Robert Downes of Chorley

✓ Robert Downes of Chorley juxta Werford, son of Robert de Downes; m. Margery Fitton, to whom (and to him) her brother Edmund Fitton gave all his lands in Chorley in free marriage (temp. Edw. I); father of Maud, his heir. Source: Ormerod, History of Cheshire (1819), vol. I, pp.325-327 'Mobberley' (Sir Peter Leycester's descent of Mobberley of Mobberley and his 'Corrections', note h), read 2 Nov 2026 (archive.org djvu text). Also Ormerod vol. III p.292 'Fitton of Bollin' chart ('Margery, wife of Robert son of Robert de Downes, to whom Edmund, her brother, gave lands in Chorley, temp. Edw. I'). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]