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Há 5 dias · The Furness continuation of William of Newburgh refers especially to periods of pest and famine, or to 'magna fertilitas frumenti in Hybernia'; Chron. of Stephen (Rolls Ser.), &c. ii, 560, 562, 570.
21 de set. de 2024 · The northern half is known as Furness Fells or High Furness, the southern half as Low or Plain Furness ; the division between them is roughly a line from Broughton to the south end of Coniston Water and thence by the Crake to the sea.
Há 5 dias · Probably it became attached to this lordship after the partition of Furness Fells about 1160, William de Lancaster choosing the western moiety, which would include Broughton and Dunnerdale. It must therefore have been this William de Lancaster who gave or confirmed Broughton to one Ailward de Broughton to hold of him by knight's service.
Há 6 dias · Thomas de Nettleslack died in 1349 holding his lands of the king in chief (lately William de Coucy) and of John de Towers; also in Dalton of the Abbot of Furness.
Há 3 dias · Barrow and Furness, formerly known as Barrow-in-Furness, is a UK Parliament constituency [n 1] in Cumbria. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Michelle Scrogham of the Labour Party since 2024. [n 2]
Há 3 dias · A number of the Lake Poets have referred to locations in present day Barrow: for example, William Wordsworth's 1805 autobiographical poem The Prelude describes his visits to Furness Abbey. The Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa wrote a series of sonnets called "Barrow-on-Furness" (sic).
6 de set. de 2024 · Thomas Shirley was the eldest of the three children of William Sherley (c.1498–1551) of Wiston, Sussex, and Mary Isley, the daughter of Thomas Isley of Sundridge, Kent.[1] He was knighted in 1573, and served as High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex in 1576.
