'Towneley1'
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links to: Lead / LetterFamilies covered: Towneley of Towneley
'Towneley1'Index
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Families covered:
Towneley of Towneley
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| Reported to have been descended from Spartlingus, 1st Dean of Whalley who lived about 896, was ... | |||||||||||||||
| Peter de Tunlay or Towneley | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard de Towneley of Towneley | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Agnes de Towneley (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John de Hargreave | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Cecilia de Towneley of Towneley | ||||||||||||||
| m. John de Legh (d c1330) just below | |||||||||||||||
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| John de Legh (d c1330) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Cecilia de Towneley of Towneley (dau of Richard de Towneley of Towneley) just above | |||||||||||||||
| The sources referred to below disagree with each other as to the next few generations. We give priority to BP1934 simply because it is more recent than BLG1886 and so may be presumed to have taken further evidence into account. However, we note that BLG1886 reports the following: | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Gilbert del Legh of Towneley (a 1343) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Vernon (dau of Robert Vernon of Warforth) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John de la Legh of Towneley (a 1326) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Claria Fenton (dau of Thomas Fenton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard de la Legh of Towneley, later Towneley, Sheriff of Lancashire (a 1376) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | ?? de Towneley | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | ?? de Towneley | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | ?? de Towneley | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Richard Towneley of Towneley (d 1482) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Southworth (dau of Richard Southworth of Southworth) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard de Legh, later Towneley, Sheriff of Lancashire (a 1376) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? de Towneley | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard Towneley (d 1454) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | ?? de Towneley | ||||||||||||||
| This could be John Towneley of Towneley who married (after 03.1444) Isabel Sherburne (dau of Richard de Bayly or Sherburne of Stonyhurst) who may have been the parents of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Richard Towneley of Towneley (d 1482) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Southworth (dau of Richard Southworth of Southworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Towneley of Towneley, Sheriff of Lancashire (d c1540) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Isabel Pilkington (d 1522, dau of Sir Charles Pilkington of Gateford) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Richard Towneley of Towneley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Foljambe (dau of Henry Foljambe of Walton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Richard Towneley of Towneley (d 1554) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Wymbish (dau of Christopher Wymbish of Nocton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Mary Towneley of Towneley | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Towneley (b c1528, d 1607) just below | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | 4 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Charles Towneley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Kay (widow of John Nowell of Read) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Towneley (b c1528, d 1607) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Towneley of Towneley (dau of Sir Richard Towneley of Towneley) just above | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Richard Towneley of Towneley (b 29.04.1566, d 29.11.1628) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Asheton (d 07.1634, dau of Ralph Asheton of Lever) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Charles Towneley of Towneley (b 22.04.1600, d Marston Moor 02.07.1644) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1627) Mary Trappes (b c1599, d 05.1690, dau of Sir Francis Trappes of Nidd) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Anne Towneley (d 09.03.1643-4) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Plumpton (b 02.1604-5, dvp 1644) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Anne Towneley probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Middelton of Stockeld (bur 28.04.1614) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3))+ | 6 sons and 5 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Grace Towneley | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Robert Hesketh of Rufford (d 08.02.1539) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Lawrence Habergham of Habergham | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Jane Towneley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Sherburne of Stonyhurst (d 1539-40) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Elenor Towneley probably of this generation, of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Nevile of Liversedge | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1537) Anne | |||||||||||||||
| b. | ?? de Towneley ancestor of Towneleys of Fulbourne | ||||||||||||||
Main sources: BP1934
(O'Hagan), BLG1886 (Towneley of Towneley)
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