TOWNLEY FAMILY TREE

HUSBAND     Sir  John  Townley          "Sheriff of Lancashire"
Born                 31 Jul 1473           in     Townley Hall;  Lancashire;  ENG   
Married            15 Jul 1531            in     Whalley;  Lancashire;  ENG      
Died                 05 Mar 1540      in     Townley Hall;  Lancashire;  ENG
Burial               
Father              Richard  TOWNLEY
Mother            Lady  Joanne  "Jane"  SOUTHWORTH

WIFE               Ann  CATTERALL
Born                1500                   in     ENG
Died                                             in     ENG
Burial            
Father             Rafe  CATTERALL
Mother          

CHILDREN
1  Male             Bernard  TOWNLEY  of  Hurstwood 
Born                 1532                 in     ENG
Married                                     in     
Died                  1602               in      ENG
Burial                Burnley;  Lancashire;  ENG
Spouse            Agnes  ORMEROYD         

NOTES
He fought in an English army that invaded Scotland and was knighted on 30 Sep 1497;  probably at Ayton
when the peace treaty was signed after the Perkin Warbeck skirmishes.  Sir John Towneley is also known to
have had several illegitimate children by his mistress Jennett Ingham
1532 - High Sheriff of Lancashire.  The High Sheriff of Lancashire is an ancient officer, now largely ceremonial,
granted to Lancashire, a county in North West England.  High Shrievalties  are the oldest secular titles under the
Crown, in England and Wales.  The High Sheriff of Lancashire is the representative of the monarch in the county,
and is the "Keeper of The Queen's Peace" in the county, executing judgements of the High Court through an
Under Sheriff.