Baron Furnivall

Baron Furnivall is an ancient title in the Peerage of England. It was originally created (by writ) when Thomas de Furnivall was summoned to the Model Parliament of 1295 as Lord Furnivall. The barony later passed to Thomas Nevill, who had married Joan de Furnivall, and was summoned to parliament in her right. His daughter, Maud de Neville, married John Talbot, who was also summoned to parliament in her right. He was later created Earl of Shrewsbury. On the death of the seventh earl in 1616, the barony fell into abeyance. The abeyance was terminated in favour of Alathea Howard in 1651 and passed through her to the Dukes of Norfolk. On the death of the ninth Duke in 1777, the barony again fell into abeyance. In 1913 the abeyance was terminated again in favour of Mary Frances Katherine Dent (née Petre), daughter of Bernard Henry Philip Petre, 14th Baron Petre. Through her father she was a great-great-great-granddaughter of the ninth Baron Petre and his first wife Anne Howard, niece of Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk and 18th Baron Furnivall, who became co-heir to the Barony on her uncle's death in 1777. On Lady Furnivall's death in 1968 the barony fell into abeyance for the third time.

Barons Furnivall (1295)

*Thomas de Furnivall, 1st Baron Furnivall (d. 1332)
*Thomas de Furnivall, 2nd Baron Furnivall (1301-1339)
*Thomas de Furnivall, 3rd Baron Furnivall (1322-1364)
*William de Furnivall, 4th Baron Furnivall (d. 1383)
*Thomas Nevill, 5th Baron Furnivall (d. 1407)
*John Talbot, 6th Baron Furnivall (1390-1453) (created Earl of Shrewsbury in 1442)
*John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (1413-1460)
*John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (1448-1473)
*George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (1468-1538)
*Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury (1500-1560)
*George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (1522-1590)
*Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (1552-1616) (abeyant 1616)
*Co-heirs: Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (died 1649 without issue); Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent (died 1651 without issue); and Alethea Howard, Countess of Arundel (died 1654 with issue)
*Alethea Howard, 13th Baroness Furnivall (d. 1654) (abeyance terminated as sole heir 1651)
*Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk (1627-1677)
*Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (1628-1684)
*Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk (1655-1701)
*Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk (1683-1732)
*Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk (1685-1777) (abeyant 1777)
*List of co-heirs

*Mary Frances Katherine Dent, 19th Baroness Furnivall (1900-1968) (abeyance terminated by Crown 1913, abeyant 1968)

Co-heiresses: Rosamond Dent and The Hon. Mrs. Patricia Mary Bence, daughters of the 19th Baroness.

As Rosamond Dent is a nun (Sister Ancilla Dent, OSB), hence without issue, the barony will, upon her death, come out of abeyance either to the Hon. Mrs. Bence, or if she predeceases him, to Francis Walton Petre Hornsby (b. 21 April 1958), Mrs. Bence's son.

ee also

*Earl of Shrewsbury
*Duke of Norfolk
*Baron Petre