Sir Gerard Furnival (died 1219) was an English landowner and soldier. [1]
Born about 1179, he was the son of Sir Gerard Furnival, who had accompanied King Richard I on the Third Crusade to Palestine [1] and is said to have fought there at the Siege of Acre in 1191.[ citation needed]
Through marriage around 1199, 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.[ citation needed]
About 1199 he married Matilda de Lovetot, [1] a great-granddaughter of William Lovetot,[ citation needed] whose parents were William Lovetot and Maud FitzWalter. They had three sons, Thomas Furnival [1], Gerard Furnival, and William. Both Thomas and Gerard died taking part in the Barons' Crusade in 1241.[ citation needed] His widow outlived her husband and two of her sons, dying at some point after 1258. [1]
- 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) [1]
Sir Gerard Furnival (died 1219) was an English landowner and soldier. [1]
Born about 1179, he was the son of Sir Gerard Furnival, who had accompanied King Richard I on the Third Crusade to Palestine [1] and is said to have fought there at the Siege of Acre in 1191.[ citation needed]
Through marriage around 1199, 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.[ citation needed]
About 1199 he married Matilda de Lovetot, [1] a great-granddaughter of William Lovetot,[ citation needed] whose parents were William Lovetot and Maud FitzWalter. They had three sons, Thomas Furnival [1], Gerard Furnival, and William. Both Thomas and Gerard died taking part in the Barons' Crusade in 1241.[ citation needed] His widow outlived her husband and two of her sons, dying at some point after 1258. [1]
- 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) [1]