Early Life
Thomas Bosvile was the son of
Adam Bosvile and his wife
Matilda ___.
Career and Family Life
Thomas married
Alice de Gunthwaite, the daughter of
John de Gunthwaite and through this marriage the holding of Gunthwaite was added to the family. See my page on Alice for some history about the Gunthwaites and Gunthwaite Hall itself.
From
Fortunes1:
Thomas de Bosville not only added a property to his family possessions, but also added to his arms. Godfrey in the Memoirs tells us, giving as his authority vol. i. of Rapin’s History of England, that Thomas de Bosville fought in the battle of Poitiers in 1356, and on that field slew "a French knight." By itself this does not sound a great achievement on a day when so many French knights perished, but there must have been some special virtue in the deed, for on this account Thomas "won in battle" the three black bears’ heads upon the Bosville shield.
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In 1381 Thomas obtained a grant of free warren in all his demesne lands of Denby, Gunthwaite, Cawthorne, Barnsley, Keresford, Ardsley, Darfield, Wombwell and Worsborough. Truly a goodly list of lands to show for the three hundred years his family had now lived in England.
Thomas and Alice had three sons and a daughter:
- Roger first son and heir but who died vita patris having issue with an Alicia ____
- Thomas
- Richard
- Margaret
Bef 1344 - Abt 1388 (> 44 years)