[3] The land passed through the family to successive Deans of Whalley until the last male descendants died, some time before 1295.
[3] Around 1304, the elder Cecilia gave John de la Legh the land she held at Towneley.
[3][5] John’s second son Richard took de Towneley as his surname, apparently as part of his inheritance of the estate.
[2][5] In 1351, Richard rented the manor of St. Saviour, at Stydd, near Ribchester, and it is likely that he no longer lived at Towneley after this date.
[2] Whitaker's original statement,[6] picked up by Burke,[2] that John married a second wife called Elizabeth Nagier was a mistake based on a misunderstanding of the French nagueres, meaning 'formerly' as Langton pointed out.
Richard was also selected to represent the county at Edward III's 43rd parliament, which was summoned on 8 January 1371 and assembled from 24 February to 29 March 1371.