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Paternal Family Tree: Townshend
Robert Townshend was born to Roger Townshend and Anne de Brewse aka Braose.
In 1515 Robert Townshend admitted at Lincoln's Inn.
In 1526 Robert Townshend was appointed Justice of the Peace Norfolk.
Before 1534 Robert Townshend and Alice Poppy were married.
Around 1534 [his son] Thomas Townshend was born to Robert Townshend and [his wife] Alice Poppy.
Around 1535 [his son] Robert Townshend was born to Robert Townshend and [his wife] Alice Poppy.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1537 [his son] Henry Townshend was born to Robert Townshend and [his wife] Alice Poppy.
In 1540 Robert Townshend was appointed Serjeant at Law.
In 1543 Robert Townshend was appointed King's Serjeant.
In 1545 Robert Townshend was appointed Chief Justice of the Marches of Wales and Chester.
Before 21st May 1545 Robert Townshend was appointed Justice Chester.
On 21st May 1545 Robert Townshend was knighted by Henry VIII (age 53) at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map].
On 6th October 1550 [his son-in-law] Humphrey Archer of Umberslade (age 22) and [his daughter] Alice Townshend were married.
On 25th July 1551 [his mother] Anne de Brewse aka Braose (age 76) died.
On 25th November 1551 [his father] Roger Townshend (age 73) died at Raynham, Norfolk [Map].
On 8th February 1556 Robert Townshend died.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Around 1575 [his former wife] Alice Poppy died.
1581. Monument to Robert Townshend and his wife [his former wife] Alice Poppy at St Laurence's Church, Ludlow [Map]. She wearing a Bongrace. He, unusually, with his head on a book. The inscription panel behind the tomb, cutting into older tracery, bears the date 1581; it seems likely that the tomb in its present state dates from that time, and was erected by his children, after the death of their mother in the 1570s. The figures of their twelve children, six sons in pairs on the front, six daughters in two groups of three at each end, all named, are set within a classical framework of round-headed arched divided by fluted Ionic columns. The tomb has been much repaired and repainted. The recess in which the tomb stands was originally the setting for the pre-Reformation Easter Sepulchre, a sacred location which became popular for personal tombs in the later middle ages. The decorative arch around the recess has hanging corbels, the eastern one carved with a pomegranate, emblem of Katharine of Aragon, suggesting the arch was part of a refurbishment of the church in the early 16th century, when Katharine, as the wife of Prince Arthur, was living in Ludlow.
Alice Poppy: she was born to Robert Poppy. Before 1534 Robert Townshend and she were married. Around 1575 she died.
[his son] Roger Townshend was born to Robert Townshend and Alice Poppy.
[his daughter] Bridget Townshend was born to Robert Townshend and Alice Poppy.
[his daughter] Thomazin Townshend was born to Robert Townshend and Alice Poppy.
[his daughter] Grace Townshend was born to Robert Townshend and Alice Poppy.
[his daughter] Eleanor Townshend was born to Robert Townshend and Alice Poppy.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
[his daughter] Amey Townshend was born to Robert Townshend and Alice Poppy.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Townshend was born to Robert Townshend and Alice Poppy.
[his son] John Townshend was born to Robert Townshend and Alice Poppy.
[his son] Isaac Townshend was born to Robert Townshend and Alice Poppy.
[his daughter] Alice Townshend was born to Robert Townshend and Alice Poppy.
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Townshend
GrandFather: Roger Townshend
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Lunsford of Romford in Essex
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Lunsford
Father: Roger Townshend
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Lunsford of Battle in Sussex
GrandMother: Eleanor Lunsford
GrandFather: William
Mother: Anne de Brewse aka Braose
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Hopton
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Hopton
GrandMother: Elizabeth Hopton of Blythburgh
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Savile of Shelley and Golcar
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Savile of Thornhill
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Elland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Savile
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Thornhill
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Thornhill
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Savile
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Pilkington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Pilkington