Gerard de Furnival


Sir Gerard Furnival (died 1219) was an English landowner and soldier.[1]

Origins

Born about 1179, he was the son of Sir Gerard Furnival, who had accompanied King Richard I on the Fourth Crusade to Palestine[1] and is said to have fought there at the Siege of Acre in 1191.

Career

Through marriage, in 1203 he acquired considerable lands at Hallamshire in Yorkshire and at Worksop in Nottinghamshire.[1] He joined the Fifth Crusade to Damietta in Egypt, where he is said to have died in 1219.

Family

About 12 March 1201 he married Maud Lovetot,[1] a great-granddaughter of William Lovetot, whose parents were William Lovetot and Maud FitzWalter. They had two sons, Thomas Furnival[1] and Gerard Furnival, who both died taking part in the Barons' Crusade in 1241. His widow outlived her husband and sons, dying after 23 June 1247.[1]

References
  1. Vicary Gibbs; H A Doubleday, eds. (1926). The Complete Peerage. Vol. 5 (2 ed.). London. pp. 580–591.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • White, Robert (1875) Worksop, The Dukery, and Sherwood Forest.
  • Nicholson, AP: Nottinghamshire History (accessed 28 January 2006).
  • James Doherty, 'The Crusading Furnivals: Family Tradition, Political Expediency and Social Pressure in Crusade Motivation', Journal of Family History (2022)
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