Oliver Fanning (1365)

Born 1365 in Ballingary, Tipperary, IRELAND

Descendants

This profile is part of the Fanning Name Study.

Biography

Fanning origins: The Fannings arrived with the Norman invasion of Ireland and were present in Kilkenny in the first decade of the 1200s. Thomas, son of Richard Fanyn [sic] received Knight's Fees in 1247 in Clomantagh, Barony of Crannagh, County Kilkenny. Later, in 1314-5 and again in 1317, Thomas Fanning received Knight's Fees, also in Clomantagh. The Fanning neighbours in the 1420s were Archdeacon, Butler, Purcell, Cantwell, St. Leger, de la Freyne, Le Poer, Tobin, Shortall, Archer, Fleming, Erley, Fitzgerald, Barron, Rocheford, Malherbe, Carew, Bigod, Grace.^[1][2][3]

For the first names of Fannings in south Ireland, consult the Calendar of Ormond Deeds.^[4][5] These are legal and land transactions in 6 volumes covering 1172 to 1603. A wealth of names and locations, and often useful for specifying family relationships (e.g., Geoffrey Fannyng, "son of Nicholas", lord of Ballyngarry, in Vol.4, 1509-1547). Many spelling variations including Fanyn(g)(e) and Fan(n)yng.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "15th Century Royal Service in County Kilkenny"
   • https://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/history/royal_service_1423.htm
2. ↑ "The Fanning Family: Early Documented History"
   • https://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/history/fanning.html
3. ↑ "Knights' Fees in County Kilkenny"
   • http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/history/knights_fees.htm
4. ↑ Search here for "Ormond Deeds" to see all 6 volumes in PDF format:
   • https://www.irishmanuscripts.ie/product-category/imc-digital-editions/
5. ↑ Note: "Ormond" refers to the lands of the Earls of Ormond, a title created by King Edward III in 1328 for James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond. The 6 volumes of the Ormond Deeds were kept for centuries in Kilkenny Castle and transcribed by historian Edmund Curtis in the 1930s.
6. ↑ According to W.F. Brooks, p.6:
   • "The present form [of the surname], ending in -ing, seems to have become established in the 16th century. Then and subsequently we find the forms Fanyng, Fannyng, Fannynge, Fanynge, Faning, Fanyin, Fannying, Fannyn, Fanningc, Fannen, Fanan, Fannin, and Fannon."
     • https://archive.org/details/historyfanningf00broogoog/page/n32/mode/2up

• WikiTree profile Fanning-147 created through the import of My Family File072211.ged on Jul 25, 2011 by Grady Lucas.