William de Furness (died about 1203)
Also known as William le Fleming.
Events
Date of Birth: uncertain.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The Lancashire VCH (8:sub Furness) states that William, as son and heir of Michael de Furness, attested a charter in about 1157. Farrer (Inquests, pp. 83-84) states that William was under age at his father’s death, which Farrer states was probably in 1175, after Michaelmas, and that “he appears to have attained his majority and had livery of his lands in 1186.” It would seem, if Farrer is right, that the William who attested the 1157 charter must be different from the William who had livery in 1186. However, Washington (p. 72) states that the evidence supports a birth date of about 1150, and that William’s father died in 1185 or 1186.
Date of Death: about 1203.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by the Lancashire VCH (8:sub Furness). William, son of Michael le Fleming of Furness is recorded as being in the Pipe Roll of 6 John (1203-1204) (Farrer, Pipe Rolls, p. 185).
Relationships
Father: Michael le Fleming.
This relationship is given by the Lancashire VCH (8:sub Furness). It is recorded in the Pipe Roll of 6 John (1203-1204) (Farrer, Pipe Rolls p. 185).
(possible) Mother: Christian de Stainton.
This relationship is given by Washington (p. 71) and by Weis (34-26, p. 43) who state that Christian was the daughter of Gilbert, lord of Stainton in Kendal.
Spouse: Aline (Alice, Ada).
This relationship is given by the Lancashire VCH (8:sub Furness). “Ada or Aline” is recorded as William’s widow in the Pipe Roll of 6 John (1203-1204) (Farrer, Pipe Rolls p. 185). Washington (p. 72 fn. 104) and Weis (34-26, p. 43) give Aline’s parents as Thomas of Workington and Grace.
Children:
William.
References
Brownbill, John, and John Christopher Atkinson (eds.). The Coucher Book of Furness Abbey. (Manchester: Printed for the Chetham Society, volume 9 New Series, 1886; volume 11, 1887).
Farrer, William. Lancashire Inquests, Extents, and Feudal Aids. (Liverpool: Record Society of Lancaster and Cheshire, Vol. LXX, 1915-16).
Farrer, William (transcriber and annotator). The Lancashire Pipe Rolls and Early Lancashire Charters. (Liverpool, 1902).
A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8 (Victoria County Histories, 1914).
Washington, S. H. Lee. The Early History of the Stricklands of Sizergh. (Boston, 1942).
Weis, Frederick Lewis, and Walter Lee Sheppard,Jr. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists (8th ed.) (Baltimore, 2004).