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bap. 16 Dec. 1630, 2nd s. of Sir Roger Townshend†, 1st bt. (d. 1637) of Raynham, and Mary, da. and coh. of Horace, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury.J.M. Rosenheim, The Townshends of Raynham (Middletown, Conn. 1989), 14. educ. St John’s, Camb. 9 Nov. 1644, MA 1646;Al. Cant. travelled abroad (France and Switzerland) Dec. 1646-1648.CJ v. 14b; Rosenheim, Townshends, 15-16. m. (1) 23 Oct. 1649, Mary (bur. 22 May 1673), da. and h. of Edward Lewknor of Denham, Suff. s.p.;St Andrew Holborn, London par. reg. (2) 27 Nov. 1673 (with £9,575), Mary (d. 17 Dec. 1685), da. of Sir Joseph Ashe†, 1st bt. of Twickenham, Mdx. 3s.Rosenheim, Townshends, 66-7; CSP Dom. 1673, p. 599; HMC Portland, iii. 359; Add. 70012, f. 284. suc. bro. as 3rd bt. bef. 13 July 1648. cr. Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis 20 Apr. 1661; Visct. Townshend of Raynham 2 Dec. 1682.CP. d. 1 Dec. 1687.HP Lords 1660-1715.
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commr. militia, Norf. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. by May 1652–76, ?1682 – d.; Thetford 1665-aft. Mar. 1670.C193/13/4, f. 67; C181/7, pp. 339, 540. Commr. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 4 Aug. 1657-aft. July 1659;C181/6, pp. 247, 380. Norf. 20 Dec. 1658;C181/6, p. 338. Norf., Suff. and I. of Ely 7 Sept. 1660-aft. Dec. 1669;C181/7, pp. 40, 522. Mdx. and Westminster 10 Aug. 1671-aft. Jan. 1673;C181/7, pp. 586, 632. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. June 1659-aft. Feb. 1673.C181/6, p. 378; C181/7, pp. 13, 634. Col. militia horse, Norf. Apr. 1660.Norf. RO, BL/T 2/1; CCSP iv. 640; CTB i. 77; Parliamentary Intelligencer no. 15 (2–9 Apr. 1660), 237 (E.183.2). Commr. poll tax, 1660.SR. Dep. lt. Sept. 1660-Aug. 1661, 1680–d.CTB i. 67. Ld. lt. 1661–76.CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 64; Le Strange, Norf. Official Lists, 4. Commr. corporations, 1662–3. V.-adm. 1663–76.HP Commons, 1660–90. Commr. to survey ‘surrounded grounds’, 6 Dec. 1667.C181/7, p. 418.

cllr. of state, 19 May 1659.A. and O.

gov. King’s Lynn by 19 Mar. 1660–?Clarendon SP iii. 702. Col. of ft. 1667.CSP Dom. 1667, p. 180.

high steward, King’s Lynn 1664–84;Le Strange, Norf. Official Lists, 199. freeman, 1665.Cal. Lynn Freemen, 173. Alderman, Thetford by 1670–?82.HP Commons, 1660–90.

asst. Royal Fishing Co. 1664.Select Charters of Trading Companies ed. C. T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 182.

Parlimentarian
TOWNSHEND, Sir Horatio, 3rd Bt. (1630-87), of Raynham, Norf.
3rd bt. (1630-87), of Stiffkey 1630 – 87 and later Raynham, Norf.
Likenesses

Likenesses: miniature, S. Cooper, 1652;Buccleuch colln. oil on canvas, attrib. P. Lely;King’s Lynn Town Hall, Norf. oil on canvas, P. Lely, 1665;National Museum Wales, Cardiff. oil on canvas, attrib. R. Cole.NT, Felbrigg Hall.

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Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

TOWNSHEND, Sir Horatio, 3rd bt. (1630-87), of Stiffkey and later Raynham, Norf.

Will
16 Mar. 1687, pr. 17 Dec. 1687.PROB11/389/270.
Estates
owned extensive estates in north Norf. centred on Raynham, plus estates also in Suff. and Essex; his 1st wife, Mary Lewknor, brought with her lands worth £1,200 p.a.;Add. 41655, f. 116. in 1655 his rents were calculated at £2,600 from Norfolk, £800 from Suffolk and £270, totalling £3,670; by 1684 his total rents were £5,500; had debts of about £15,000 by 1660.Rosenheim, Townshends, 69 (table 2.1), 83 (fig. 2.1).
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