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- Roger_Townshend_(died_1551) comment "Sir Roger Townshend MP (1477 Whissonsett – 1551 Raynham, Norfolk) was an English politician.He was the son of Roger Townshend and Eleanor Lumford of Raynham, Norfolk, and studied at Lincoln's Inn.Instead of following in his father's footsteps as a judge, he devoted himself to his lands and to local affairs. He was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk for 1511 and 1518 and elected Knight of the Shire for Norfolk in 1529 and 1542.".