Sir Roger Townsend

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ROGER TOWNSHEND, of South Raynham., He was a prosperous free tenant by the 1390s.

M 1st Eleanor.

M 2nd Matilda.

He led a group of tenants from South Raynham who petitioned the chancellor over a dispute over common grazing rights, 1413. He made his son John an unconditional grant of his personal property, 1435. Died c. 1435.

He had issue:

JOHN TOWNSHEND., of South Raynham.,

M 1st Agnes, d. of William Gigges, of Wighton, Norfolk.

M 2nd Isabel. As a tenant of Thomas, Lord Scales, he farmed the manor of Scales in South Raynham between the mid 1440s & the early 1460s. He acted as a Trustee for Thomas, Lord Scales. Died 1465. Bur. St. Mary's Church, Raynham.

He had issue by his 1st wife:

1.ROGER (Sir), of whom we presently.

2.Catherine, M Francis Colville, of Newton Colville, Cambridgeshire (Died 1494), s. of Sir John Colville, Kt., High Sheriff of Cambridge, 1459. (See WYTHE & Burke's L.G., Colville of Lullington). Died 1465.

3.Joan, M John Blakeney, M.P., of Honingham, Norfolk (d 1471)