He was educated at the Inner Temple, where he was appointed Librarian in 1784; he was a friend of Charles Lamb and his father.

REFERENCES TO Randal Norris:

Charles Lamb to John Rickman, [November? 1801] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Mary Lamb to Sarah Stoddart Hazlitt [14 March 1806] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Mary Lamb to Sarah Stoddart Hazlitt [28 November 1807] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to Thomas Manning, 2 January 1810 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Mary Lamb to Elizabeth Norris, [18 June 1823] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to Charles Ollier, [December? 1825] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to Henry Crabb Robinson, 20 January 1827 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to Henry Crabb Robinson, [20 January 1827] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to Henry Crabb Robinson, [29 January 1827] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to James Gillman, [30 November 1829] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to William Wordsworth, [22 January 1830] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)