All I can say is that the name Chauncey Townsend is familiar, probably in
connection with copper at Swansea, where Cornish copper ore was smelted.
There are extensive references to him in Stephen Hughes, Copperopolis
(Aberystwyth: Royal Commission for Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales
2000) and still in print.
The Earl of Surrey will be the eldest son of the Duke of Norfolk.
Successive dukes were lords of the manor of Sheffield, and thus owners of
the extensive Sheffield Park. There are extensive estate archives for the
Dukes at "Arundel Castle Muniments" at Sheffield Archives.
Peter King
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Richard Vandewetering
Sent: 06 April 2010 17:48
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Subject: Joseph and Chauncey Townsend: Cornwall, Wales, Ireland,
Yorkshire
Dear colleagues
I wish to re-start a thread I found in the Mining-History e-archives. I
have just begun doing research on the life of the Rev. Joseph Townsend
(1739-1816) of Pewsey, Wiltshire, and I am seeking information along two
lines:
1. I am looking for information about the activities of Joseph's father
Chauncey Townsend. A merchant from London, I know that he was involved with
mines in Cornwall, Wales and Wensleydale. He gets (I assume it is him) one
mention in The coal industry of the eighteenth century, by T. S. Ashton and
Joseph Sykes. p. 64) as letting, with Mr. Furniss, the Sheffield Park
Colliery from the Earl of Surrey.
2. I am of course also interested in the activities of Joseph himself.
*Joseph apparently had an interest in a mine in Ireland.(Winchester "The map
that changed the world")
*He may also have been interested in Welsh coalmines: he was involved with
the building of the Kennet and Avon Canal, which was seen as a possible
route for Welsh coal to London.
*He may have invested in Cornish mines--I know that he has connections with
St. Agnes, Cornwall via a) his first wife Joyce Nankivel was from St.
Agnes/Truro area (I know little about her)
b) her father the physician (JT was a trained physician)
and c) JT definitely filled in at St. Agnes church, and may have preached
elsewhere in Cornwall in the 1760s and 1770s.
Could you suggest where I might best be able to find out information about
Joseph's activities?
My thanks to Ian Spensely who has already made some suggestions to me.
Yours
Richard VandeWetering, DPhil
University of Western Ontario
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