Richard Norton (priest)

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Richard Norton (died 1523 or 1524){{cite book|author=George Oliver|title=Ecclesiastical antiquities in Devon: being observations on several churches in Devonshire, with some memoranda for the history of Cornwall|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z9sMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA50|year=1840|publisher=W.C. Featherstone|page=50}} was Archdeacon of Barnstaple during 1508.{{Cite web |title=Archdeacons: Barnstaple {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol9/pp19-21 |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk}} He had been rector of Ilfracombe from 1492.{{cite book|title=A Guide to Ilfracombe and the neighbouring towns ... New edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A5VYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA24|date=1852|page=24}}