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• Gender	Male
  _UID	C20E8791719748DDA43046898284278C713E
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I5531	British Roots
  Last Modified	02 Jul 2010
  Father	Robert, Dean of Whalley,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1819	Group Sheet
  Children	> 1. Father to Roger and Richard,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1778	Group Sheet

• Notes

  TOWNELEY was about 1200 granted by Roger de Lacy to Geoffrey son of Robert the Dean of Whalley, who was authorized to maintain a dwelling-place there for use when hunting in the district. The land was assessed as 2 oxgangs and was to be taken from a tract of country the bounds of which began at Thorny Clough, went down the Calder, and followed this stream as far as Bradbridge; going thence to Dedsyke, to Hawksnest Clough head, Pikedlow, Crombrook to its head, Withenslack head, Middlehill, Thornley syke head, and Thorny Clough. Geoffrey was to share in the common pasture of Burnley and have right of chase outside the lord's demesne heys. Lands in Coldcoats and Snodsworth in Billington were quitclaimed to him. For the whole estate, 8 oxgangs of land in all, Geoffrey and his heirs were to render the service due for the tenth part of a knight's fee. From: 'Townships: Habergham Eaves', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6 (1911), pp. 454-468