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Grace Townley 1444–1522 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: AFT 1444

Birth Location: Whalley, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 1522

Death Location: Whalley Manor, Lancashire, England

Father: John Towneley

Mother: Isabel Sherburne

Spouse(s): Roger Nowell

Children(s): Maud Nowell, Sir Nowell, Anne Nowell, Robert Nowell, Elizabeth Nowell, Ralph Nowell, John Nowell, Isabel Nowell, Alexander Nowell, Andrew Nowell, Roger Nowell

Grace Townley was born in 1444 in Whalley, Lancashire, England, the child of John Towneley And Isabel Sherburne. Grace Townley married Roger Nowell, and had children including Alexander Nowell, Andrew Nowell, Anne Nowell, Elizabeth Nowell, Isabel Nowell, John Nowell, Maud Nowell, Ralph Nowell, Robert Nowell, Roger Nowell, Sir Thomas Of Read Nowell. Grace Townley passed away in 1522 in Whalley Manor, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • Grace Townley was born in 1444 in Whalley, Lancashire, England, the child of John Towneley And Isabel Sherburne.
  • Grace Townley married Roger Nowell, and had children including Alexander Nowell, Andrew Nowell, Anne Nowell, Elizabeth Nowell, Isabel Nowell, John Nowell, Maud Nowell, Ralph Nowell, Robert Nowell, Roger Nowell, Sir Thomas Of Read Nowell.
  • Grace Townley passed away in 1522 in Whalley Manor, Lancashire, England.

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Spouses(s)

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Grace Townley's Ancestors

Self
Grace Townley
1444–1522
Birth Place: Whalley, Lancashire, England
Parents
John Towneley
1415–1474
Towneley, Lancashire, England
Isabel Sherburne
1423–1462
Barnside Lancashire England
Grandparents
Richard (de) Towneley
1387–1454
Stydd, Lancashire, England
Alice (De) Whalley
1390–1436
Towneley, Lancashire, England
Richard Sherburne
1400–1441
Stonyhurst, Lancashire, England
Alice Hamerton
1412–1444
Slaidburn, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Sherburne,
1381–1441
Agnes Harrington
1375–1444
Laurence Hamerton
1383–1449
Isabel Tempest
1384–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Bayley
1358–1388
Margaret Sherburne
1359–1390
Nicholas Harrington
1345–1404
Isabel English
1345–1397
Richard Hamerton
1354–
Elizabeth Radcliffe
1329–
Richard Tempest
1356–1428
Margaret Stainforth
1365–1430

Grace Townley's Descendants

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Grace Townley (AFT 1444–1522) m. Roger Nowell (1439–1496)
  1. 1. Maud Nowell 1464–1549 m. Edward Radclyffe 1490–
    1. 1. Mary Wright 1492–1553 m. William A'Dene 1502–1539
      1. 1. Gilbert Deane 1505–1539 m. Mary Harford 1509–1568 m. Mary Horffold 1509–1568
        1. 1. Richard Deane 1520–1597 m. Margareta Scherde 1540–1609
      2. 2. Deane 1517–
      3. 3. William Deane 1518–1620
      4. 4. Sir (Richard) Deane 1507–1586 m. Elyn Sayre 1512– m. Rose Fletcher 1530–1620
      5. 5. John Dene 1525–1547
      6. 6. William (Macnaderte) Deane 1530–1600 m. Elizabeth Leigh 1533–1578
    2. 2. John Deane 1487–
    3. 3. Edward Radcliffe 1535–1595
  2. 2. Sir (Thomas of Read) Nowell 1464–1543 m. Alice Townley 1468–1507
  3. 3. Anne Nowell 1472– m. Ralph (de) Rishton 1479–
  4. 4. Robert Nowell 1476–
  5. 5. Elizabeth Nowell 1474– m. Robert Challoner 1470–
  6. 6. Ralph Nowell 1477–
  7. 7. John Nowell 1470–1525 m. Dulcie Hesketh 1460–1508 m. Elizabeth Kaye 1476–1528
  8. 8. Isabel Nowell 1478–1520 m. Nicholas Tempest 1478–1538 m. Nicholas Tempest 1482–1537
  9. 9. Alexander Nowell 1480–
  10. 10. Andrew Nowell 1482–
  11. 11. Roger Nowell 1484–

Grace Townley's Timeline

2 Records

1444
AFT 1444
Birth of Grace Townley in Whalley, Lancashire, England
Whalley, Lancashire, England
1522
1522
Age 78
Death of Grace Townley in Whalley Manor, Lancashire, England
Whalley Manor, Lancashire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: AFT 1444
    Event Place: Whalley, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1522
    Event Place: Whalley Manor, Lancashire, England

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