Sir
Richard
Towneley
Born after in Whalley, Lancashire, England
Ancestors 
Son of John Towneley Esq
and Isabel (Sherburne) Towneley
Brother of
Grace (Townley) Nowell, Lawrence Towneley, Nicholas Towneley, Henry Towneley and Bernard Towneley
Husband of
Jane (Southworth) Towneley
— married
about 1479 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Descendants 
Died
before age 37
in Townley Hall, Lancashire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Apr 2014
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Biography
Richard was the son of John Towneley and Isabel Sherburne.[1][2][3] The contract for his parents' marriage was signed in March 1445[4][5] so he was almost certainly born after 1445.
Richard married Jane or Joanna Southworth.[3] The contract was signed on 24 September 1472.[6]
Richard was knighted on 24 July 1482.[6][7] He died on 8 September 1482. The Inquisition Post Mortem was held on 19 December 1482.[3][6]
Sources
- ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume IV, p.205, TOWNELEY 10
- ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013, volume V, p.178
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 William Dugdale. The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, made in the Year 1664-5, volume 3, Chetham Society, 1873, pp. 304-305
- ↑ Charles Davies Sherborn. A History of the Family Sherborn, Mitchell & Hughes, London, 1901, p. 16-17.
- ↑ Thomas Dunham Whitaker. An History of the Original Parish of Whalley and Honor of Clitheroe, 4th ed, vol.2, pub. George Routledge and Sons 1876, p. 476
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Tracing the Towneleys, Towneley Hall Society website, p. 8, accessed 25 April 2019
- ↑ W A Shaw. The Knights of England, volume II, Sherratt and Hughes, 1906, p. 19
- Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
- Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
- 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
Acknowledgments
- This profile derives from the import of 2011-05-03 Family Tree_2011-05-24.ged on 25 May 2011 and Welder Family Tree.ged on Sep 10, 2011 by Deborah Anne Welder
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John Stanley, married before 1405 Elizabeth Harington. Sir John Stanley died 27 Nov. 1437. His widow, Elizabeth, was a legatee in the 1444 will of her sister Agnes Sherburne. She was living 22 March 1444/5 (date of indenture between her and Richard Towneley for the marriage of Richard's son and heir apparent, John, to marry Isabel, daughter of Richard Sheburne the younger).
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Isabel Sherburne, married by indenture dated 22 March 1444/5 (as his 2nd wife) John Towneley. They had five sons, Richard, Knt., Lawrence, Nicholas, Henry, and Bernard, and one daughter, Grace. He married previously Isabel Butler, daughter of Nicholas Butler, Esq., from whom he was divorced.
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to Joanna, sister of Christopher Southworth, is dated 24th September 1472 and their son John was born at Towneley on 31st July 1473. In 1482 Richard took part in the war with Scotland and on 24th July was knighted at Hutton Field. Sir Richard died on 8th September and the record of his inquisition post mortem, which took place on 19th December 1482, survives to show that his son John was heir to the estate. Previously in 1480, Richard had arranged the marriage of John, then seven years old, to Isabella, daughter and heir apparent of Charles Pilkington. Therefore, in 1482, John became the ward of his father-in-law, now Sir Charles Pilkington. Sir Charles himself died around 1485 and his daughter inherited the estate of Gateford in Nottinghamshire. The Towneley Hall Society pg 8