Jane Towneley (abt. 1494)

Born about 1494 in Townley, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Wife of William (Dalton) of Bispham — married 1538 in Witney, Oxfordshire, England

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in England

Biography

Joan was born 1503 in Townley, Lancashire, England, one of the known children of Sir John (of Townley, Lancsashire, England) and Isabel Pilkington Towneley.

Circa 1528, when she was in her early twenties, she married Thomas Sherburne ^[1]and bore him four known children, three sons and one daughter.

1. Grace Sherburne
2. John Sherburne
3. Richard Sherburne Knt.
4. Robert Sherburne

After Thomas's death, she married Ralph Shuttleworth of Hacking at an unknown date and place,

Family 1

• Thomas Sherburne, High Sheriff of Lancashire b. c 1507, d. 22 Sep 1536

Family 2

• Ralph Shuttleworth b. c 1495, d. c 1550

Events

Jane "Joan", was alive in 1558, when she and Robert Dalton, sold the "fourth part of the manor of Croston with all other their hereditaments," to Sir Thomas Hesketh.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Charles Davies Sherborn, Family of Sherborn, p. 25-27
2. ↑ "Townships: Croston." A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6. Eds. William Farrer, and J Brownbill. London: Victoria County History, 1911. 91-96. British History Online. Web. 6 July 2020. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp91-96.

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