Norman is more notable, however, for his will, which left his considerable estate to the benefit of the descendants of his family members of those of his first wife, not by way of direct bequest but by the establishment of a trust.
[1] Norman had a varied business career, variously being a worsted weaver,[2] a farmer, a landowner, and a brewer.
[4] It is very likely that he was present for the first ever recorded complete peal of church bells, which took place at St Peter Mancroft on 2 May 1715, during his term in office.
[9] He died in 1724 in Bramerton,[10] and is buried at St Margaret's, Old Catton, where he lived, and where a monument was erected in his memory in the church.
[16] Both are modelled on a traditional Norfolk Broads reedlighter, a boat that carried the reed harvest.