Furneaux Family History

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Major General William Furneaux: A Military Legacy

Royal Artillery Major General William Furneaux (1791 to 1862) served in the Napoleonic Wars, or more properly the Peninsular Wars, in Spain. He served in a number of different artillery battalions over the years, starting his armed service at the age of 17 as a 2nd lieutenant and retired as

Furneaux as Sheriffs of England

Furneaux have held a variety of posts in service to the crown of England over many years. In my mind this reinforces the view of them as loyal subjects, and in return they were often entrusted with key roles and responsibilities. Image is created by MidJourney of a Sheriff exercising

Furneaux holdings in the Domesday book ... and their taxation

The Domesday Book is one of the oldest books held in the UK National Archives, and contains a great deal of information for those of us keen to trace our ancestry. It also has a lot of information about landholdings and, as a consequence, also of taxation and duties. The

Ansketil de Fourneaux [1068]

Palmer J, Slater G. Ainderby Steeple Open Domesday. http://opendomesday.org/place/SE3392/ainderby-steeple/ Accessed April 10, 2018. Ansketil derives from Old Norse, directly introduced to England. The name is often found as Asketil, Aschetil, Anschetil and similar (in Latin, as Aschetillus, Ansketillus, etc.). Derived from Old Norse áss "