TOWNSHEND, Sir Henry (c.1537-1621), of Cound and Ludlow Castle, Salop and Lincoln’s Inn, London

Family and Education

b. c. 1537,Liber Famelicus of Sir J. Whitelocke ed. J. Bruce (Cam. Soc. lxx), 90-1 states that he died aged 84. ?3rd s. of Sir Robert Townshend of Ludlow, Salop (d.1557) and Alice, da. of John Poppey of Twyford, Norf. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 464-5. educ. L. Inn 1559, called 1569. LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. i. 361, 457. m. (1) by 1577, Susan (bur. 31 May 1592), da. of Sir Rowland Hayward of London and Cound, 4s. (3 d.v.p.), 3da.; Two Elizabethan Women ed. A.D. Wall (Wilts. rec. soc. xxxviii), 3; Vis. Salop, 465; Cound (Salop par. reg. soc.), 3. (2) 2 Sept. 1593, Dorothy (bur. 15 July 1635), da. of Sir Arthur Heveningham of Aston, Staffs., wid. of Henry Vernon of Hilton, Staffs. 1s. Vis. Salop, 465, 472. Kntd. 29 June 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 133. d. 8 Dec. 1621. C142/402/147. sig. H[enry] Touneshend.

Offices Held

J.p. Mont. 1568 – d., rest of Wales and Marches by 1578/9–d., Salop 1580–d.; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 2–9, 19–26, 38–44, 58–67, 95–105, 127–38, 158- 65, 187–93, 206–14, 256–65, 288–95, 318–28, 347–54; Reg. Marches in Wales ed. R. Flenley (Cymmrodorion rec. ser. viii), 216. commr. eccl. causes, Wales 1579, Chester dioc. 1598, musters, Denb. 1580; CPR, 1578–80, p. 120; C66/1479 (dorse); Reg. Marches in Wales, 200. freeman, Ludlow, Salop 1584, Shrewsbury, Salop 1590; Shrewsbury Burgess Roll ed. H.E. Forrest, 287. commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by 1602 – d., gaol delivery, Worcester, Worcs. by 1603–17; C181/1, ff. 17, 46. v.-chamberlain, Chester, Cheshire 1604–d.; HMC Hatfield, xvi. 121. commr. mise, Mont. 1605, NLW, Duchy of Cornw. A1. sewers, R. Dee 1607, Denb. and Flints. coast 1609, R. Mersey and Cheshire coast 1612,C181/2, ff. 46v, 102, 173v. subsidy, Salop and Shrewsbury 1608, 1621; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20. v.-pres., Council in the Marches 1614; common cllr., Ludlow 1614–d. Salop RO, LB2/1/1, f. 103v.

Steward, reader’s dinner, L. Inn 1575; LI Black Bks. i. 395. justice, Council in the Marches 1576 – d., puisne just., Chester and just. of assize, Chester circ. 1578 – d., justice, Compter prison, London 1592; P. Williams, Council in the Marches, 358–9; Lansd. 76, f. 22; 79, f. 182. recorder, Ludlow 1577 – d., Worcester 1587 – 1617, Carmarthen, Carm. c. 1588 – 90, Leominster, Herefs. c. 1590 – d., Bishop’s Castle, Salop ?by 1597 – d., Bridgnorth, Salop ?1610 – d., Oswestry, Salop 1617–d.; CPR, 1578–80, p. 132; Chamb. Order Bk. Worcester ed. S. Bond (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. viii), 29, 140, 144; C66/2194/4; STAC 8/56/3 (but note Bodl. Blakeway 18, f. 40); Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. iii. 112. bencher, L. Inn 1580, reader 1581; LI Black Bks. i. 416, 418. high steward, Shrewsbury by 1603–d. Salop RO, 3365/2632; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. xi. 173.

Patentee (jt.) concealments 1575; CPR, 1572–5, pp. 564–6. commr. enclosure compositions, duchy of Lancaster 1615. HLRO, Lords’ large parchments, Box 178/11.

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TOWNSHEND, Sir Henry (c.1537-1621), of Cound and Ludlow Castle, Salop and Lincoln’s Inn, London

Main residences: Cound; Ludlow Castle, Salop; Lincoln's Inn, London.

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S.H.

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Commons 1604-1629

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TOWNSHEND, Sir Henry (c.1537-1621)

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Oxford 1644

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