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unusual facts about Sir Roger Townshend



Lady Mary Fane

Lady Mary Fane (1639–1681) was the daughter of Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland who succeeded to the title in 1628 and died in 1666, and his second wife, Mary, daughter of Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury, and widow of Sir Roger Townshend.


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Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend

The old Norfolk family of Townshend, to which he belonged, is descended from Sir Roger Townshend (d. 1493) of Raynham, who acted as legal advisor to the Paston family, and was made a justice of the common pleas in 1484.