FERRERS FAMILY

I. DERBY LINE

Henry De FERRIERS

Born: ABT 980, Ferrieres, Normandy, France

Notes: the son of Egenulf De Feriers, Master of the House of the Duke of Normandy, who obtained of William, the Conqueror, large grants of land in the counties of Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire. It is said he took an active part in the Battle of Hastings, having invaded England with the Conqueror.

Father: Egenulf De FERRIERS

Mother: ¿?

Married: Bertha ?

Children:

1. Walchelinde De FERRERS


Walchelinde De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1010, Tutbury, Stafford, England

Died: 1089

Father: Henry De FERRIERS

Mother: Bertha ?

Married: Mahaut ?

Children:

1. Isabel De FERRERS

2. Hugh De FERRERS

3. Henry De FERRERS (Sir Knight)

4. Robert De FERRERS (b. ABT 1039)

5. Adeliza De FERRERS

6. William De FERRERS

7. Adam De FERRERS of Wallingcourt


Isabel De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1034, Ferrieres, Normandy, France

Father: Walchelinde De FERRERS

Mother: Mahaut ?

Married: Roger De MORTIMER


Hugh De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1038, Ferrieres, Normandy, France

Died: 1204

Father: Walchelinde De FERRERS

Mother: Mahaut ?

Married: Margaret De SAY


Adeliza De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1046, Ferrieres, Normandy, France

Father: Walchelinde De FERRERS

Mother: Mahaut ?

Married: Hughes SOHIER of Heries


William De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1048, Ferrieres, Normandy, France

Father: Walchelinde De FERRERS

Mother: Mahaut ?

Married: Isabel De CHARTRES


Adam De FERRERS of Wallingcourt

Born: ABT 1050, Ferrieres, Normandy, France

Father: Walchelinde De FERRERS

Mother: Mahaut ?

Married: Odeline MAUVOISEN


Henry De FERRERS (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1036, Ferrieres, Normandy, France

Died: 1088, Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England

Buried: Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England

Father: Walchelinde De FERRERS

Mother: Mahaut ?

Married: Bertha ROBERTS ABT 1061, Normandy, France

Children:

1. Gundreda De FERRERS

2. Eugenulph De FERRERS

3. Amice De FERRERS

4. Emmeline De FERRERS

5. Robert De FERRERS (1º E. Derby)

6. William De FERRERS

7. Engenulf De FERRERS


Gundreda De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1072, Darley, Derbyshire, England

Father: Henry De FERRERS (Sir Knight)

Mother: Bertha ROBERTS

Married: Robert "The Admiral" Le BLOUNT (1° B. Ixworth) ABT 1054, Ixworth, Suffolk, England

Children:

1. Gilbert Le BLOUNT (2° B. Ixworth)


Robert De FERRERS (1º E. Derby)

Born: ABT 1062, Darley, Derbyshire, England

Died: 1139

Father: Henry De FERRERS (Sir Knight)

Mother: Bertha ROBERTS

Married: Hawise De VITRE (C. Derby) ABT 1087, Brittany, France

Children:

1. Dau. De FERRERS

2. William De FERRERS

3. Walchelinde De FERRERS

4. Maud De FERRERS

5. Robert De FERRERS (2º E. Derby)

6. Hawise De FERRERS

7. Dau. De FERRERS

8. Isolda De FERRERS


Dau. De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1090, Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England

Father: Robert De FERRERS (1º E. Derby)

Mother: Hawise De VITRE (C. Derby)

Married: Ralph De PAYNELL

Children:

1. Hawise De PAYNELL (m. Roger De Berkeley)


Dau. De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1113, Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England

Father: Robert De FERRERS (1º E. Derby)

Mother: Hawise De VITRE (C. Derby)

Married: Walchelin De MANIOT


Robert De FERRERS (2º E. Derby)

Born: ABT 1100, Okeham, Derbyshire, England

Died: BEF 1160, Mereval, Warwickshire, England

Buried: Abbey of Mereval, Warwickshire, England

Father: Robert De FERRERS (1º E. Derby)

Mother: Hawise De VITRE (C. Derby)

Married 1: ¿? ABT 1115

Married 2: Margaret PEVERELL (C. Derby) ABT 1135, Nottinghamshire, England

Children:

1. William De FERRERS (3º E. Derby)

2. Petronelle De FERRERS (b. ABT 1175)


William De FERRERS (3º E. Derby)

Acceded: BEF 1160

Died: 1190, Siege of Acre, Palestine

Notes: There is substantial confusion over his name. See The Complete Peerage V4.p193 for an account. Could have been two brothers, William and Robert. Robert being the Earl and when he died at Acre his nephew William son of his brother William suceeded, but no documents support this theory either.

