Towneley family
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The Towneley family is an old English gentry lineage from Lancashire, historically prominent as landowners, Catholics, and patrons of the arts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Towneley family canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English gentry family
ⓘ
art collector ⓘ classical sculpture collection ⓘ landed family ⓘ |
| archivalMaterialLocation |
Burnley local history collections
ⓘ
Lancashire Archives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedBuilding | Towneley Hall chapel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedCollection | Towneley Marbles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTown | Burnley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
English Roman Catholic families
ⓘ
English gentry families ⓘ Families of Lancashire ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | Arms of Towneley of Towneley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collector | Charles Towneley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| county | historic county of Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence | Lancashire Catholic culture ⓘ |
| family | Towneley family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestralSeat | Towneley Hall, Burnley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritage | medieval origin ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationOfSeat | Towneley Hall listed building ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
18th century
ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| historicalReligionStatus | recusant family ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | old Lancashire family ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Catholic recusancy
ⓘ
Towneley Marbles collection NERFINISHED ⓘ landownership in Lancashire ⓘ patronage of the arts ⓘ |
| landholdingsRegion |
Burnley area
ⓘ
eastern Lancashire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | English Catholic gentry ⓘ |
| notableMember | Charles Towneley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableResidence | Towneley Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronage |
Catholic institutions
ⓘ
artists ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Jacobite sympathisers ⓘ |
| region | Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousMinorityStatus | Catholic minority in Protestant England ⓘ |
| socialClass | gentry ⓘ |
| status | landed proprietors ⓘ |
| surnameOrigin | Towneley, Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.