Background
De Furnival was married to Maud, the great-granddaughter of William de Lovetot, and it was by this marriage that the lordships of Hallamshire and Worksop came into the Furnival family.
De Furnival was married to Maud, the great-granddaughter of William de Lovetot, and it was by this marriage that the lordships of Hallamshire and Worksop came into the Furnival family.
De Furnival"s father was also called Gerard de Furnival, and had fought with Richard I at the Siege of Acre. During the Fifth Crusade De Furnival travelled to Jerusalem, where he died in 1219.
