Institutional holder; the precise Crown administrative arrangements between 1536 and 1545 remain unspecified.

Research sources:
- Historic England, National Heritage List for England, Scheduled Monument 1015603, noting the Dissolution context and the priory's six manors or granges; Norton Priory historical chronology, recording the 1536 closure and 1545 purchase. — https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1015603?section=official-listing