Thomas de Furnival 2nd Lord Furnival

• Preferred Name: Thomas de Furnival 2nd Lord Furnival^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: GS3W-2H3
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight of Wilsford
  
• LdsSealingToParents: 9 AUG 1994 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight of Stoke Farthing
  
• Alt. Birth: 1288
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight of Worksop
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: 2nd Lord Furnival
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight of Sheffield
  
• Alt. Death: OCT 1339 in Alton, Gloucestershire, England at LATI: N1.8842 LONG: E2.1446
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight of Hansworth
  
• Son+and+heir+to+Sir+Thomas+de+Furnival+and+Joan+le+Despenser.+Grandson+of+: with note: Description: Sir Thomas Furnival, Sir Hugh le Despenser and Aliva Bassett. Find a Grave: Sir Thomas Furnival
  
• Death: 5 OCT 1339 in Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N3.3795 LONG: E1.4706
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight of Alton (by right of marriage)
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight of Lillington
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight of Bittesby
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight of Barford
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight of Farmham Verdon
  
• Birth: 1292 in Nottinghamshire, England with note: no uk Thomas de Furnivall(e), 2nd Lord (Baron) Furnivall(e), as which called to Parliament by write vp from 25 Aug 1318, it being probable that the summons was to him in right of his wife's position as a great heiress; b. c 1291-1301; m. 24 Feb 1317/8 Joan (born 9 or 11 Aug 1303; m. 1st 28 April 1317 John de Montagu (dsp & vp by 14 Aug 1317), eldest son of 2nd Lord (Baron) Montagu of the 1299 creation; d. 2 Oct 1334), eldest daughter and coheir of Theobald de Verdun, 1st/2nd Lord (Baron) Verdun, who brought him Alton Castle and other estates in Staffs, and died 5, 7, or 14 Oct 1339. [Burke's Peerage] BARONY OF FURNIVALLE (II, 3) THOMAS (DE FURNIVALLE), LORD FURNIVALLE, son and heir, by 1st wife. He married, 24 February 1317/8 Joan, widow of John DE MOUNTAGU (son and heir apparent of Sir William DE MOUNTACU), and 1st daughter and coheir of Sir Theobald DE VERDON, of Alton, co. Stafford [LORD VERDON], by his 1st wife, Maud daughter of Sir Edmund DE MORTEMER, of Wigmore, co. Hereford [LORD MORTEMER]. On 7 September 1318 the King took his fealty, and he and his wife had livery of the castle of Alton with its members, valued at £29 11s 4d. a year. On 29 November following they had livery of her purparty of two-thirds of her father's knights' fees in England, and the Chancellor of Ireland was ordered to assign her purparty of two-thirds of her father's lands, knights' fees, and advowsons, in Ireland. Owing to disputes among the coheirs, the lands late of Theobald in England were resumed into the King's hand, 5 February 1327/8, but the castle of Alton was committed to Thomas de Furnivalle, to hold during pleasure, 10 February following. On 16 October 1328 the King took the homage of Thomas, and he and his wife had livery of the castle of Alton with its members, valued at £58 15s. 7d. a year, which the King had assigned to them as Joan's purparty of her father's lands. On 24 October 1331 the Chancellor of Ireland was ordered to divide the lands late of Theobald de Verdon i
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight of Eastleach Turville
  
• Burial: AFT 5 OCT 1339 in Beauchief Abbey, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N3.3795 LONG: E1.4706
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight of Norbury (by right of marriage)
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight of Thurlaston
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Thomas de Furnivall(e), 2nd Lord (Baron) Furnivall(e), as which called to Parliament by write vp from 25 Aug 1318, it being probable that the summons was to him in right of his wife's position as a great heiress; b. c 1291-1301; m. 24 Feb 1317/8 Joan (born 9 or 11 Aug 1303; m. 1st 28 April 1317 John de Montagu (dsp & vp by 14 Aug 1317), eldest son of 2nd Lord (Baron) Montagu of the 1299 creation; d. 2 Oct 1334), eldest daughter and coheir of Theobald de Verdun, 1st/2nd Lord (Baron) Verdun, who brought him Alton Castle and other estates in Staffs, and died 5, 7, or 14 Oct 1339. [Burke's Peerage]
  BARONY OF FURNIVALLE (II, 3)
  
