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Waltheof (1050-1076)
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Anglo Saxon Earl, Waltheof, son of Sigurd Björnsson (also known as Siward the Dane) by his wife, Aelfled of the princely house of Bamburgh of Northumbria. Waltheof was recorded in the Domesday book as having had a Hall at Hallam (during the reigns of Edward the Confessor, Harold Godwinson and Edgar Ætheling). He submitted to the Norman King, William the Conqueror at Senlac, after the Battle of Hastings, and was allowed to keep his title and lands.

Waltheof married Judith of Lens, William's niece (daughter of his sister, Adelaide) but he subsequently participated in more than one uprising against William. was eventually executed for treason, at Winchester in 1076 but Countess Judith was allowed, by William, to keep her husband's lands.

Roger de Busli (1038-c.1099)
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Roger de Busli,a Norman Baron who already held lands on the Yorkshire-Derbyshire border, became Judith's principal tenant and thus acquired rights to Sheffield and Hallam, as well as Attercliffe, Tickhill and the lands in between. De Busli outlived King William I (the Conqueror) and maintained his position into the reign of William II. He had a son, Roger, by his wife Muriel (née Chappell), but the infant died shortly after his father, around 1100 and his rights passed to another Norman, his sub-tenant, William de Lovetot.

William de Lovetot (????c.1080?-????c.1130?)
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William, Lord of Hallamshire, son of the Norman Baron Ricardus Surdus, was an Anglo-Norman Baron from Huntingdonshire. He held Sheffield during the reign of William II. He had four sons, by his wife Emma; Richard, Nigel, Henry and Hugh.

Richard de Lovetot (????c.1110?-????c.1160?)
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Richard held Sheffield during the reigns of William II and his brother Henry I. He had a son, William, by his wife Cecilia.

The Second William de Lovetot (????c.1130?-1181)
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William held Sheffield during the reigns of Henry I, the Empress Matilda and Henry II. He married Maud, daughter of Walter Fitz Robert, and they had a daughter, also named Maud, who was later given in marriage in 1204, by Richard I (Coeur de Lion), to Gerard de Furnival, whose father (also Gerard) had accompanied Richard to the Holy Land *repeated ref.

The Second Richard de Lovetot (????c.1140?-????c.1190?)
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Richard, William's cousin (son of his brother, Nigel) held Sheffield briefly, during the reigns of Henry I and Richard I, until William's daughter, Maud, married Gerard de Furnival.

Gerard de Furnival (Furnivalle) (c.1175–1219)
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Gerard became Lord of Sheffield, after he married Maud in 1204, a title which he, and his direct descendents held for around 200 years. He held Sheffield during the reigns of Richard I, King John and Henry III.

Gerard had 3 sons and 3 daughters with Maud. When he died, in the Crusades, his eldest son, Thomas, became his successor.

Thomas de Furnival (????c.1206?-????c.1260?)
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Thomas also subsequently died in the crusades and was succeeded by his son, Thomas.

The Second Thomas de Furnival (????c.1230?-????c>c.1280?)
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Thomas, Baron de Furnival (1270 - 13???)
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Thomas de Furnival - was born in 1270 in Loughborough, Leicestershire. He married Joan Le Despencer c.1272]. Joan had been born c.[[1252, also in Loughborough. She was the daughter of Sir Hugh Le Despencer and the Countess of Norfolk, Iline Bassett. They had a child named Thomas de Furnival.

Thomas was summoned to Parliament, by Edward I, in 1294 as Baron de Furnival. In 1297 the Baron granted the people of Sheffield their first charter, by which all free tenants were conceded the freehold of their occupancies (upon payment of yearly dues) and liberated from all other "tolls and exactions". It was this group who formed a corporation known as the Burgery of Free Tenants which assumed the management of Sheffield's affairs for the Baron (other than those of an ecclesiastical nature).

The Fourth Thomas de Furnival (c.1296 -????)
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Thomas Furnival was born c.1296 in Alton, Staffordshire. He married Joan de Vernon c.1317. Joan had been born c.1300, also in Alton. They had a child named William de Furnival

William de Furnival (1326 - 1383)
was born on 23 Aug 1326 in Alton, Staffordshire, England and died on 12 Apr 1383. He was the son of Thomas Furnival and Joan de Vernon. William married Thomasine Dagworth before 20 Jan 1365/1366. Thomas was born about 1344 in Raby, Durham, England. She died on 20 Jul 1409. They had a child named Joan de Furnival

Thomas Neville 5th. Baron Furnival(c.1362 - c.1406)
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Joan de Furnival, 5th. Baroness Furnival, was born in the November of 1368 in Alton, Staffordshire, England. She married Thomas Neville c.1370 in Alton. Thomas had been born c.1362 in Raby, Durham, England. He was the son of John Neville and Maud de Percy. Thomas and Joan had a child named Maude de Neville

John Talbot, First Earl of Shrewsbury (b. circa 1390, d. 20 July 1453)
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Maude de Neville, 6th. Baroness Furnival, was born c.1391 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire and died c.1421. She married John Talbot c.1406.

