TOWNSHEND, Henry (?1537-1621), of Cound and Ludlow, Salop.

Family and Education

b. ?1537, s. of Sir Robert Townshend of Ludlow by Alice, da. of John Popey or Poppey of Twyford, Norf. educ. L. Inn 1559, called 1569. m. (1) Susan (d.1592), da. of Sir Rowland Hayward of London and Cound, 4s. inc. Hayward 3da.; (2) 1593, Dorothy (d.1635), da. of Christopher Heveningham of Aston, Staffs., 1s. Kntd. 1604.W. R. Williams, Welsh Judges, 56-7; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 2), x. 332-3; DNB (Townshend, Hayward); Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 291; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 464-5; Colls. Hist. Staffs. (Wm. Salt. Arch. Soc. v(2)), 173.

Offices Held

Pens. L. Inn 1578, bencher c. 1580, Autumn reader 1581; member, council in the marches of Wales 1576 (j.p. Salop and other neighbouring English and all Welsh counties from c.1579), vice-pres. from 1614; dep. justice, Chester 1577; puisne judge, Chester, Denb., Flints., and Mont. 1578; recorder, Ludlow from 1577; dep. recorder, Bridgnorth 1586 – 89; recorder, Carmarthen c. 1588 – 90, Leominster from c. 1590, Worcester, Oswestry from 1617; judge in sheriff’s court, London 1592; steward, Oswestry 1596, Shrewsbury from 1598; vice-chamberlain, Chester from 1604.Black Bk. L. Inn, i. 342, 360–1, 395, 397, 416, 418, 422, 457; P. H. Williams, Council in the Marches of Wales, 359; Welsh Judges; Lansd. 76, f. 22; 79, f. 182; Flenley, Cal. Reg. Council, Marches of Wales, 179–237 passim; Bridgnorth leet bk. 3, ff. 2, 16; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 1), vii. 259; (ser. 2), x. 332; liv(2), 184; Cal. Wynn Pprs. 130.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residences: Cound; Ludlow, Salop.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

TOWNSHEND, Henry (?1537-1621)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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