  THOMAS (DE FURNIVALLE), LORD FURNIVALLE, son and heir, by 1st wife. He married, 24 February 1317/8 Joan, widow of John DE MOUNTAGU (son and heir apparent of Sir William DE MOUNTACU), and 1st daughter and coheir of Sir Theobald DE VERDON, of Alton, co. Stafford [LORD VERDON], by his 1st wife, Maud daughter of Sir Edmund DE MORTEMER, of Wigmore, co. Hereford [LORD MORTEMER]. On 7 September 1318 the King took his fealty, and he and his wife had livery of the castle of Alton with its members, valued at £29 11s 4d. a year. On 29 November following they had livery of her purparty of two-thirds of her father's knights' fees in England, and the Chancellor of Ireland was ordered to assign her purparty of two-thirds of her father's lands, knights' fees, and advowsons, in Ireland. Owing to disputes among the coheirs, the lands late of Theobald in England were resumed into the King's hand, 5 February 1327/8, but the castle of Alton was committed to Thomas de Furnivalle, to hold during pleasure, 10 February following. On 16 October 1328 the King took the homage of Thomas, and he and his wife had livery of the castle of Alton with its members, valued at £58 15s. 7d. a year, which the King had assigned to them as Joan's purparty of her father's lands. On 24 October 1331 the Chancellor of Ireland was ordered to divide the lands late of Theobald de Verdon in that country into four equal parts, and to give livery to the coheirs of their purparties. Owing to further disputes, new extents were order to be made of the lands late of Theobald in England, and these lands were again resumed into the King's hand, 19 February 1331/2, and finally partitioned in Chancery, Friday after St. Gregory [13 March] following, and Thomas and Joan had livery of her purparty, viz., the castle of Alton with its members, now valued at £95 19s. 11d. a year, 26 March 1332. He was aged 40 and more at his father's death. On 6 June 1332 the King took his homage, and he had livery of his father's lands. He was summoned to accompany the King to Ireland with as great a force as he could muster, 28 January 1331/2, and (the expedition having been postponed) 12 July 1332. He was summoned for Military Service from 20 March 1318/9 to 27 March 1335, to Councils from 30, December 1324 to 15 June 1338, and to Parliament from 25 August 1318 to 25 August 1339I, by writs directed Thome de Furnivall' or de Fournivall' (with the addition, during his father's lifetime, of juniori), whereby he is held to have become, in 1318, LORD FURNIVALLE.
  
  His wife, Joan, who was born at Wootton in Stanton Lacy, 9 or 11 August 1303, and baptized in the church of Onibury, Salop, died at Alton, 2 October 1334, aged 31, and was buried 7 or 8 January 1334/5, in Croxden Abbey. He died at Sheffield, 5, 7, or 14 October 1339, and was buried, 29 May 1340, in Beauchief Abbey. [Complete Peerage V:583-4, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)] 1622
  
  Thomas married Joan DE VERDUN Heiress of Alton, daughter of Sir Theobald DE VERDUN 2nd Baron de Verdun, M.P. and Maud DE MORTIMER, on 24 Feb 1318 1619. (Joan DE VERDUN Heiress of Alton was born between 9 Aug 1303 and 11 Aug 1303 in Wootton, Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, England and died on 2 Oct 1334 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England.)
  
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  Thomas de Furnival, 2nd Baron Furnival's Timeline
  1292
  1292
  Birth of Thomas
  Nottinghamshire, England
  1320
  1320
  Age 28
  Birth of Margaret de Furnival
  1322
  June 22, 1322
  Age 30
  Birth of Thomas de Furnival, 3rd Baron Furnival, Lor...
  Alton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
  1323
  1323
  Age 31
  Birth of Lady Matilda de montogomery
  Cubley, Derbyshire, England
  1324
  1324
  Age 32
  Birth of Joan de Bosville
  1326
  August 23, 1326
  Age 34
  Birth of Sir William de Furnival, 4th Baron Furnival
  Alton, Staffordshire, , England
  1328
  1328
  Age 36
  Birth of Nicholas de Furnival
  1330
  1330
  Age 38
  Birth of Gerard de Furnival
  Worksop,,Nottinghamshire,England
  1339
  October 1339
  Age 47
  Death of Thomas
  Alton, Staffordshire, England
  
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• m. 24 FEB 1318

1. Matilda Furnival, b. 1323 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom     d. 1385 in Cubley, Uttoxeter, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

