TOWNLEY FAMILY TREE

HUSBAND     Sir  John  Richard  Henry  TOWNLEY  Esq.    Knight  -  Lord  of  Towneley  -  15th  GGF  Royal  Line
Born                 1415                                  in     Towneley Hall;  Lancashire;  ENG
Married            16 Apr 1445                    in     Whalley;  Lancashire;  ENG 
Died                 1474                                 in      Towneley Hall;  Lancashire;  ENG
Burial            
Father              Richard  de  TOWNELEY    (Knight)
Mother            Lady  Alice  HAWORTH

WIFE               Elizabeth  Isabel  SHERBURNE  -  Countess  of  Sherburne  /  Baroness  of  Bradshaigh  -  15th  GGM  Royal  Line
Born                1424                                 in     Stoneyhurt;  Lancashire;  ENG     
Married                                                     in     Whalley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Died                 1462                                 in     Stoneyhurst;  Burnley Parish;  Lancashire;  ENG
Burial             
Father              Sir  Richard  Bayley  SHERBURNE  of  Stoneyhurst
Mother            Lady  Matilda  HAMERTON - Baroness  of  Sherburne

CHILDREN
1  Male              Sir  Richard  TOWNELEY
Born                  1445                    in     Whalley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Married             24 Sep 1472      in     Blackburn;  Lancashire;  ENG
Died                  08 Sep 1482     in     Townley Hall;  Lancashire;  ENG
Burial        
Spouse             Lady  Joanna  (Jane)  SOUTHWORTH

2  Male             Lawrence  TOWNELEY  (of  Barnside)
Born                  1449                     in     Barnside;  Lancashire;  ENG 
Married             1470                    in     Barnside;  Lancashire;  ENG
Died                  11 Oct 1530         in     Towneley Hall;  Burnley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Burial        
Spouse             Joan  BANASTRE

3  Male             Henry  TOWNELEY
Born                  1450                     in     Colne;  Lancashire;  ENG 
Married                                            in     
Died                   1530                    in     Colne;  Lancashire;  ENG
Burial        
Spouse             Sarah  Ann  CATTRALL

4  Male              Bernard  TOWNELEY  (illigitimate child)
Born                  1452                     in     Towneley Hall;  Lancashire;  ENG 
Married                                           in     
Died                   1517                      in     ENG
Burial        
Spouse           

5  Female             Grace  TOWNELEY
Born                      1454                    in     Towneley Hall;  Lancashire;  ENG 
Married                 07 Mar 1468     in     
Died                       1522                   in     Whalley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Burial         
Spouse                  Roger  NOWELL

6  Male               Nicholas  TOWNELEY
Born                   1456                     in     Towneley Hall;  Lancashire;  ENG 
Married                                            in     
Died                    1517                      in     ENG
Burial         
Spouse              Elizabeth  CATTERAL

NOTES
John, born in 1415, was married to Isabella Butler, daughter of Nicholas Butler of Rawcliffe, before he was four years
old; but a divorce was obtained in 1442 and in 1445 John married Isabelle, daughter of Richard de Shurburne.  In
1456 he obtained a license from the Bishop of Lichfield for a domestic chapel at Towneley, Cliviger and Birtwisle. 
Isabelle died before 1462 having born five sons and a daughter.  There are records referring to a third wife of John - Alice. 
The records are from 1462; 1468, 1473 and 1474.  Her parentage and last name appear to be unknown.  In the last of
these records, Alice is described as the late wife of John Townley.  He married her after Isabel died in 1462.  Bernard was
an illegitimate child.  No other info on children Nicholas and Henry. 
During his time; he had the South wing built on Towneley Hall.  The walls are six feet thick. 
For a genealogist this is probably the most important of the Towneley marriages.  Most of the American descendants
of the Towneley family today find their links with either Lawrence, (the second son) or Nicholas, (the fifth son). 
Grace Towneley, the only daughter, married Roger Nowell of Read and many American descendants of the Whitaker
family can find a link with the Towneley family through Grace's granddaughterElizabeth Nowell