Generation 34

HUSBAND Sir Lawrence TOWNELEY Knight / Baron of Colne
Born Nov 1510 in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Married 1538 in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Died 12 Jun 1566 in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Burial
Father Henry TOWNELEY
Mother Grace SMYTHE
WIFE Lady Helen HESKETH of Rufford Baroness of Barnside
Born 1514 in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Died 1587 in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Burial
Father Sir Thomas HESKETH - Lord of Hesketh Rufford
Mother Alice HAWORTH
CHILDREN
1 Male Lawrence TOWNELEY
Born 1540 in Lancashire; ENG
Married 03 Jun 1563 in Stone Edge; Lancashire; ENG
Died 19 Jan 1598 in Stone Edge; Lancashire; ENG
Burial
Spouse Margaret "Mary" HARTLEY
2 Male Henry TOWNELEY
Born 20 May 1541 in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Married in
Died 1616 in Barnside; Lancashire; ENG
Burial
Spouse Anne CATTERALL
3 Male Robert TOWNELEY
Born 1545 in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Married in
Died in
Burial
Spouse
4 Male Charles TOWNELEY
Born 1549 in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Married in
Died 19 Jan 1598 in Stone Edge; Lancashire; ENG
Burial
Spouse
5 Male Richard TOWNELEY
Born 1552 in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Married in
Died in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Burial
Spouse
6 Female Elizabeth TOWNELEY
Born 1555 in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Married in
Died in ENG
Burial
Spouse John TALBOT
7 Female Margaret TOWNELEY
Born 1559 in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Married in
Died Sep 1633 in ENG
Burial
Spouse John PARKER of Entwistle
8 Female Alice TOWNELEY
Born 1561 in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Married in
Died in ENG
Burial
Spouse Richard LACY of Cromwellbotham
9 Female Anne TOWNELEY
Born 1562 in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Married in
Died in
Burial
Spouse Robert RISHWORTH of Riddlesden
10 Female Hellen TOWNELEY
Born 1563 in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Married in
Died in
Burial
Spouse Henry THOMPSON of Esholt
11 Female Lucy TOWNELEY
Born 1565 in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Married in
Died 11 Sep 1621 in Colne; Lancashire; ENG
Burial
Spouse Thomas TOWNELEY
NOTES
In 1535, Lawrence was listed as bailiff of Barnside in the return of rents of the abbey of the priory of Pontefract.
His grandfather was the first of the Towneley's to lease Barnside from the priory of St John of Pontefract.
His father, Henry, took over and the lease transferred to Lawrence, who leased it until 1544, when Henry VIII
dissolved the monasteries. The manor was sold by the crown to John Bradyll of Whalley and, in 1545, Lawrence
and his son Henry bought the manor from Bradyll.
Lawrence was Deputy Steward of the Manor of Colne. He married Helen Hesketh; illegitimate daughter of Thomas Hesketh Esq.