Generation 31

HUSBAND     Sir  Richard  de  TOWNELEY         (Knight)
Born                 14 May 1387      in     Towneley Hall;  Burnley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Married            1412                    in      Whalley Castle;  Lancashire;  ENG 
Died                 30 Sep 1454     in      Burnley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Burial            
Father              Lord  John  de  TOWNELEY
Mother            Isabel  "Elizabeth"  RIXON

WIFE                Alice HAWORTH
Born                 1390                      in     Towneley;  Lancashire;  ENG     
Married                                           in     
Died                                                in      
Burial             
Father               
Mother             

CHILDREN
1  Male               Sir  John  Richard  Henry  TOWNELEY
Born                  1415                    in     Towneley;  Lancashire;  ENG 
Married             1427 & 1445      in     
Died                  1473                    in    Towneley;  Lancashire;  ENG  
Burial        
Spouse             Isabel  BUTLER  /  Isabel  SHERBURNE

2  Male               Henry  TOWNELEY
Born                   1430                     in     Towneley Hall;  Lancashire;  ENG 
Married                                            in     
Died                                                  in     Towneley Hall;  Lancashire;  ENG
Burial        
Spouse               Margaret  ?

3  Male               Bernard  TOWNELEY
Born                   1432                     in     Colin;  Lancashire;  ENG 
Married                                            in     
Died                                                 in     Lancashire;  ENG
Burial        
Spouse             

4  Female            Grace  TOWNELEY
Born                     1439                      in     Whalley;  Lancashire;  ENG 
Married                                               in     
Died                      1522                      in     Towneley Hall;  Lancashire;  ENG
Burial        
Spouse                 William  NOWELL

5  Female              Matilda TOWNELEY
Born                       1443                     in     Towneley Hall;  Lancashire;  ENG 
Married                                                in     
Died                                                     in     Lancashire;  ENG
Burial        
Spouse               


NOTES
Sir Richard's Mom Isabelle died and John remarried Elizabeth?   John died in 1399  Elizabeth remarried William Rigmayden but she soon died.  Richard  and his sister Matilda eventually became the wards of Sir Thomas Fleming; the Baron or Wrath.  Sir Thomas was the grandfather of Matilda's future husband William Fleming. When Richards Father John died in 1399;  he could not inherit the property until he became of age.  He proved his age and inherited the estate in the 10th year of King Henry IV (about 1410).
Henry V of England invaded Normandy in August 1415.  Richard served under Henry V and took with him two footmen and three archers, all five being Towneley men from the estate.  In October 1415, they fought at the Battle of Agincourt.  Other records show that Richard was one of the 900 men-at-arms who together with 5,000 archers defeated a French force, estimated to be over 20,000; at the Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415.
The movie "THE KING" was based on the life of King Henry V; and centered on the Battle of Agincourt.  It was released in 2019.
Richard's son John was also born in 1415; he and his wife Alice later had a son Richard.  Sir Towneley restored good management to his estate and acquired new lands at Dutton and Clayton.  Richard began building the main hall of Towneley in the early 15th century.  Later two wings would be added and the property enclosed.  At the time it would have been the largest private house in Blackburnshire and firmly established Towneley as the main base for the family.