1. Title: Find a Grave: Sir Thomas Furnival
   Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106634675;
   Note: Sir Thomas Furnival BIRTH 1292 England DEATH Oct 1339 (aged 46–47) Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England BURIAL Beauchief Abbey Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England MEMORIAL ID 106634675 2nd Lord Furnival, Knight of Sheffield and Hansworth, Yorkshire, of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, and in right of his wife, of Alton and Norbury, Staffordshire, Farmham Verdon, Buckinghamshire, of Eastleach Turville, Gloucestershire, of Bittesby, Leicestershire, of Barford, Lillington and Thurlaston, Warwickshire, Stoke Farthing in Broad Chalke and Wilsford, Wiltshire. Son and heir to Sir Thomas de Furnival and Joan le Despenser. Grandson of Sir Thomas Furnival, Sir Hugh le Despenser and Aliva Bassett. He married Joan de Verdun, daughter of Theobald de Verdun and Maud de Mortimer. They were married 24 Feb 1318 and had three sons and two daughters: Sir Thomas, 3rd Lord Furnival Sir William, 4th Lord Furnival Nicholas Margaret, wife of Sir Peter Montfort, Lord Montfort Joan, wife of Robert de Bosvile Family Members Spouse Photo Joan De Verdun 1303–1334 Children Photo William Furnival unknown–1383 Thomas Furnivall 1322–1366
   
2. Title: Sir Thomas Furnival in the UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.ca/collections/60526/records/770021;
   Note: Name: Sir Thomas Furnival Birth Date: 1292 Birth Place: England Death Date: Oct 1339 Death Place: Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England Cemetery: Beauchief Abbey Burial or Cremation Place: Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England Has Bio?: Y Spouse: Joan De Verdun Children: William Furnival Thomas Furnivall URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem...
   
3. Title: Proof of age for Joan the wife of Thomas de Fornivall, the younger, daughter and one of the heirs of Theobald de Verdon
   Author: J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 56', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 6, Edward II (London, 1910), pp. 35-44. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp35-44 [accessed 23 January 2020].
   Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp35-44;
   Note: Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of Joan the wife of Thomas de Fornivall, the younger, daughter and one of the heirs of the said Theobald, deceased, who seeks her pourparty of the said inheritance, 12 May, 11 Edward II [1318]. SALOP. Proof of age of the said Joan, 5 June, 11 Edward II [1318]. (defaced.) William Aleyn (?) of Staunton, aged 52, says that the said Joan was born at Wotton and baptized in the church of St. Mary, Onebury, and was 14 years of age on 9 August last; and this he knows because he had a daughter, Sibyl, born on the same day. John de Boudler (?), aged 44, says the like, and knows it because on the feast of the Assumption in the same year, Hugh de Mortimer of Richard’s Castle was buried at Worcester, of whom (he held?) his land. William son of Hugh, aged 70, says the like, and knows it because John Scot came and told him of the birth, and he gave him a sparrow-hawk for the news. Thomas de Overton, aged 42, says the like, and knows it because he has a brother, Richard, who was born at Overton in the same week. William de Sibeton, aged 44, says the like, and knows it because John de Sibeton, his brother, granted 1/2 virgate of land to Adam de Sibeton for 14 years at the feast of the Assumption following in the same year, and now it has come to his own hands as heir of the said John. Richard de Affecote, aged 50, says the like, and knows it because he made a dovecote at the feast of Easter following in the same year. Robert de Staunton, clerk, aged 41, says the like, and knows it because at the feast of St. Michael following in the same year, he had a daughter, Alice, born. Walter de Aventre, aged 53, says the like, and knows it because Margaret de Mortimar (?) stayed at Staunton Lascy in the same year from the feast of St. Michael, with her household (familia), until the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist following. Roger Church (?) aged 46, says the like, and knows it because Nicholas his father died in the same year at the feast of All Saints. Roger … . hale, aged 60, says the like, and knows it because at Christmas (?) in the same year he married Sibyl his wife, who still lives. William de Aventre, aged 40, says the like, and knows it because he was then servant of Agnes de Lodelowe, and made a dovecote at Eweldon for her use. Walter Tope (?), aged 48, says the like, and knows it because he had 1/2 virgate of land from John de Saberton, for 12 years, and on the same day ……when the said Joan was born. The escheator warned Isabella, queen of England, the king’s consort, but no one came. Partition of two parts of the said lands into four parts, viz.—between Joan whom Thomas de Furnivall, the younger, has married, Elizabeth, and Margery, daughters of the said Theobald by his first wife, and——his daughter by Elizabeth, late the wife of John de Burgo, and sister of Gilbert de Clare, late earl of Gloucester and Hertford, his second wife, made at the suit of the said Thomas and Joan after the proof of age of the said Joan, viz.— The castle and manor of Alveton, with its members. The castle and manor of Webbele, excepting 9l. rent from free tenants. The castle and manor of Ewyas Lacy, excepting 10l. 9s. rent. And the manors of Stoke upon Tyrne and La Hethe, lands in Ludelawe, and the said 9l. rent from Webbele, and 10l. 9s. rent from Ewyas Lacy.
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