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2 giorni fa · 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.
4 giorni fa · The second Duke of Montagu had an elder daughter Isabella, who married in 1723 William second Duke of Manchester (d.s.p. 1739). Therefore in 1774 the lorddhip was held by the Duchess of Montagu and the Dowager Duchess of Manchester; West, Furness, 143. The former died in 1775.
3 giorni fa · William de Lancaster III gave EGTON and Scathwaite to Furness Abbey with his body. In 1535 the abbey had a rent of £8 2s. 4d. from Egton and £2 from Scathwaite, and in 1649 it was reported that a court baron was held there in January or February each year.
1 giorno fa · Barrow and Furness, formerly known as Barrow-in-Furness, is a UK Parliament constituency in Cumbria. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Michelle Scrogham of the Labour Party since 2024.
5 giorni fa · Viscount Charles Townsend invented the ‘Norfolk four course‘ system of rotation, Robert Bakewell transformed the breeding of cattle and sheep by selecting traits that were desirable for meat breeds.
2 giorni fa · The defendant, who claimed in right of William Sawrey, purchaser from William Fleming, denied that there was a single lordship called Furness, there being many manors in it. He submitted that though 'the supposed custom of tenant right' was used in the marches of Scotland, the people of Lancashire were 'chargeable to serve the queen ...
2 giorni fa · 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).
