John Rugge was created Archdeacon of Wells in place of John Cotterell in 1572. He was noted for his knowledge of civil law, which he studied in Germany. He became vicar of Wynford in 1573, a Canon of Westminster in 1576, and died in 1581.[2] He held both positions until his death in 1581.[3]
John Crome was an English landscape artist of the Romantic era, one of the principal artists and founding members of the Norwich School of painters. He lived in Norwich for all his life and most of his works are Norfolk landscapes.
Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet, of Blickling Hall, was an English politician who succeeded Sir Edward Coke to become Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.
Sir Robert Wright was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench 1687–89.
William Rugge was an English Benedictine theologian, and bishop of Norwich from 1536 to 1549.
The Martineau family is an intellectual, business and political dynasty associated first with Norwich and later also London and Birmingham, England. The family were prominent Unitarians; a room in London's Essex Hall, the headquarters building of the British Unitarians, was named after them. Martineau Place in the city's Central Business District was named in their honour.
Edward Thomas Daniell was an English artist known for his etchings and the landscape paintings he made during an expedition to the Middle East, including Lycia, part of modern-day Turkey. He is associated with the Norwich School of painters, a group of artists connected by location and personal and professional relationships, who were mainly inspired by the Norfolk countryside.
Alexander Neville (1544–1614) was an English scholar, known as a historian and translator and a Member of the House of Commons.
Robert Hill was an English clergyman, a conforming Puritan according to Anthony Milton.
Thomas Bardwell was an English portrait and figure painter, art copyist, and writer.
Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell was an English peer. He was the son of Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell by his wife Mary, daughter of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester and his first wife Elizabeth Willoughby. His grandfather, Gregory, son of Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to Henry VIII, was created Baron Cromwell on 18 December 1540.
Robert Rugge, of Norwich, Norfolk, was an English politician.
Christopher Layer, of Norwich, Norfolk, was an English merchant, burgess of Norwich, and briefly a Member of Parliament.
Sir Edward Warner was an English politician, and Lieutenant of the Tower of London.
Mary Paulet, Lady Cromwell was an English noblewoman, the daughter of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester of Basing, Hampshire and his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke by his second wife, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset.
St Andrew's Church, Norwich is a Grade I listed medieval building in Norwich.
John Thirtle was an English watercolour artist. Born in Norwich, where he lived for most of his life, he was a leading member of the Norwich School of painters, whose paintings of the city are considered to be outstanding in the history of watercolour painting.
Thomas Lound was an English painter of landscapes and a member of the Norwich School of painters. Born into a wealthy brewing family, he had the finances available to be an amateur photographer during a time when photography was first being developed as a hobby.
Thomas Rugge was a diarist and later compiler of 'Mercurius Politicus Redivivus'. The "Diurnall" of Thomas Rugge, which is preserved in the British Museum, corroborates Pepys in many ways.
MERCURIUS POLITICUS REDIVIVUS
or, A Collection of the most materiall occurrances and transactions
in Public Affairs since Anno Dni, 1659, untill
28 March, 1672,
serving as an annuall diurnall for future satisfaction and
information,
BY THOMAS RUGGE.
Est natura hominum novitatis avida.—Plinius.
Francis Rugge, of Norwich, Norfolk, was an English politician.
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