Family and Education
bap. 19 July 1606,Eccles Par. Regs. (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. xxv), 53. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Roger Downes* of Wardley Hall, and 2nd w. Anne, da. of John Calvert of Cockerham, Lancs. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxii), 133. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1623, G. Inn 1623. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. Elizabeth (d. 16 Mar. 1648), H.V. Hart-Davis, Wardley Hall, 57 da. of John Preston† of Furness, Lancs. s.p. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxviii), 236. suc. fa. 4 July 1638. DL7/27/54. d. 9 Mar. 1648. Hart-Davis, 57.
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Commr. swans, Lancs., Cheshire and elsewhere 1627; C181/3, f. 227v. freeman, Wigan, Lancs. by 1628. D. Sinclair, Hist. Wigan, i. 197.

Main residence: Wardley Hall, Lancs.
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Commons 1604-1629
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DOWNES, Francis (1606-1648)

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