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John Townshend (died 1603)

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on 3 January 1618, leaving a will dated 20 July 1617 which was proved by her grandson, Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Baronet, on 10 March 1618.
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Tempers rose high in Norfolk at the time of Essex's Rebellion, and Townshend adhered strongly to the faction led by Sir
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from his father, coming to be recognised as one of the leading members of the county gentry. Educated at
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A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire
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Warmington, Andrew (2004). "Berkeley, George, eighth Baron Berkeley (1601–1658)".
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Mahlberg, Gaby (2005). "Townshend , Anne, Lady Townshend (1573–1622)".
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and his second wife, Jane Stanhope (c.1547–1618), the daughter of
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Townshend was said to have been a 'very distinguished member' of
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Clough, Cecil H. (2004). "Townshend, Sir John (1567/8–1603)".
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John Townshend
Sir
MP
Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Baronet
Sir Roger Townshend (died 1590)
MP
Raynham Hall
Norfolk
Sir Roger Townshend (died 1590)
Member of Parliament
Sir Matthew Browne
Sir Roger Townshend (died 1590)
Sir Michael Stanhope
Shelford, Nottinghamshire
Anne Rawson
Aveley
Essex
Sir Roger Townshend (died 1590)
Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley
Barbican
Norfolk
Magdalen Hall, Oxford
Castle Rising
Norfolk
Orford
Netherlands
Francis Vere
Earl of Essex's
Cadiz
Edward Coke

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