Matilda (Furnival) Montgomery (abt. 1323 - aft. 1385)

Born about 1323 in Nottinghamshire, England

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Died after 1385 after about age 62 in Cubley, Derbyshire, England

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Maud de Furnival was born before 1340, a daughter of Thomas de Furnival.^[1][2]

Agreement whereby Wauter de Montgomery and Maud, his wife, agree to receive 40 marks of an annuity of £40 out of lands in Hallamshire, granted to the said Maud by Thomas de Furnivalle, father of William de Furnivalle, lord of Hallamshire, and of the said Maud, and 20 marks , the remainder of the said annuity, from Joan, widow of Thomas de Furnivalle, brother of the said William. Dated at Westminster, co. Midd. Dated as: Vigil of SS Simon and Jude, 40 Edward III.

Her father died on 14 Oct 1339.^[3]

Her husband was dead by Michaelmas 1374.^[2] [Cited H J H Garratt (ed), Derbyshire Feet of Fines 1323-1546; no.920].

In 1383 she was recorded in the Inquisition Post Mortem of William de Furnyvall, knight, in connection with the manor and castle of Sheffield.^[4]

Maud was still living in 1385 when she presented to Cubley church.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Agreement. Wauter de Montgomery, Maud his wife, and her father Thomas de Furnivalle. 27 Oct 1367. Collection Area: Western Manuscripts. Reference: Wolley Ch ix.50. British Library Catalogue.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Bevan, R. Maud Furnival wife of Walter Montgomery of Cubley. Post of 2005. Soc. Gen. Medieval SGM.
3. ↑ Clay, J W. The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England. 1913, pp 82-83 Internet Archive.
4. ↑ M. C. B. Dawes, A. C. Wood and D. H. Gifford, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 26', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 15, Richard II (London, 1970), pp. 307-319. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol15/pp307-319 [accessed 30 July 2021]. Inquisition Post Mortem of William de Furnyvall, knight. Item 784.
5. ↑ Charles Cox, The Churches of Derbyshire. v. 3, 1878, p. 94 Internet Archive.