Richard Towneley (abt. 1387 - 1454)

Born about 14 May 1387 in Stydd Chapel, Ribchester Church, Burnley, Lancashire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 30 Sep 1454 at about age 67 in Burnley, Lancashire, England

Biography

Father John de Towneley d. 1410

Mother Isabel Rixton

Richard de Towneley^[1] was born at of Towneley, Lancashire, England. He married Alice.^[2] Richard de Towneley died in 1454.

Family

Alice

Child

John Towneley, Esq.^[3] b. c 1420, d. b 1473

Sources

1. ↑ [S10558] Unknown author, Burke's Commoners, Vol. II, p. 263. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 205. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 178.
2. ↑ [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 205. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 178.
3. ↑ [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 205. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 178.

Notes

A brief history of Towneley Park http://btckstorage.blob.core.windows.net/site6645/TyHistory_in_maps_iss2a.pdf

The de la Legh family purchased the manor of Hapton in 1328 and Hapton Castle became their home. John's younger son Richard took the name de Touneley. Although Richard used Towneley as his surname, he probably did not live at Towneley during the last thirty years of his life. In 1351 he rented the manor of St Saviour, at Stydd, near Ribchester. In 1388, his son, John de Tounley, became heir to all the de la Legh lands. There is no evidence in this periodof the family having a permanent home at Towneley. All changed with John's only son Richard , who was born at Stydd and baptized at Ribchester Church in May 1387. By the time Richard came of age, Hapton Castle must have been falling down and he lived in Cliviger from 1408. From 1446 his legal papers record him as Ric. de Tounley of Tounley. Around this time the family built a large tower house at Towneley as their main home. It still exists today as the south wing of Towneley Hall.