William of Thwing, 2nd Baron Thwing

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William of Thwing, 2nd Baron Thwing (also William of Thweng ) († 1341 ) was an English nobleman.

William of Thwing came from the English Thwing family . He was the second son of Marmaduke of Thwing, 1st Baron Thwing and his wife Isabel de Ros . Since his older brother Marmarduke had died in 1297, he inherited the family estates in Yorkshire and the title of Baron Thwing after the death of his father in 1323 . On December 30, 1324 he was appointed to a parliament once .

In 1333 King Edward III sent Thwing to Naples . From there he was supposed to bring to England Thomas Gurney , who had been caught in Naples and was accused of the murder of Edward II . Thwing traveled overland to Naples and found Gurney apparently in such poor physical condition that he had to buy clothes, shoes and a bed for him. To do this, he hired two doctors to take care of Gurney. Then Thwing Gurney took by ship to Tarragona in Aragón , from where they traveled overland to Bayonne in Gascony , which was under English rule . The English king sent a ship to Bayonne to bring Gurney to England. However, Gurney fell ill and died. But since the king had offered a bounty for Gurney, whether dead or alive, Thwing had the body embalmed in Bordeaux and transferred it to England. He traveled by ship to Tynemouth , from where he rode to Berwick . There he met the king on July 6, 1333 and told him about his trip. He charged the King £ 350 for his expenses.

Thwing had married Katherine , daughter of Thomas de Furnivall, 1st Baron Furnivall . But since he died childless, his two younger brothers Robert and Thomas inherited the family properties one after the other . Since both were clergy, they did not bear the title of Baron Thwing and died childless. With the death of Thomas of Thwing in 1374 the title fell into Abeyance and the family estates were divided between the sisters of Thwing and their descendants.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernard Burke: Thweng barons Thweng. In: A Genealogical History of the Dormant. Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Harrison, London 1866, p. 532.
  2. ↑ Alison Weir: Isabella. She-Wolf of France, Queen of England . London, Pimlico 2006. ISBN 0-7126-4194-7 , p. 359.
  3. ^ Roy Martin Haines: Sir Thomas Gurney of Englishcombe in the County of Somerset, Regicide? In: Proceedings of the Somerset Archeology and Natural History , 147 (2003), p. 61
predecessor Office successor
Marmaduke of Thwing Baron Thwing
1323-1341 		Robert of Thwing
personal data
SURNAME Thwing, William of, 2nd Baron Thwing
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thweng, William of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 13th century or 14th century
DATE OF DEATH 1341