C.P. Addition: Joan de Furnival, wife of Thomas de Neville, Knt.
Douglas Richardson royalancestry@msn.com
Complete Peerage, 5 (1926): 589-591 (sub Furnivalle) has a good account
of Thomas de Neville, Knt. (died 1407), Lord Furnival, Treasurer of
England. Regarding his first wife, Joan de Furnival, Complete Peerage
states that Thomas de Neville and Joan de Furnival were married before
1 July 1379. No death date is provided for Joan. She was deceased
sometime before 4 July 1401, when Thomas de Neville was pardoned for
marrying his second wife, Ankaret le Strange, Lady Talbot, without
royal license. On Thomas' death in 1407, he was buried with his 1st
wife at Worksop Priory, Nottinghamshire. So, we know the place of
burial for Joan de Furnival, but not her death date.
The record below indicates that Joan (de Furnival) de Neville was
living as late as 23 May 1395, when she is mentioned in a writ
witnessed on that date in a suit regarding the advowson of Husbands
Bosworth, Leicestershire. Joan (de Furnival) de Neville is listed in
the writ as co-patron of the Husbands Bosworth church with several
other parties, all of whom were descended from and co-heir to Thebaud
de Verdun, Knt. (died 1316), 2nd Lord Verdun.
For interest's sake, the following is a list of the New World colonists
decended from Joan (de Furnival) de Neville:
1. Robert Abell.
2. Grace Chetwode.
3. Anne Mauleverer.
4. Thomas Rudyard.
Further details on the life of Sir Thomas de Neville, his ancestry,
wives, and children can be found in my two books, Plantagenet Ancestry
(2004) and Magna Carta Ancestry (2005).
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Website: www.royalancestry.net
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Source: A.K. McHardy, Royal Writs addressed to John Buckingham, Bishop
of Lincoln, 1363-1398 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 86) (1997), pg. 146:
"461. Breve contra Rectorem de Boseworth.
Common Pleas venire faciatis, returnable on the octave of Trinity [13
June], against William Sleaford rector of Husbands Bosworth who was
indicted before the court of Common Pleas by John Elvet archdeacon of
Leicester on a plea of debt of 40s. being arrears of rent of 3s. 6p.
per annum at Westminsster on the octave of Michaelmas, and the case was
adjourned sine die because William de Ferrers (Ferrariis), Elizabeth
who was the wife of Edward le Despenser, Thomas de Nevill knight and
Joan his wife, and Walter Derose [Devereux] and Agnes his wife patrons
of the church, and John [Buckingham] bishop of Lincoln the ordinary,
who also sought William in the king's court, could do nothing because
he was about to set out with the king to Ireland and had royal
protection from 26 Sept., 18 Richard II [1394] for six months. Note of
return of no lay fee by the sheriff of Leicestershire at Westminster
five weeks from Easter [16 May].
Teste Robert de Cherlton, 23 May 1395." END OF QUOTE.