Robert de Holland,1st Baron Holand was an English nobleman,born in Lancashire.
Richard Folville was a member of the infamous Folville Gang captained by his older brother Eustace.
Eustace Folville was an English criminal and outlaw who is credited with assassinating the unpopular Sir Roger de Beler,Baron of the Exchequer and henchman of the despised Hugh le Despencer and King Edward II. He was the most active member of the Folville Gang,which engaged in acts of vigilantism and outlawry in Leicestershire in the early 1300s,often on the behalf of others.
The Folville gang was an armed band of criminals and outlaws active in the English county of Leicestershire in the early 14th century,led by Eustace Folville.
Ralph de Cromwell,1st Baron Cromwell 2nd creation,Tattershall in Lincolnshire,was an English peer. He was summoned to the House of Lords as Lord Cromwell in 1375.
This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Leicestershire,United Kingdom. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct,so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972,on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff. The High Sheriff changes every March.
Ashby Folville is a village and former civil parish,now in the parish of Gaddesby,in the Melton district of Leicestershire,England,south west of Melton Mowbray. In 1931 the parish had a population of 123.
Folville is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Roger Beler was a Baron of the Exchequer and right-hand man of Hugh le Despencer and King Edward II. Beler was killed by the Folville gang in 1326.
John Boyville (1391-c.1467) was a major landowner who served as a Member of Parliament for Leicestershire and for Rutland respectively in 1453-4 and 1460–1.
Sir ManserMarmion,of Ringstone in Rippingale and Galby was an English Member of Parliament and Sheriff of Lincolnshire.
Sir William Burdet of Lowesby in Leicestershire,England,was a Member of Parliament for the county seat of Leicestershire.
Sir Robert Burdet was a Member of Parliament for Warwickshire and was Sheriff of Warwickshire.
John Marmion,Baron Marmion of Winteringham was an Anglo-Norman baron who represented Lincolnshire in Parliament and fought in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Sir John Marmion,Baron Marmion of Winteringham was an Anglo-Norman baron who represented Lincolnshire in Parliament and fought in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Sir William de Paris was a Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire and soldier of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Sir Roger la Zouch was the instigator of the murder of Roger de Beler and also MP for Leicestershire in 1324,1331 and 1337 and Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire during the 1330s.
Sir William Trussell was an English politician and leading rebel in Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer,1st Earl of March's rebellion against Edward II. William acted as Speaker of the House of Commons and renounced the allegiance of England to Edward II,forcing his abdication,and became King Edward III's Secretary.
Sir Robert de Hellewell was a member of the Folville Gang that slew the corrupt Baron of the Exchequer,Sir Roger de Beler and was Rutland's MP in 1340.
William la Zouche,1st Baron Zouche (1276/86–1352),lord of the manor of Harringworth in Northamptonshire,was an English baron and soldier who fought in the Wars of Scottish Independence. He is referred to in history as "of Harringworth" to distinguish him from his first cousin Alan la Zouche,1st Baron la Zouche (1267–1314) of Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire.
