Family and Education
6th s. of Roger Downes of Shrigley, Cheshire by his w. Elizabeth (?Pemberton), da. of either Alexander Worsley of Lancs. or Thomas Stanley of Aldersley. educ. Staple Inn; G. Inn 1589, called 1599. m. (1) at Wigan 23 Apr. 1601, Elizabeth (d.1602), da. of Miles Gerard of Ince, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) Anne, da. of John Calvert of Cockeram, 2s. 1da.Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxii), 133; Wigan Par. Reg. 264.
Offices Held
Summer reader, G. Inn 1615, dean of the chapel 1624, treasurer 1628; v.-chamberlain, Cheshire 1625.
Main residence: Wardley Hall, Lancs.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
DOWNES, Roger (-d.1638)
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Oxford 1644
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