Father: Robert De FERRERS (2º E. Derby)

Mother: Margaret PEVERELL (C. Derby)

Married 1: Sibyl De BRAIOSE (m.2 Adam De Port, Lord Basing)

Children:

1. William De FERRERS (4º E. Derby)

2. Agatha De FERRERS

3. Elizabeth De FERRERS

4. Millicent De FERRERS

5. Robert De FERRERS

6. Pernell De FERRERS

Married 2: Goda De TOENI

Children:

7. Robert De FERRERS of Eggington

8. Isabel De FERRERS


Pernell De FERRERS

Born: 1168/1170

Father: William De FERRERS (3º E. Derby)

Mother: Sibyl De BRAIOSE

Married: Henry De STAFFORD 1214

Children:

1. Robert De STAFFORD


Agatha De FERRERS

Notes: It is known that Agatha was a mistress of John, but it is only supposition that she is the mother of his child.

Father: William De FERRERS (3º E. Derby)

Mother: Sibyl De BRAIOSE

Associated with: JOHN I "Lackland" PLANTAGENET (King of England)

Children:

1. Joan PLANTAGENET


Isabel De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1166, Ferrieres, Normandy, France

Died: 29 Apr 1240

Father: William De FERRERS (3º E. Derby)

Mother: Goda De TOENI

Married 1: Roger De MORTIMER of Wigmore (son of Hugh De Mortimer and Maud De Meschines)

Children:

1. Ralph De MORTIMER of Wigmore (b. 1190)

2. Roger MORTIMER

3. Joan De MORTIMER (b. 1194)

4. Robert De MORTIMER (b. 1198)

5. Phillip MORTIMER

6. Sybil MORTIMER

7. Sined MORTIMER (b. ABT 1200) (m. Andrew Perrot)

Married 2: Piers FITZHERBERT of Bladen BEF 1225


Robert De FERRERS of Eggington

Born: ABT 1165

Father: William De FERRERS (3º E. Derby)

Mother: Goda De TOENI

Married: Joan De BOCLAND

Children:

1. Ermentrude De FERRERS

2. Margery De FERRERS


Ermentrude De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1196

Died: AFT 1217

Father: Robert De FERRERS of Eggington

Mother: Joan De BOCLAND

Married 1: Roger TALBOT

Children:

1. Ermentruda TALBOT

Married: Henry FITZGERALD of Dudington

Children:

2. Alice FITZGERALD


Margery De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1200

Father: Robert De FERRERS of Eggington

Mother: Joan De BOCLAND

Married: John CHANDOS


William De FERRERS (4º E. Derby)

Born: ABT 1162, Ferrers, Derbyshire, England

Died: 22 Sep 1247

Notes: High Sheriff of Lancashire.

Father: William De FERRERS (3º E. Derby)

Mother: Sibyl De BRAIOSE

Married: Agnes De MESCHINES 1192, Cheshire, England

Children:

1. William De FERRERS (5º E. Derby)

2. Thomas De FERRERS (B. Chartley)

3. Sibyl De FERRERS

4. Hugh De FERRERS (Sir)

5. Bertha De FERRERS

6. Robert De FERRERS


Sibyl De FERRERS

Father: William De FERRERS (4º E. Derby)

Mother: Agnes De MESCHINES

Married: John De VESPONT of Westmoreland

Children:

1. Robert De VIPONT (m. Isabel Fitzgeoffrey)


Thomas De FERRERS (B. Chartley)

Acceded: 13 Jun 1266

Father: William De FERRERS (4º E. Derby)

Mother: Agnes De MESCHINES


Hugh De FERRERS (Sir)

Acceded: Bugbrooke

Died: BEF 10 Aug 1257

Father: William De FERRERS (4º E. Derby)

Mother: Agnes De MESCHINES

Married: Dau. De MOHAUT

Children:

1. Cecily De FERRERS


Cecily De FERRERS

Died: BEF 28 Jul 1290

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,p.306,note d.

