Roger Townshend (Norfolk MP, born 1477)

Life

Family

• Sir John Townshend of Raynham, who married Eleanor Heydon, the daughter of the courtier Sir John Heydon of Baconsthorpe Castle, Norfolk by his wife, Catherine Willoughby, the daughter of Sir Christopher Willoughby. John Townshend predeceased his father, leaving five sons and two daughters, including an eldest son, Richard Townshend, who married Katherine Browne, the daughter of Sir Humphrey Browne.
• Sir Robert Townshend, who was Justice of Chester, and married Alice Poppey, daughter and sole heir of Robert Poppey, esquire, of Brampton, Suffolk.
• Sir George Townshend.
• Sir Roger Townshend.
• Sir Thomas Townshend of Tiverton.
• Sir Giles Townshend.
• Susan Townshend, who married Sir Edmund Wyndham.
• Katherine Townshend, who married Sir Henry Bedingfield.

Ancestry