Samuel Norris

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	In 1708 and 1714 he subscribed to the two volumes of Jeremy Collier's ''Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain'' as ‘Mr. Samuel Norris, of Doctors' Commons’.		In 1708 and 1714 he subscribed to the two volumes of Jeremy Collier's ''Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain'' as ‘Mr. Samuel Norris, of Doctors' Commons’.
	The Sion College collection at Lambeth Palace Library has a book with Norris's signature.<ref>Sage, John. ''Principles of the cyprianic age, with regard to episcopal power and jurisdiction'', 1717: https://sionprovenance.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/inscription-of-samuel-norris/</ref>		The Sion College collection at Lambeth Palace Library has a book with Norris's signature.<ref>Sage, John. ''Principles of the cyprianic age, with regard to episcopal power and jurisdiction'', 1717: https://sionprovenance.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/inscription-of-samuel-norris/</ref>

			He is recorded as an investor in slave trading as an investor in the Royal African Company. He held shares in the Company between 1721 and 1725, valued at £200 in 1721. <ref>https://britishslavetraders.org/individual/samuel-norris/</ref>
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