Father: Hugh De FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Dau. De MOHAUT

Married 1: John De ODDINGSELLES

Married 2: Geoffrey De BEAUMONT (Sir)


William De FERRERS (5° E. Derby)

Born: ABT 1193, Derby, Derbyshire, England

Died: 24 Mar 1254, Evington, Leicestershire, England

Buried: 31 Mar 1254, Merevale Abbey, Merevale, Warwickshire, England

Father: William De FERRERS (4º E. Derby)

Mother: Agnes De MESCHINES

Married 1: Sibyl MARSHALL (dau. of William Marshall and Isabel De Clare) (m.2 Walter Dunstaville - m.3 Ingeram Pratellis) BEF 14 May 1219, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Children:

1. Isabel De FERRERS

2. Agnes De FERRERS

3. Joan De FERRERS

4. Maud (Matilda) De FERRERS

5. Sibyl De FERRERS

6. Eleanor De FERRERS

7. Aghata De FERRERS

8. John De FERRERS (Sir)

Married 2: Margaret De QUINCY ABT 1238

Children:

9. Robert De FERRERS (6º E. Derby)

10. William De FERRERS (Sir)

11. Agnes De FERRERS

12. Margaret De FERRERS

13. Elizabeth De FERRERS

14. Joan Margaret De FERRERS

15. Bertha De FERRERS


Agnes De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1222, Derby, Derbyshire, England

Died: 11 May 1290

Father: William De FERRERS (5º E. Derby)

Mother: Sybil MARSHALL

Married: William De VESCI


Joan De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1230

Died: Oct 1267

Father: William De FERRERS (5º E. Derby)

Mother: Sybil MARSHALL

Married 1: John De MOHUN

Children:

1. John De MOHUN

2. Margaret De MOHUN

Married 2: Robert De AGUILLON ABT 1256

Children:

3. Isabel De AGUILLON


Sibyl De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1225

Father: William De FERRERS (5º E. Derby)

Mother: Sybil MARSHALL

Married: Franco De BOHUN ABT 1265, Sussex, England

Children:

1. John De BOHUN (Sir)


Eleanor De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1232, Derby, Derbyshire, England

Died: BEF 12 Oct 1274, Leeds Priory, Kent, England

Buried: Leeds Priory

Notes: her third husbund died circa Oct 1271, being still alive in the middle of that month. Dower was assigned to his widow 2 Nov. She died before 26 Oct 1274. Complete Peerage VII:634, XIV:433.

Father: William De FERRERS (5º E. Derby)

Mother: Sybil MARSHALL

Married 1: William De VAUX

Married 2: Roger De QUINCY (E. Winchester) AFT 1245

Married 3: Roger De LEYBURN


Agatha De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1240, Derby, Derbyshire, England

Father: William De FERRERS (5º E. Derby)

Mother: Sybil MARSHALL

Married 1: Hugh De MORTIMER ABT 1255

Married 2: Eudo La ZOUCHE Lic 1254


Agnes De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1244, Derby, Derbyshire, England

Died: 11 May 1290

Father: William De FERRERS (5º E. Derby)

Mother: Margaret De QUINCY

Married: Robert De MUSCEGROS

Children:

1. Hawise De MUSCEGROS


Joan Margaret De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1248

Died: 19 Mar 1309/10, St. Augustines, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Buried: St. Augustines Abbey, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Father: William De FERRERS (5º E. Derby)

Mother: Margaret De QUINCY

Married: Thomas "The Wise" BERKELEY (Sir) 1267

Children:

1. Maurice "The Magnanamous" BERKELEY

2. Thomas De BERKELEY

3. Alice De BERKELEY

4. Margaret De BERKELEY

4. Isabel De BERKELEY

4. James De BERKELEY (Bishop of Exeter)

4. John De BERKELEY


Robert De FERRERS (6º E. Derby)

Born: 1239

Died: 1279

Father: William De FERRERS (5º E. Derby)

Mother: Margaret QUINCY

Married 1: Mary Le LUSIGNAN ABT 26 Jul 1249

Married 2: Alianore De BOHUN (C. Derby) 26 Jun 1269

Children:

1. John De FERRERS (1º B. Ferrers of Chartley)

2. Alianore De FERRERS (B. Fitzwalter)


Alianore De FERRERS (B. Fitzwalter)

Father: Robert De FERRERS (6º E. Derby)

Mother: Alianore De BOHUN (C. Derby)

