William de Luvetot

William de Luvetot born about 1150 died 1181

father:

• Richard de Luvetot born about 1120 died 1171

mother:

• Cecily de Brito born April 1125

spouse:

• Maud Fitzwalter de Clare born 1161 died 1196

children:

• Maud de Luvetot born 1178 died 23 June 1247

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WILLIAM DE LOVETOT

Not long after the Conquest, we find William de Lovetot possessed of Hallam, Attercliffe, Sheffield, and other places in Yorkshire, and we subsequently trace his family, for three generations, as feudal Lords of Hallamshire. Little attention has been paid by our genealogists to the origin of this potent house, but certain it is that its benign influence laid the foundation of the prosperity which that district of Yorkshire enjoys to this day. The feudal chieftain of the time of our early Norman Kings in his baronial hall, presents not at all times an object which can be contemplated with satisfaction by those who regard power but as a trust, to be administered for the general good. With authority little restricted by law or usage, he had the power of oppressing as well as benefiting the population by which he was surrounded, and many doubtless were the hearts which power so excessive seduced. It is gratifying when we find those who could overcome its seductive influence. And such seem to have been the family of De Lovetot. Few of their transactions have come down to us, but none which leave a blot upon their memory, and some which shew that they had a great and humane regard for the welfare of those whom the arrangements of Providence had made more immediately dependant on them. One of their first cares was to plant churches on their domains, and their religious zeal is still further displayed by the foundation and endowment of the splendid monastery of Worksop. The last of the male line of the Lovetots, William, Lord of Hallamshire, died between the 22nd and 27th years of the reign of Henry II., leaving an only daughter, Matilda or Maud, then of very tender age. This lady was heir to her father's large possessions, and, through her mother, was nearly allied to the great house of Clare. Her wardship fell to the king, but Henry seems to have left it to his son and successor, Richard Coeur de Lion, to select the person to whom her hand should be given, and therefore to appoint to what new family the fair lordship of Sheffield should devolve. As might be expected, Richard chose the son of one of his companions in arms; and Maud de Lovetot was bestowed on Gerard de Furnival, a young Norman knight, son of another Gerard de Furnival, distinguished at the siege of Acre. Thus the Furnivals became possessed of the Lordship of Hallamshire, which eventually passed, through the marriage of their heiress, to the Talbots, Earls of Shrewsbury, and from them to the Howards, Dukes of Norfolk.

--(This name appears on the Battle Abbey Roll).

WILLIAM DE LOVETOT

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