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Christopher Towneley (1604 - 1674)

"[T]he well-known antiquary. He may be said to have done for Lancashire, though in a lesser degree, what Roger Dodsworth did for Yorkshire; but, unfortunately, his collections did not ultimately, like Dodsworth's, almost in their entirety, meet with such a home as the Bodleian Library" (Lancaster, 127, n.1)
Collector (minor)
 Relationships: Christopher Towneley was a brother of Charles Towneley (1600-1644)
Christopher Towneley was a uncle of Charles Towneley (1630-1712)
Christopher Towneley was a uncle of Richard Towneley (10 Oct 1629-22 Jan 1707)

 Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Letters Addressed to Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S.: Printed from the Originals in the Possession of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society .
 References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 179. Miscellanies; 1. A Transcript of Leland's Itinerary for Lancashire and Yorkeshire; from a Copy taken 1658, and courteously communicated to me, An. 1696, by his Grace my Lord Archbishop of Yorke. Note, the entire Itineraries of that noted Antiquary are since most accurately printed, with curious Notes and Additions, by Mr. Hearne at Oxford, in nine Volumes. Extracts from two M.S. Folio of Mr. Chr. Towneley; lent me by Ric. Towneley Esq; with Transcripts of what relates to Kirkstal-Abbey, &c. The Inventory of the Jewels, Plate, Vestments, &c. in Yorke Minster, collated with other Copies. Compendium Compertorum per Doctorem Legh, & Doctorem Layton in visitatione Regia Domorum Religiosarum, in Comitatibus de Northfolk, Darby, Nottingham, Yorke, Durham, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancaster and Chester; from a Book lately found in the Duke of Devonshire's Library at Hardwick, which had been copied for the Use of the Earl of Shrewsbury, temp. Edw. 6. from the Original, which was destroyed in Qu. Mary's Reign: This Transcript for the County of Yorke was from a M.S. lent me by Mr. De la Pryme F.R.S.