TOWNSHEND, Sir John (1572-1632), of Austin Friars, Ludlow, Salop and Kensington, Mdx.; later of Winforton, Herefs. and Lambeth, Surr.

Family and Education

bap. 23 Oct. 1572, 1st s. of Robert Townshend of Ludlow and Anne, da. of John Machell, Clothworker, alderman of London 1553-8.Ludlow (Salop par. reg. soc. xiii), 69, 308; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 464; A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, ii. 34, 36. m. by c.1595, Mary, da. of ?William Fitzhugh of Wavendon, Bucks., at least 4s., 2da. Vis. Norfolk, ed. G.H. Dashwood, i. 311; Ludlow, 148; Kensington (Harl. Soc. reg. xvi), 15-16; STAC 8/31/12. Kntd. 1970; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 110. suc. fa. 1614. C142/360/41. bur. 21 Feb. 1632 21 Feb. 1632. Lambeth Churchwardens’ Accts. (Surr. Rec. Soc. xliii), 78. sig. Jo[hn] Tounshend.

Offices Held

J.p. Rad. 1602 – 22, Herefs. 1617–22; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 324–9; C231/4, f. 37. sheriff, Rad. 1604–6; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 269. commr. subsidy, Rad. 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–3. dep. lt., Rad. 1609; Cheshire Archives, DNE16. steward, Oswestry lordship, Salop by 1614 – 17, Oswestry bor. 1617–?d. Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. iii. 111–12.

Commr. to compound for Crown debts 1609, 1610, market tolls 1619. C66/1790/13, 66/1829/4; CD 1621, vii. 461–2.

Servant to Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk by 1610 – 18, to James Hay, earl of Carlisle by 1628–d. C2/Chas.I/H78/15; CSP Dom. 1628–9, pp. 335, 342, 387–8.

Parlimentarian

TOWNSHEND, Sir John (1572-1632), of Austin Friars, Ludlow, Salop and Kensington, Mdx.; later of Winforton, Herefs. and Lambeth, Surr.

Main residences: Austin Friars, Ludlow, Salop; Kensington, Mdx.; Winforton, Herefs.; Lambeth, Surr.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

TOWNSHEND, Sir John (1572-1632)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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