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 406 FURNIVALL. FURNIVALL. Barony by jf. Tiiomas de Furnivall,^) of Sheffield, co. York, and Writ. Worksop, Notts,( b ) s. and h. of Gerard F. of the same,( c ) by Maud, sister and coheir of Richard (Fitz-Joiin), Loud Fitz-John, sue. his I. 1295. father before (1281), 9 Ed. L, when he had lively of his lands, was sum. 8 June (1294), 22 Ed. I. to attend the King wherever he might be,(<<) and was sum. to Pari, as a Baron [LORD FURNIVALL], from 23 June (1295), 23 Ed. L to 27 Jan. (1331/2), 6 Ed. EDL,(») each writ from and after that of 25 Aug. (1318), 12 Ed. II, having the word " Scniori" added to the name. He served in the Scotch war ; was one of the Barons whose name (as " Tlurm' de Fumivall, D'n's de Skeffeld") was subscribed to the famous letter to the Pope, in 1301,( f ) and was at the Coronation of Ed. II. He m. twice, his second wife being Elizabeth, widow of William (de Montacote), Lord Montacute (who d- 1319), da. of Peter de Montfout, of Beldesert Castle, co. Warwick. He d. 3 Feb. (1331/2), 6 Ed. III. His widow d. March (1384), 28 Ed. III. and was far. at St. Frideswide's Monastery, Oxford. M.I. II. 131b 2. Thomas (de Furnivall), Lord Furnivall, s. and h., and by 1st wife, aged 30, at his father's death in 1332.(8) He was, v. p., Bum 1332. to Pari, as a Baron [LOKD FURNIVALLJ from 25 Aug. 1318), 12 Ed. II. to 27 Jan. (1331/2), 6 Ed. III., each writ having the word " Junior i," added to the name, being, also, without such addition, so sum. until 15 Nov. (133S), 12 Ed. III. He was in the Scotch wars with his father, 1326. lie 7ii. 21 Sep. 1316, Joan (then aged 13), 1st da. and coheir of Theobald (de Verdon), Loud Vbsdoh, by his Brat wife, Maud, da. of Edmund (Mortimer), Loud Mortimer. By her lie acquired the Castle of Alvetou and other considerable estates in co. Stafford. She rf. in childbed, 2 Oct. 133G, and was bur. (with her ancestors), at Crosden Abbey. He d. 14 Oct. 1339, aud was bur. at Beauchief Abbey, co. Derby. HI. 1339. 3. Thomas (de Furnivall), Lord Furnivall, s. and h., aged 1 7, at his father's death in 1339. He was sum. to Tarl. from 20 Nov. (1348), 22 Ed. III. to 4 Oct. (1364), 3S Ed III. He was in the wars with France (being present at the battle of Cressy in 1346), and in those with Scotland and was living (1356), 30 Ed. III. He m. Joane. He d. s.p. about 13C1 and was bur. at Worksop, Notts. M.I. His widow, who held the manor of Alvetou afsd. iu dower, d. (1395-96), 19 Ric. II. ( a ) The name is said to be derived from Fourncvillc, near Honflcur, in Normandy, from whence came Gerald de Furnivall who accompanied King Richard I. into the Holy Land and settling in England, acquired vast estates in Yorkshire, by marriage with Maud, da. and h. of William de Lovetot, of Sheffield, Lord of Hallamshire, being (by her) great grandfather of the 1st Lord Furnirall. ( b ) " Though Dugdale places this family amongst thoso who were Barons by tenure, and they probably were so, nevertheless Thomas de Furnival, the first Baron sum. to Pari., denied, in certain proceedings, 19 Ed. II. (1325-6), that he held any of his lands by Barony, whether at Sheffield, Worksop, or elsewhere. It would seem from what occurred on this occasion, and which is stated at some length in the 3rd report on the dignity of a Peer, p. 235, that a writ of summons was not issued as a writ of right by reason of tenure, but as a matter of favour of the crown." [Court/tope."] ( c ) See an interesting article in the " Her. and Gen." vol. iii, p. 334, with engraving of a " lozenge shield," " the seal of Thomas Furnival, Lord of Hallainshire," temp. King Hen. III., who was dead before (1279), 7 Ed. L, being father of Gerald F. abovenamed and grandfather of the 1st Lord Furnivall. (<i) See vol. i, p. 259, note "c," tub "Basset de Sapcote," as to the invalidity of this writ to constitute a Barony. (°) There is proof iu the Rolls of Pari, of his sitting. (•) See full account thereof in " Nicolas, pp. 761—809. (E) His age in 1332, was probably nearer 40 than 30, as it is hardly likely he would have been sum. to Pari, (v.p.), in 1218, before he was 24 years, or so, of age.