Ashby Folville
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Ashby Folville is a village and former
History
The village of 'Ashby' was recorded in the
By the time of the Leicestershire Survey of 1124-29 the manor had passed from Judith to her daughter Maud, Countess of Huntingdon and her husband King David I of Scotland.[3]
On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and its 1,796 acres (727 ha) were merged with Gaddesby.[4]
The Folville Family
The Folville element of the placename comes from a family that had its seat here since at least 1137 when its lordship was held of the Honour of Huntingdon by Fulk de Folville.[5] The family name, ultimately derived from Folleville in the French region of Picardy, was attached to several other sites in Leicestershire, including the deserted village of Newbolt Folville.[6]
They seem to have gained most their estate at the beginning of the 12th century. Several of their possessions, such as Ashby and the manor at
The Folvilles were rebels during both Barons Wars; Sir William Folville (died about 1240) had his lands seized for his part in the First Barons' War in 1216[5] and Sir Eustace Folville (murdered in 1274) was one of the knights appointed to enforce the Provisions of Oxford in 1258[8][page needed] and stoutly defended Kenilworth Castle after the Battle of Evesham in 1265.[5][page needed]
The family gained renown during the reign of
The Folville Gang flitted in and out of outlawry for many years, but, apart from Richard Folville, vicar of Teigh, who was beheaded in his own churchyard, they ended with their freedom intact.
The manor of Ashby eventually passed via marriage from the Folvilles to the Woodfords and then Smiths.[5]
Landmarks
After World War II, a resettlement camp for
Religious sites
References
- Cites
- A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "The Domesday Book Index". Haughton.net. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
- ^ Farnham 1919–20.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Ashby Folville AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Nichols 1795.
- ^ Primrose 1889, p. 17.
- ^ Hoskins 1964, p. 82.
- ^ Page 1935.
- ^ Lumley 1895.
- ^ Fryde 1979.
- ^ "Polish reunion is resounding success", Melton Times 14 Sept 2010
- ^ Firth 1926, p. 272-5.
- Sources
- Farnham, George (1919–20). Leicestershire Manors: The Manors of Allexton, Appleby and Ashby Folville (PDF). Leicester: Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society.
- Firth, J.B. (1926). Highways and Byways in Leicestershire. London: Macmillan.
- Fryde, Natalie (1979). The Tyranny and Fall of Edward II 1321-1326. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521222013.
- Hoskins, W.G. (1964). A History of the County of Leicestershire: Gartree Hundred. Vol. V. London: Boydell and Brewer.
- Lumley, Joseph (1895). Chronicon Henry Knighton. Vol. I. London: HMSO.
- Nichols, John (1795). The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester. Leicester: John Nichols.
- Page, William (1935). A History of the County of Rutland. London: Victoria County History.
- Primrose, Catherine L.W. (1889). The Battle Abbey Roll: with some account of the Norman lineages. Vol. I. London: John Murray.
External links
- Media related to Ashby Folville at Wikimedia Commons
- Ashby [Folville] in the Domesday Book