TOWNLEY FAMILY TREE

HUSBAND     Lord  John  TOWNELEY
Born                 1358                    in     Towneley;  Lancashire;  ENG        
Married            1382                    in     Whalley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Died                 08 Sep 1399     in     Burnley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Burial                
Father              Sir  Richard  TOWNELEY
Mother            Ellen  STIRZEACRE

WIFE                Isabel  de  RIXTON  /  Elizabeth  NAGIER
Born                 1360                  in     Whalley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Died                  1397                  in     Burnley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Burial            
Father               William  de  RIXTON
Mother          

CHILDREN
1  MALE            Sir  Richard  TOWNELEY 
Born                  14 May 1387      in     Burnley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Married             1412                     in      Whalley Castle;  Lancashire;  ENG 
Died                  30 Sep 1454     in     Lancashire;  ENG
Burial        
Spouse             Lady  Alice  SHERBURNE

2  Female          Matilda  TOWNELEY    
Born                   1390                in     Burnley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Married                                       in     
Died                                             in     Lancashire;  ENG
Burial        
Spouse              William  FLEMING      

NOTES
No information on female child Matilda other then what is shown.
John was sent on a special mission by King Richard II to Calais.  He also went to Kent and while there; his Aunt died
and he inherited  all her lands.  In addition to Hapton; he now owned all of Towneley.  He sealed the settlement of
his estates with "three mullets and a fesse"; the seal used formally by the de la Leighs. 
In 1397 he became one of the Coroners for the County of Lancaster