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Peter Townsend 1532–1560 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1532

Birth Location: Walliadown, Dorset, England

Death Date: 1560

Death Location: Shropshire, England

Father: Sir Sergeant-at-Law

Mother: Alice Townshend

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In 1532, Peter Townsend entered the world in Walliadown, Dorset, England, born to Sir Robert Townsend Knight Lord Chief Justice Of The Council In The Marches Of Wales Amp Chester Justice Of The Peace Sergeant At Law And Alice Poppy Townshend. Peter Townsend passed away in 1560 in Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1532, Peter Townsend entered the world in Walliadown, Dorset, England, born to Sir Robert Townsend Knight Lord Chief Justice Of The Council In The Marches Of Wales Amp Chester Justice Of The Peace Sergeant At Law And Alice Poppy Townshend.
  • Peter Townsend passed away in 1560 in Shropshire, England.

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Peter Townsend's Ancestors

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Peter Townsend
1532–1560
Birth Place: Walliadown, Dorset, England
Parents
Sir Robert Townsend, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of the Council in the Marches of Wales & Chester, Justice of the Peace, Sergeant-at-Law
1512–1556
Ludlow, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
Alice (Poppy) Townshend
1505–1577
Ludlow, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Robert Pope Poppy - Lord Justice of) Chester
1475–1509
Twyford, Norfolk, England
Lady (Anne\Alice (Pope\Poppy\Mordox)) Troutbeck
1486–1550
Gestwicke, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Peter Townsend's Timeline

2 Records

1532
1532
Birth of Peter Townsend in Walliadown, Dorset, England
Walliadown, Dorset, England
1560
1560
Age 28
Death of Peter Townsend in Shropshire, England
Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1532
    Event Place: Walliadown, Dorset, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Shropshire, England

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