Notes:

--- "Women, Religion and Education in Early Modern England" by Kenneth Charlton, 2002, page 112:
Robert Abbot, 'preacher of the Word' at Southwick, Hampshire, was engaged as tutor to the four daughters of Lady Honoria Norton of Southwick. He dedicated his "Milk for Babies" (1646) to Lady Honoria, and the appended four sermons to his four charges.

--- "Catechisms Written for Mothers, Schoolmistresses, and Children, 1575-1750" edited by Paula McQuade et al, 2008, page 12:
"To His much Honoured Patronesse, the Lady Honoria Norton . . ." (1646)
Robert Abbot (fl. c. 1589-1652)
Robert Abbot was a Protestant minister and author. . . . In 1643, Abbot left Cranbrook and moved to the living of Southwick, Hampshire, under the patronage of Lady Honoria Norton . . .

This dedicatory epistle, the first of two which preface "Milk for Babes", underscores the importance of upper-class women to the production and dissemination of mother-directed catechisms in seventeenth-century England. Lady Honoria Norton (d. 1648) was the wife of Sir Daniel Norton (1568-1636) of Southwick, Hampshire. The Nortons were 'leading members of the county's Calvinist gentry'' Lady Norton's son, Richard Norton, was a protege of Oliver Cromwell. Honoria Norton seems to have exercised considerable authority within her family; Richard's Royalist opponents decried 'the dominance of his mother'. In this epistle, Abbot describes Lady Norton's influence over his catechism's composition, crediting his stay in Norton's household, where he provided catechetical lessons to children and servants, as 'the main cause' of his writing. '[I]f it prove acceptable to Christ's Church'. he write, 'you (Madam) shall have the thanks, and credit, under whose wings it hath found leisure to be born' (AA2). Abbot concludes the epistle by urging Lady Norton to use his published catechism to instruct her grandchildren: 'Be . . . like Timothy his mother and grand-mother (who trained him from a childe in the Scriptures) to train them up in undoubted principles . . . and they will . . . thank God that they had such a grand-mother' (AA3v).

Honor married Daniel Norton on 30 Oct 1606. Daniel (son of Richard Norton and Catherine Kingsmill) was born before 15 Oct 1568; was christened on 15 Oct 1568 in East Tisted, Hampshire; died on 04 Jul 1636; was buried on 06 Jul 1636 in Southwick, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Bridget Norton died before 03 Jul 1632; was buried on 03 Jul 1632 in Southwick, Hampshire.
2. Katherine Norton was born before 09 Sep 1608; was christened on 09 Sep 1608 in East Tisted, Hampshire.
3. Honor Norton was born before 05 May 1611; was christened on 05 May 1611 in East Tisted, Hampshire; died before 01 Nov 1652; was buried on 01 Nov 1652 in St. German's, St. Germans, Cornwall.
4. Frances Norton was born before 02 Aug 1612; was christened on 02 Aug 1612 in Southwick, Hampshire.
5. Daniel Norton was born in 1613; was christened in Sep 1614 in Southwick, Hampshire; died about 1633.
6. Richard Norton was born before 06 Dec 1615; was christened on 06 Dec 1615 in Southwick, Hampshire.
7. Elizabeth Norton was born before 10 Jun 1617; was christened on 10 Jun 1617 in Southwick, Hampshire; was buried on 19 Aug 1640 in Southwick, Hampshire.
8. Edward Norton was born about 1618; was christened in 1618 in Southwick, Hampshire; died before 19 Mar 1679/80; was buried on 19 Mar 1679/80 in Southwick, Hampshire.
9. Thomas Norton was born before 07 Dec 1620; was christened on 07 Dec 1620 in Southwick, Hampshire.
10. John Norton was born on 16 Mar 1622/23; was christened on 16 Mar 1622/23 in Southwick, Hampshire.
11. Mary Norton was born before 18 Jul 1624; was christened on 18 Jul 1624 in Southwick, Hampshire.

John married Frances Butler. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Mary Pound. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]