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Cecily Towneley, in religion Cecilia Justina.
Born: 1668.
Died: 22 Jan 1709 in Paris, aged 41.

father: Richard Towneley Esq of Towneley, Lancs
mother: Margaret Paston of Barningham, Norfolk

Augustinians, Paris choir nun.

She professed 25 Mar 1695. Her dowry was £250.

She was the sister of Margaret Towneley.
She was the aunt of Ursula Towneley, Elizabeth Kennet.
She was the cousin of Charlotte Stanley, Dorothy Stanley, Elizabeth Stanley, Agnes Stanley, Winifred Stanley.
She was the niece of Dorothy Paston.

Sources: Paris pd; Cedoz ms list; Paris Augustinians Profession Book: 20; Paris Augustinians Council Book: 8; Chapter Book: 31.

Family tree (Paston and Towneley)

Notes:

Her brother Francis, then Governor of Carlisle, was executed as a traitor in 1746 following the battle of Culloden.