Nevertheless, they had three children including the future King Charles I.
King Charles I (1600-1649) had a spaniel as a young boy.
The family lost a war against King Charles I and the king took away their properties.
But a nearer relation had been chaplain to King Charles I.
It was about this time that the power struggle between King Charles I and parliament began to escalate.
He became a farmer of customs with his father and was knighted by King Charles I.
He was one of the regicides of King Charles I.
During the 1630s, Norton held a position as a minor official at the court of King Charles I.
In 1642, war broke out between King Charles I and a large segment of the Parliament.
He is reputed to have stolen a diamond from King Charles I and hidden it.
