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Robert Townshend 1498–1556 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1498

Birth Location: Ludlow, Shropshire, , England

Death Date: 8 Feb 1556

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

Father: Sir Townshend

Mother: Anne DeBrewse

Spouse(s): Alice Poppy

Children(s): Elizabeth Townsend

Robert Townshend was born in 1498 in Ludlow, Shropshire, , England, the child of Sir Roger Lyncoln Townshend And Anne Debrewse. Robert Townshend married Alice Poppy, and had children including Elizabeth Townsend. Robert Townshend passed away in 1556 in St Laurence, Ludlow, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • Robert Townshend was born in 1498 in Ludlow, Shropshire, , England, the child of Sir Roger Lyncoln Townshend And Anne Debrewse.
  • Robert Townshend married Alice Poppy, and had children including Elizabeth Townsend.
  • Robert Townshend passed away in 1556 in St Laurence, Ludlow, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Robert Townshend's Ancestors

Self
Robert Townshend
1498–1556
Birth Place: Ludlow, Shropshire, , England
Parents
Sir Roger Lyncoln Townshend
1477–1551
Raynham, Norfolk, , England
Anne DeBrewse
1474–1551
Testerton, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Sir (Roger) Townsend
1445–1493
Raynham, Norfolk, England
Eleanor Lunsford
1445–1500
Lunsford, Sussex, England
William (De) Brewse
1441–1489
Stinton Hall, Salle, Norfolk, England
Elizabeth Hopton
1442–1498
Hopton Castle, Shropshire, Suffolk, England, Blythburgh
Great-Grandparents
John Townsend
1415–1466
Joan Lunsford
1415–1500
William Lunsford
1420–1451
Thomasine Barrington
1414–1498
Thomas DeBrewse
1406–1482
Joan Calthorpe
1408–1456
John Hopton
1408–1478
Margaret Savile
1410–1451
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Roger Townsend
1385–1444
Eleanor Giggs
1385–1498
Robert Lunsford
1390–1465
Peggy Vess
1400–1460
John Lunsford
1391–1428
Elizabeth Echingham
1408–1428
John Barrington
1384–1426
Isabel Tatton
1397–1425
Robert Brews
1366–1424
Ela Stapleton
1380–1456
Sir Calthorpe
1389–1421
Ann Wythe
1390–1416
Thomas Hopton
1370–1427
Margaret Pert
1387–1408
Thomas Savile
1381–1425
Margaret Pilkington
1383–1418

Robert Townshend's Descendants

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Robert Townshend (1498–8 Feb 1556) m. Alice Poppy (1514–13 Nov 1576)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Townsend 1538–1560 m. John Stanton 1530–1560
    1. 1. Thomas ((Captain)) Stanton 1560–1610 m. Maria Pudsey 1560–1609
      1. 1. Robert Stanton 1599–1672 m. Almy Avis 1613–1648
        1. 1. John Stanton 1645–1713 m. Mary (Harndell) * 1647–1687

Robert Townshend's Timeline

3 Records

1498
1498
Birth of Robert Townshend in Ludlow, Shropshire, , England
Ludlow, Shropshire, , England
1512
1512
Age 14
Birth of Robert Townshend in Ludlow, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
Ludlow, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
1556
8 Feb 1556
Age 58
Death of Robert Townshend in Ludlow, Shropshire, , England
Ludlow, Shropshire, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1512
    Event Place: Ludlow, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1498
    Event Place: Ludlow, Shropshire, , England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1556
    Event Place: Ludlow, Shropshire, , England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: St Laurence, Ludlow, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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