Over in England the source of all these attacks, the barons of England were doing their best to control the Kings dictatorial style and build up their own. They forced King John to sign the Magna Carta which gave barons more rights and common people less.
Sir Richard (Furlong), son of Thomas, also has little personal records to date. The Furlongs owned most of Shelimier West, west of the River Slaney according to records of the time. Richard owned 1500acres at least and no doubt there were other branches of the family who owned land also. We have a few fragments to date of other families. However I suspect that they would not own big places. It is my experience that the rich and most powerful member of the family would absorb or take the most profitable land in the family.
The old Forth Barony ryme reads " Proud Devereux, Stiff Stafford, Dogged Lambert, Gay Rochford, Laughing Cheevers, Obstinate Hore, Cross Cafer, False Furlong and Showy Synnot and Gentleman Brune"
We do know it was considered the act of a traitor to marry into an Irish family. This was because it ended with identity with the Irish tribes. We also know that some Furlongs did intermarry with Irish because we have Irish first names in some families. If so the Furlongs would not have continued to be in the Royalist camp. Maybe only some of them were "false" or should we suggest "sensible".
In the course of time the Furlongs became a very powerful and influential family. They engaged in many rebellions and fights with the government forces and in the old Barony of Forth doggerel they are alluded to as "Valse Furlongs". They generally sided with the Irish MacMurrough, Kavanaghs, hense the description "False".
Sir Richard (Furlong), son of Thomas, also has little personal records to date. The Furlongs owned most of Shelimier West, west of the River Slaney according to records of the time. Richard owned 1500acres at least and no doubt there were other branches of the family who owned land also. We have a few fragments to date of other families. However I suspect that they would not own big places. It is my experience that the rich and most powerful member of the family would absorb or take the most profitable land in the family.
The old Forth Barony ryme reads " Proud Devereux, Stiff Stafford, Dogged Lambert, Gay Rochford, Laughing Cheevers, Obstinate Hore, Cross Cafer, False Furlong and Showy Synnot and Gentleman Brune"
We do know it was considered the act of a traitor to marry into an Irish family. This was because it ended with identity with the Irish tribes. We also know that some Furlongs did intermarry with Irish because we have Irish first names in some families. If so the Furlongs would not have continued to be in the Royalist camp. Maybe only some of them were "false" or should we suggest "sensible".
In the course of time the Furlongs became a very powerful and influential family. They engaged in many rebellions and fights with the government forces and in the old Barony of Forth doggerel they are alluded to as "Valse Furlongs". They generally sided with the Irish MacMurrough, Kavanaghs, hense the description "False".
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