 He retired to Ashampstead upon the accession of Queen Elizabeth.In 1520, John entertained King Henry VIII and his Queen Catherine of Aragon at Yattendon Castle.When John's younger brother, Sir Henry Norreys, was beheaded in 1536 for his supposed adultery with the queen, Anne Boleyn, John and his wife, Elizabeth, took over the care of Henry's orphaned children Henry and Mary.