Scots

faith

Episcopalian

Variant Names

Widow Norris (1)
- Account of some Particulars, viz, a Search upon Sunday, September 28th, 1746, both in My Lady Bruce's House in Citadel of Leith, and in Mr Norwall's House of Boghall, for the Prince; a Search (December 20. 1746) for Ladies in Tartan throughout the Suburbs of Edinburgh; and My Lady Ogilvie's Escape out of the Castle of Edinburgh, her going to London, and her getting abroad (v05.0940.01)

Mentions

Document (1)

Account of some Particulars, viz, a Search upon Sunday, September 28th, 1746, both in My Lady Bruce's House in Citadel of Leith, and in Mr Norwall's House of Boghall, for the Prince; a Search (December 20. 1746) for Ladies in Tartan throughout the Suburbs of Edinburgh; and My Lady Ogilvie's Escape out of the Castle of Edinburgh, her going to London, and her getting abroad (v05.0940.01)