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Towneley, Christopher, (1604-1674), antiquary

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Surname: Towneley
Forenames: Christopher
Gender: Male
Date: 1604-1674
Biography: ODNB link for Towneley, Christopher (1604-1674) Antiquary
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P138452 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P28627 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
antiquarian and heraldic notes
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 32097-116 passim
2
1660-69: notes and letters to Nathaniel Johnston
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS top Yorks c 18, 23, 27-29, 31, 47; top gen c 52
NRA 18985 Johnston
3
historical transcripts
Archives: Wigan & Leigh
D/DZ A4
See Journal of Soc of Archivists Vol 3 1969 pp577-78
4
part of antiquarian collection
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
L1/47/1-5
NRA 17338 Dr Farrer
5
transcripts made by him from various sources, many of a genealogical nature
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS. Top. Lancs. c. 6; MS. Top. Yorks. c. 12; Lyell Empt. 33
6
commonplace book, recipes, astronomical MSS, material for proposed History of Lancashire and catalogue of books
Chetham's Library
MUN. A.2.97, A.2.121, D.3.1-13
NRA 17002 Chetham's L

See Handlist of MSS
7
c1670: genealogical and heraldic papers
Lancashire Archives
DDM
NRA 103
8
genealogical papers rel to the Plumpton family
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
NRA 19413 Chambers
9
misc antiquarian papers
Lancashire Archives
DDTo
NRA 1302 Towneley
10
corresp
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
Eng MS 737