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Robert Townsend Lord Chief Justice of Chester 1512–1555 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Jan 1512

Birth Location: Ludlow, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 8 Feb 1555

Death Location: Ludlow, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England

Father: Roger Townsend

Mother: Anne Brewse

Spouse(s): Alice Pope

Children(s): Richard Townsend

Robert Townsend Lord Chief Justice of Chester was born in 1512 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England, the child of Roger Townsend And Anne Brewse. Robert Townsend Lord Chief Justice of Chester married Alice Pope, and had children including Richard Townsend. Robert Townsend Lord Chief Justice of Chester passed away in 1555 in Ludlow, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • Robert Townsend Lord Chief Justice of Chester was born in 1512 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England, the child of Roger Townsend And Anne Brewse.
  • Robert Townsend Lord Chief Justice of Chester married Alice Pope, and had children including Richard Townsend.
  • Robert Townsend Lord Chief Justice of Chester passed away in 1555 in Ludlow, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Roger Townsend
1475–1552
Birth Location: Raynham, Norfolk, England
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Anne Brewse
1474–1551
Birth Location: Testerton, Norfolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Alice Pope
1505–1576
Birth Location: Ludlow, Shropshire, England
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Children(s)

Richard Townsend
1541–1593
Birth Location: Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
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Robert Chester's Ancestors

Self
Robert Chester
1512–1555
Birth Place: Ludlow, Shropshire, England
Parents
Roger Townsend
1475–1552
Raynham, Norfolk, England
Anne Brewse
1474–1551
Testerton, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Roger (Townsend Justice of The Court of Common) Pleas
1445–1493
Raynham Hall, Norfolk, England
Eleanor Lunsford
1445–1500
Lunsford, Sussex, England
William Brewse
1455–1489
Stinton Hall, Salle, Norfolk, England
Elizabeth Hampton
1442–1498
Hopton, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
John Townsend
1415–1466
William Lunsford
1395–1451
Thomasine Barrington
1422–1498
John Hampton
1418–1478
Thomasine Barrington
1422–1498
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Roger Townsend
1385–1444
Eleanor Giggs
1385–1498
John Barrington
1384–1426
Isabel Tatton
1425–1425
Thomas Hampton
1370–1427
Margaret Pert
1387–1408
John Barrington
1384–1426
Isabel Tatton
1425–1425

Robert Chester's Descendants

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Robert (Townsend Lord Chief Justice of) Chester (8 Jan 1512–8 Feb 1555) m. Alice Pope (1505–13 Nov 1576)
  1. 1. Richard Townsend 1541–1593 m. Agnes Arnold 1544–1621
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Mary) Townsend 1575–1640 m. William Rawlings 1570–1639
      1. 1. Elizabeth Rawlings 1594–1688 m. John Nutting 1592–1676
        1. 1. John Nutting 1620–1676 m. Sarah Eggleston 1633–1687

Robert Chester's Timeline

2 Records

1512
8 Jan 1512
Birth of Robert Townsend Lord Chief Justice of Chester in Ludlow, Shropshire, England
Ludlow, Shropshire, England
1555
8 Feb 1555
Age 43
Death of Robert Townsend Lord Chief Justice of Chester in Ludlow, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
Ludlow, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Jan 1512
    Event Place: Ludlow, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1555
    Event Place: Ludlow, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
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