Married: Robert FITZWALTER (1º B. FitzWalter) (w. of Devorguilla De Burgh) 1289, King's Chapel, Westminster

Children:

1. Ida FITZWALTER (b. ABT 1290 - d. 7 Nov 1361) (m.1 Roger De La Warde - m.2 Hugh De Neville)

2. Robert FITZWALTER (2º B. FitzWalter) (b. ABT 1300 - d. 6 May 1328) (m. Joan De Multon)



II. CHARTLEY LINE

John De FERRERS (1° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Born: 20 Jun 1271, Cardiff

Acceded: 1299

Died: 1312, Gascony

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp.305-310. Said to have been poisoned.

Father: Robert De FERRERS (6º E. Derby)

Mother: Alianore De BOHUN (C. Derby)

Married: Hawise De MUSCEGROS (b. 21 Dec 1276) ABT 1298

Children:

1. John De FERRERS (2° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

2. Robert De FERRERS (3° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

3. Pernell De FERRERS

4. Alianore De FERRERS


John De FERRERS (2° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Acceded: 8 Aug 1321

Died: 23 Jul 1324

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,p.310.

Father: John De FERRERS (1º B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Mother: Hawise De MUSCEGROS


Pernell De FERRERS

Father: John De FERRERS (1º B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Mother: Hawise De MUSCEGROS

Married: Richard De MONEMUTHE


Alianore De FERRERS

Father: John De FERRERS (1º B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Mother: Hawise De MUSCEGROS

Married: Thomas De LATHUM (Sir)


Robert De FERRERS (3° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Born: 25 Mar 1309

Died: 28 Aug 1350

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp.310-315.

Father: John De FERRERS (1º B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Mother: Hawise De MUSCEGROS

Married 1: Agnes (Margaret) BOHUN (B. Ferrers of Chartley) 21 Nov 1324, Caldecot, Northamptonshire, England

Children:

1. John De FERRERS (4° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Married 2: Joan De La MOTE (Lady of Willisham)

Children:

2. Robert De FERRERS (Sir)


Robert De FERRERS (Sir)

Born: BEF 1350

Acceded: Willisham

Died: 24 Dec 1380

Father: Robert De FERRERS (3° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Mother: Joan De La MOTE (Lady of Willisham)

Married: Elizabeth BUTLER 27 Sep 1369

Children:

1. Robert FERRERS (1º B. Ferrers of  Oversley)


Robert FERRERS (1º B. Ferrers of Oversley)

Born: ABT 1373/1375, Chartley, Staffordshire, England

Died: BEF 29 Nov 1396

Father: Robert De FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth BUTLER

Married: Joan BEAUFORT (C. Westmoreland) ABT 1392, Chateau De Beauf, Meurthe-et-Mosel, France

Children:

1. Elizabeth FERRERS

2. Mary FERRERS (B. Ferrers of Oversley)


Elizabeth FERRERS

Born: ABT 1393, Chartley, Staffordshire, England

Died: ABT 1434, York, Yorkshire, England

Buried: Black Friars, York, Yorkshire, England

Father: Robert FERRERS (1º B. Ferrers of  Oversley)

Mother: Joan BEAUFORT (C. Westmoreland)

Married: John GREYSTOKE 28 Oct 1407, Contract

Children:

1. Richard GREYSTOKE

2. Henry GREYSTOKE

3. William GREYSTOKE

4. Ralph GREYSTOKE (7º B. Greystoke of Greystoke)

5. Joan GREYSTOKE (B. Darcy of Knaith)

6. Anne GREYSTOKE

7. Thomas GREYSTOKE

8. Eleanor GREYSTOKE

9. John GREYSTOKE

10. Catherine GREYSTOKE (Nun at Barking) (b. ABT 1422)

11. Matilda GREYSTOKE

12. Elizabeth GREYSTOKE


Mary FERRERS (B. Ferrers of Oversley)

Born: ABT 1394, Oversley, Warwickshire, England

Died: 25 Jan 1457/58

Father: Robert FERRERS (1º B. Ferrers of  Oversley)

Mother: Joan BEAUFORT (C. Westmoreland)

Married: Ralph NEVILLE (Sir Knight) Oversley, Warwickshire, England

Children:

1. John NEVILLE of Womersley (Esq.)

2. Mary NEVILLE


John De FERRERS (4º B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Born: ABT 10 Aug 1331, Southoe

Acceded: 1350

Died: 3 Apr 1367, Najera, Spain

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp.313-315.

