Sir John Townsend

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JOHN TOWNSHEND., of South Raynham.

M 1st Agnes, d. of William Gigges, of Wighton, Norfolk.

M 2nd Isabel. As a tenant of Thomas, Lord Scales, he farmed the manor of Scales in South Raynham between the mid 1440s & the early 1460s. He acted as a Trustee for Thomas, Lord Scales.

Died 1465. Bur. St. Mary's Church, Raynham.

He had issue by his 1st wife: (Agnes Gigges)

1.ROGER (Sir)

2.Catherine, M Francis Colville, of Newton Colville, Cambridgeshire (Died 1494), s. of Sir John Colville, Kt., High Sheriff of Cambridge, 1459. (See WYTHE & Burke's L.G., Colville of Lullington). Died 1465.

3.Joan, M John Blakeney, M.P., of Honingham, Norfolk (d 1471)

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Peerage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account ...

https://books.google.com/books?id=I5lcAAAAcAAJ Arthur Collins - 1756 - ‎Nobility His son and heir Sir Roger Townsend, Knt. was wedded to Eleanors, daughter of Sir Thomas Gigges, of Rollesby in Com. Norf. and had issue John, his son ... It appears by his will, that Agnes was his first wife, and that he had by her a daughter Joan, wife of John Blakeney, Esq;

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John TOWNSHEND [Parents] was christened in St. Mary's Ch., Raynham, Norfolk, England. He died on 4 Jan 1465/1466 in (will proved). He married Joan LUNSFORD.

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In his will he ordered his body to be buried in the middle of the church of St. Mary's, Raynham, before the image of the crucifix of our Lord, and appoints one secular priest to celebrate, for his soul and that of his wife, for the space of 20 years. By this marriage, the Townsend family have right to bear the arms of Lunsford, Barrington, Belhouse, Marcy Manderville, Earl of Essex, etc. He had l sons & 4 daughters.

Source:

NEW ENGLAND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, Vol. 29

Joan LUNSFORD [Parents]

They had the following children:

		M	i	 Sir Roger TOWNSHEND

Had one son and four daughters.