Jane (Southworth) Towneley (1458 - 1495)

Born 1458 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Towneley — married about 1479 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England

Descendants

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Biography

Jane Southworth was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Jane Southworth was the daughter of Richard Southworth of Samlesbury, Lancashire.^[1] She married Richard Towneley, son of John Towneley and Isabel Sherburne, in 1472.^[1] The marriage contract was signed on 24 September 1472.^[2]

Children of Jane Southworth and Sir Richard Towneley

1. Grace Towneley d. 29 Jun 1510
2. Charles Towneley
3. Isabel Towneley
4. Sir John Towneley b. 1473, d. 1541

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} William Dugdale. The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, made in the Year 1664-5, volume 3, Chetham Society, 1873, pp. 304-305
2. ↑ Tracing the Towneleys, Towneley Hall Society website, p. 8, accessed 25 April 2019

• Dugdale, William. The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, made in the Year 1664-5, volume 3, Chetham Society, 1873
• Tracing the Towneleys, Towneley Hall Society website
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p54541.htm#i545404
• Burke's Commoners, Vol. II, p. 263: Towneley