Norfolke

English

Proper noun

Norfolke

1. Obsolete spelling of Norfolk.
   • 1572, Thomas Palfreyman, “An exhortation ſent from a ſtraunger, a worthy and famous learned man of God, to the righte big he and mightie Prince, Edvvard Duke of Somerſet, for the ſeeking and quiet eſtablishing of peace and rightuouſneſle, in the Church of England: Immediatly vpon the commotions, ſodainly raiſed vp in the vveſt partes, as alſo in Suffolke and Norfolke. In the yeare of our Lord Chriſt. 1545.”, in A paraphrase uppon the epistle of the holie apostle S. Paule to the Romanes, page 86:
   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:

     We thanke you both, yet one but flatters vs,
     As well appeareth by the cauſe you come,
     Namely, to appeale each other of high treaſon.
     Cooſin of Hereford, what doſt thou obiect
     Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray?

   • 1596, Thomas Cartwright, A brief apologie of Thomas Cartwright againſt all ſuch ſlaunderous accuſations as it pleaſeth Mr Sutcliffe in ſeuerall pamphlettes moſt iniuriouſly to loade him with‎^[1]:

     And indeed he is ouer diligent that can finde Landes of mine in Warwikeſhire and Norfolke, […]