B54676-Townshend

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Name of the family:

Townshend

Blason:

Per chev. az. and sa. a chev. erminois betw. three escallop shells ar.

Crest(s):

On a mound vert a buck trippant ppr. attired, hoofed, and charged on the side with an escallop shell or.

Motto:

Deum cole, regem serva.

Info about the family:

Castle Townshend, co. Cork; claiming descent from Townshend, of Raynham, co. Norfolk; confirmed by Betham, Ulster, to John Townsend, Esq., of Castle Townsend, son of Richard Boyle Townsend, Esq., and to the descendants of Richard Townsend, who served in Ireland as Lieutenant-Colonel of Lord Inchiquin's Regiment of Horse, temp. Charles I. and Charles II., and was father of Bryan Townsend, Esq., of Castle Townsend, co. Cork, an officer in the Royal Navy, and Captain of the " Swiftsure " man-of-war, m. Mary, dau. of Edward Synge, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, and had issue: I. Richard, now represented by Townshend, of Castle Townshend; II. John, ancestor of Townshend, of Courtmacsherry; III. Samuel, ancestor of Townsend, of Whitehall; IV. Philip, ancestor of Townshend, of Mycross Wood and Derry, co. Cork; V. Horatio, ancestor of Townsend, of Bridgemount and Magournay

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1023

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