Father: Robert De FERRERS (3° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Mother: Agnes (Margaret) BOHUN (B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Married: Elizabeth STAFFORD (B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Children:

1. Robert De FERRERS (5° B. Ferrers of Chartley)


Robert De FERRERS (5º B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Born: 31 Oct 1357

Acceded: Merevale Abbey

Died: 12 Mar 1412

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp.315-317.

Father: John De FERRERS (4° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Mother: Elizabeth STAFFORD (B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Married 1: Elizabeth ?

Married 2: Margaret DESPENCER

Children:

1. Edmund FERRERS (6° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

2. Thomas FERRERS

3. Edward FERRERS

4. Phillippa FERRERS


Edward FERRERS

Died: 1415, Harfleur

Father: Robert De FERRERS (5° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Mother: Margaret DESPENCER


Phillippa FERRERS

Buried: Norton

Father: Robert De FERRERS (5° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Mother: Margaret DESPENCER

Married: Thomas GREENE (Sir)


Edmund FERRERS (6° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Born: BEF 1387

Acceded: 1412

Died: 17 Dec 1435

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp.317-319.

Father: Robert De FERRERS (5° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Mother: Margaret DESPENCER

Married: Ellen ROCHE (Lady of Castle Bromwich)

Children:

1. William FERRERS (7° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

2. Edmund FERRERS

3. Henry FERRERS

4. Richard FERRERS

5. Edward FERRERS

6. Joan FERRERS


Joan FERRERS

Father: Edmund FERRERS (6° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Mother: Ellen ROCHE (Lady of Castle Bromwich)

Married: John De CLINTON (5º B. Clinton of Marstoke) Contract ABT 29 Oct 1431, Chartley, Staffordshire, England

Children:

1. John CLINTON (6º B. Clinton of Marstoke)


Edmund FERRERS

Born: BEF 1429

Acceded: Taynton

Father: Edmund FERRERS (6° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Mother: Ellen ROCHE (Lady of Castle Bromwich)

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Martin FERRERS

2. Henry FERRERS (b. BEF 1430)

3. Richard FERRERS (b. BEF 1446)


William FERRERS (7° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Born: BEF 1412

Acceded: 1435

Died: 9 Jun 1450

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp.320-321.

Father: Edmund FERRERS (6° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Mother: Ellen ROCHE (Lady of Castle Bromwich)

Married: Elizabeth BEALKNAP

Children:

1. Anna (Agnes) FERRERS (8° B. Ferrers of Chartley)


Anna (Agnes) FERRERS (8° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Born: ABT Nov 1438/1443

Died: 9 Jan 1468

Father: William FERRERS (7° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Mother: Elizabeth BEALKNAP

Married: Walter DEVEREUX (1º B. Ferrers of Chartley) BEF 26 Nov 1446 /ABT 1456, Carmarthen Castle, Wales

Children:

1. John DEVEREUX (2º B. Ferrers of Chartley)

2. Richard DEVEREUX

3. Thomas DEVEREUX

4. Elizabeth DEVEREUX

¿5. Catherine DEVEREUX?



III. GROBY LINE

William De FERRERS (Sir)

Born: 1240

Died: BEF 20 Dec 1287

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp.340-342.

Father: William De FERRERS (5º E. Derby)

Mother: Margaret De QUINCY

Married 1: Anne DESPENCER

Children:

1. William De FERRERS (1° B. Ferrers of Groby)

2. Anne De FERRERS (B. Grey of Wilton)

Married 2: Alianore De LOVAINE


Anne De FERRERS (B. Grey of Wilton)

Born: ABT 1258/60

Father: William De FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Anne DESPENCER

Married: John De GREY (2° B. Grey of Wilton) ABT 1285, Groby, Leicestershire, England

Children:

1. Joan De GREY (B. Bassett)

2. Henry De GREY (3° B. Grey of Wilton)


William De FERRERS (1° B. Ferrers of Groby)

Born: 30 Jan 1271, Yoxall, Staffordshire

Christened: Yoxall, Staffordshire

Acceded: 1299

Died: 20 Mar 1324

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp343-4.

