|
The Towneleys of Barnside & Stone Edge
Barnside
Barnside is a little over 3 miles east of Colne and 10 miles north east of Towneley. Farrer's description of Barnside in Volume 6 of The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster, pages 546-8, provides evidence for the 1664 pedigree. This branch of the family also owned Carr Hall in Barrowford.
After Christopher Towneley married the widow of Richard Townley around 1639, he lived at Carr Hall during his wife's lifetime. The Richard Townley (aged 14) mentioned in the visitation of 1664 married and had one son but then the male line ended and his grand daughter Margaret married John Clayton of Little Harwood and the Barnside and Carr lands went into the Clayton family. The house at Barnside was abandoned as the residence of the family in the 18th
century, Carr Hall being preferred.
Carr Hall was demolished in the 1950s. The Towneley entail of 1560 placed the Barnside branch of the family first in line to inherit the Towneley estate in the event of John and Mary failing to produce a male heir.
In 1601 a new settlement had only needed to name the numerous males descendants of John and Mary then still alive. Christopher Towneley's evidences [CTf428], show that on 7th April 1630 Richard Towneley (1598-1635) drew up a document "for cutting of an estate taile", that is for a new settlement of the estate. He was unmarried, his brother Charles had only one six-month-old son and his only other living brother Christopher was still unmarried. In the event of them dying without further male heirs, Richard identified his uncle Charles (born 1573) as the only other remaining male descendant of John and Mary Towneley.
For want of male heirs of John and Mary, the 1630 entail identified Nicholas Towneley of Royle and his brother Francis and their male heirs as the ones to inherit the estate. The Barnside branch of the family had been cut out along
with the Stonehedge branch, which was descended from Laurence, the third son of Laurence Towneley and Helen Hesketh. There is nothing written in Christopher's evidences to explain why the Barnside family were treated in this way but there is no evidence that Laurence, second son of John Towneley and Isabel Sherburne, was ever married. A suggestion that his children were illegitimate would be a legal reason to exclude them.
Towneley of Oakenhead is recorded as a separate branch of the family in F. R. Raines' transcript of 1873 but it is not clear if the record is part of Dugdale's visitation as no date or signature is given. It seems that the branch was short lived.
Henry Towneley ==of Barnside
Thomas Townley == Elizabeth, dau. of Mr. John Wade of Hapton
Henry Townley ==of Oakenhead, gent., s. p. Margaret, dau. of... Parkinson of
Blindhurst in Goosnargh
Helen married Mr.Thomas Smith of Raygill Mary married Mr.William Smith
Barnside
Barnside is a little over 3 miles east of Colne and 10 miles north east of Towneley.
Farrer's description of Barnside in Volume 6 of The Victoria History of the County of
Lancaster, pages 546-8, provides evidence for the 1664 pedigree. This branch of the
family also owned Carr Hall in Barrowford. After Christopher Towneley married the
widow of Richard Townley around 1639, he lived at Carr Hall during his wife's
lifetime. The Richard Townley (aged 14) mentioned in the visitation of 1664 married
and had one son but then the male line ended and his grand daughter Margaret married
John Clayton of Little Harwood and the Barnside and Carr lands went into the Clayton
family. The house at Barnside was abandoned as the residence of the family in the 18th
century, Carr Hall being preferred. Carr Hall was demolished in the 1970s.
The Towneley entail of 1560 placed the Barnside branch of the family first in line to
inherit the Towneley estate in the event of John and Mary failing to produce a male heir.
In 1601 a new settlement had only needed to name the numerous males descendants of
John and Mary then still alive. Christopher Towneley's evidences [CTf428], show that
on 7th April 1630 Richard Towneley (1598-1635) drew up a document "for cutting of an
estate taile", that is for a new settlement of the estate. He was unmarried, his brother
Charles had only one six-month-old son and his only other living brother Christopher
was still unmarried. In the event of them dying without further male heirs, Richard
identified his uncle Charles (born 1573) as the only other remaining male descendant of
John and Mary Towneley. For want of male heirs of John and Mary, the 1630 entail
identified Nicholas Towneley of Royle and his brother Francis and their male heirs as
the ones to inherit the estate. The Barnside branch of the family had been cut out along
with the Stonehedge branch, which was descended from Laurence, the third son of
Laurence Towneley and Helen Hesketh. There is nothing written in Christopher's
evidences to explain why the Barnside family were treated in this way but there is no
evidence that Laurence, second son of John Towneley and Isabel Sherburne, was ever
married. A suggestion that his children were illegitimate would be a legal reason to
exclude them.
Towneley of Oakenhead is recorded as a separate branch of the family in F. R. Raines'
transcript of 1873 but it is not clear if the record is part of Dugdale's visitation as no
date or signature is given. It seems that the branch was short lived.
Henry Towneley ==
of Barnside
Thomas Townley == Elizabeth, dau. of Mr. John Wade of Hapton
Henry Townley ==of Oakenhead, gent., s. p. Margaret, dau. of... Parkinson of
Blindhurst in Goosnargh
Helen married Mr.Thomas Smith of Raygill
Mary married Mr.William Smith of Raygill
John Towneley d app 1473 married before age of 4 to Isabella Butler. Divorced 1442 and married Isabella Sherburne: They had:
Sir Richard b 1445 d 1482
Nicholas of Greenfield b 1456 d 1517
Henry of Dutton
Bernard
Grace married Roger Nowell (son of Alexander) of read in 1468. Their granddaughter Elizabeth Nowell married Thomas Whittaker of Holme in Cliviger.
Laurence of Barnside b app 1450 d1530 at Towneley Hall. Married Joan Banastre. They had:
Bernard
Isabell married Robert Bannister of Park Hill in 1485
Jane Towneley married Simon Blakey of Blakey in 1485
Henry of Barnside d 1531 married Grace. They had:
Robert
Richard of Royle b 1482 d 1541
Laurence b app 1510 d 1566 married Ellen Hesketh. They had:
Henry b app 1541 married Anne Catherall of Little Mitton
Robert b app 1545 at Colne
Charles b app 1547 at Colne
Richard b app 1549 at Colne
Lucy b app 1551 at Colne d 1621
Elizabeth bapp 1553 at Colne
Margaret b app 1555 at Colne married John Parker of Extwistle Hall
Alice b app 1557 at Colne married Richard Lacy of Cromwell Bottom
Hellen b app 1561 at Colne: Whittaker stated that in 1547 the nunnery of Esholt was granted to Henry Thompson, Genys darms, at Boleyn, who, by Hellen, had a son William. In Colne Parish Church was/ is a flat stone dating to Edward V!s time where the words Thompson and Esholt can just be made out.
Laurence 1st of Stone Edge b 1540 d 1598 married Margaret (Mary) daughter of John Hartley of Stone Edge. They had:
Laurence 2nd of Stone edge b 1563 d 1655 married Jennett Halstead b 1580 d 1623, daughter of John of Windle House, in 1597.
Henry b 1571 d 1626
John b app 1573
Robert b app 1575 d 1645 at Foulridge
Hellen b app 1576 unmarried
Thomas b app 1577 d 1623 at Norfolk
Elizabeth b app 1579 unmarried
Ellen b app 1581
Charles b app 1582 d 1636
|
