Richard Norton (justice)

His Worship Richard Norton KS JP (died 1420) was a British justice.

He served in 1406 as an Assize justice for the Palatinate of Durham, and in the same year was made a King's Serjeant.

Norton served on many government commissions under Henry IV and Henry V, most notably as a commissioner of Oyer and terminer in Durham, Yorkshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Devon, and as an officer tasked with hunting down escaped criminals in Northumberland, Yorkshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

After his investigation into Richard le Scrope he was tasked with a similar commission into the lands of Henry Percy in 1407.

He also served as a justice of the peace from 1399 onwards, initially for the North Riding of Yorkshire but later for other areas.