John had been born c.1390, also in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He was the son of Richard Talbot, 4th Lord Talbot and Ankaret le Strange.

John and Maude had three children; Lady Joan Talbot, John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury and Sir Christopher Talbot.

Talbot's second wife was Lady Margaret Beauchamp, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley, on 6 September 1425.

John and Margaret had four children; Sir Lewis Talbot, John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle, Sir Humphrey Talbot and Elizabeth Talbot.

General John Talbot was summoned to Parliament by King ??????? around 1406, as 6th. Baron Furnival. Having achieved considerable distinction in the wars of the period, during which he saw much active service; in Ireland, where he was made Lord Lieutenant, and in France. In 1442 he was created First Earl of Shrewsbury in recognition of his service.

He continued in active service and died on 20 July 1453 during the last encounter of the Hundred Years War, at the Battle of Castillon, Gascony, France surrounded, according to legend, by a bodyguard of his Sheffield tenants, all of whom were slain with him.

John Talbot, Second Earl of Shrewsbury (1413-1460)
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John Talbot was born on the 12th. of December 1413, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He married Elizabeth Butler c.1445 in Ormond, Ireland. Elizabeth had been born c.1420 in Ormond. She was the daughter of James Le Butler and Joan Beauchamp. She died on the 8th. of September 1473 in Shrewsbury Abbey, Shropshire. They had a daughter named Anne Talbot and a son, John.

The second Earl was killed in the Wars of the Roses, at Northampton, on the 10th. of July 1460.

John Talbot, Third Earl of Shrewsbury (14??-14??)
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The third Earl was also killed in battle, while still in his 20s. His son, George, succeeded him at only five years of age.

George Talbot, Fourth Earl of Shrewsbury (1???-15??)
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The fourth Earl was was brought up under the protection of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and Salisbury (the so-called King-Maker). Talbot became Lord Steward of the Household, to Henry VIII and was made the King's Lieutenant- General of the North.

After Henry ordered Cardinal Thomas Wolsey to be arrested for high treason in November 1531, the Earl held Wolsey at Sheffield Manor, at the king's request. Wolsey, however became ill and, after 18 days set off for London. His illness worsened and he died, at Leicester, before reaching his destination.

George, became a Knight of the Garter and was created Earl of Shrewsbury, Wexford, and Waterford, Lord Talbot, Furnival, Vandon, and Strange. He was married twice, his first wife was the Countess Anne Hastings (who died in 1511) and the second, the Countess Elizabeth. Elizabeth died in 1567. The Earl held Sheffield until his death in ????.

Francis Talbot, Fifth Earl of Shrewsbury (15??-15??)
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Francis Talbot, Sixth Earl of Shrewsbury (15??-1???)
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The sixth Earl was the fourth husband of "Bess Of Hardwicke". She only married Talbot, and became Countess, after two of her children (by her previous marriage to Sir William Cavendish, ancestor of the Dukes of Devonshire) married into the Talbot family too. Her daughter Mary to his son Gilbert, and her son Henry to his daughter Grace.

At one time, "Bess" had been imprisoned in the Tower of London by Elizabeth I due to "intrigue" with Mary Queen of Scots. (In fact, Hardwicke gave her daughter, Elizabeth, in marriage to Charles Stuart of the royal family of Scotland).

Later, however, she "intrigued" with Elizabeth I against Mary and, subsequently, Mary was imprisoned in Sheffield for 14 years, at the Earl of Shrewsbury's Sheffield Castle and Manor. The Countess made charges against the Earl and his captive, which led to the her appearance before the Privy Council, where she was forced to withdraw them.

Gilbert Talbot, Seventh Earl of Shrewsbury (1???-1???)
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The seventh Earl had no sons and when he died his estate passed to Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, who, in 1606, had married the Earl's daughter, the Lady Alethea Talbot.

Thomas Howard, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey (???? - ????)
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Howard was created heredetary Earl Marshal of Norfolk in 1621, and Earl of Norfolk in 1644.

??? Howard, Earl Of Norfolk (???? - ????)
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Thomas Howard, Duke Of Norfolk (???? - ????)
Charles II subsequently restored the tittle of Duke, and Thomas was appointed Duke of Norfolk, in 1664.

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