Father: William De FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Anne DESPENCER

Married: Ellen De SEAGRAVE

Children:

1. Henry De FERRERS (2º B. Ferrers of Groby)

2. Thomas De FERRERS (Keeper of Channel Islands)

3. Ralph De FERRERS

4. Anne De FERRERS


Thomas De FERRERS (Keeper of Channel Islands)

Acceded: 10 May 1337

Died: Jul 1353

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,p.345, note d.

Father: William De FERRERS (1° B. Ferrers of Groby)

Mother: Ellen De SEAGRAVE

Married: Angharad BUTLER


Anne De FERRERS

Father: William De FERRERS (1° B. Ferrers of Groby)

Mother: Ellen De SEAGRAVE

Married: Edward DESPENCER

Children:

1. Edward DEPSENCER, Lord of Glamorgan

2. Hugh DESPENCER (Sir)


Ralph De FERRERS

Born: 1309

Died: ABT 1377/91

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,p352,note a.

Father: William De FERRERS (1° B. Ferrers of Groby)

Mother: Ellen De SEAGRAVE

Married: Jane (Joan) De GREY 1350

Children:

1. Henry De FERRERS


Henry De FERRERS (2º B. Ferrers of Groby)

Born: BEF 1303

Acceded: 1325

Died: 15 Sep 1343, Groby

Buried: Ulvescroft Priory

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp344-7.

Father: William De FERRERS (1° B. Ferrers of Groby)

Mother: Ellen De SEAGRAVE

Married: Isabel De VERDUN BEF 20 Feb 1330

Children:

1. Phillippa FERRERS

2. William FERRERS (3º B. Ferrers of Groby)

3. Elizabeth FERRERS

4. Ralph FERRERS

5. Anne FERRERS


Phillippa FERRERS

Died: 10 Aug 1384

Father: Henry De FERRERS (2º B. Ferrers of Groby)

Mother: Isabel De VERDUN

Married: Guy De BEAUCHAMP (Sir) BEF 1353


Elizabeth FERRERS

Father: Henry De FERRERS (2º B. Ferrers of Groby)

Mother: Isabel De VERDUN

Married: David STRATHBOGIE (E. Atholl)

Children:

1. Elizabeth STRATHBOGIE (b. ABT 1370, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland - d. AFT 1416) (m.1 of John Scrope - m.2 Thomas Percy)


William FERRERS (3° B. Ferrers of Groby)

Born: 28 Feb 1332/3, Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire

Christened: 28 Feb 1332, Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire

Acceded: 1343

Died: 8 Jan 1371, Stebbing

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp348-351.

Father: Henry De FERRERS (2º B. Ferrers of Groby)

Mother: Isabel De VERDUN

Married 1: Margaret De UFFORD 25 Apr 1354

Children:

1. Henry FERRERS (4° B. Ferrers of Groby)

2. Margaret FERRERS

3. Elizabeth FERRERS (Nun)

Married 2: Margaret PERCY (B. Ferrers of Groby) BEF 25 May 1368


Margaret FERRERS

Died: 22 Jan 1406

Buried: St Mary's, Warwick

Father: William FERRERS (3º B. Ferrers of Groby)

Mother: Margaret De UFFORD

Married: John De BEAUCHAMP / Thomas De BEAUCHAMP (12° E. Warwick) Apr 1434

Children:

1. Richard BEAUCHAMP (2º B. Powis) (b. 1436 - d. ABT 19 Apr 1475 / Jan 1503) (m. Elizabeth Stafford)


Elizabeth FERRERS (Nun)

Notes: Nun at Abbey of the Minoresses without Aldgate.

Father: William FERRERS (3º B. Ferrers of Groby)

Mother: Margaret De UFFORD


Henry FERRERS (4° B. Ferrers of Groby)

Born: 16 Feb 1356, Abbey of Tiltey

Christened: Stebbing

Died: 3 Feb 1388

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp351-3.

Father: William FERRERS (3º B. Ferrers of Groby)

Mother: Margaret De UFFORD

Married 1: Joan De HOO (dau. of Thomas De Hoo and Isabel St. Leger) BEF 27 Apr 1371

Children:

1. William FERRERS (5° B. Ferrers of Groby)

Married 2: Joan POYNINGS Apr 1371, Groby, Leicestershire, England


William FERRERS (5° B. Ferrers of Groby)

Christened: 25 Apr 1372, Hoo Manor, Luton, Bedfordshire, England

Acceded: 1388

Died: 18 May 1445

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp354-7.

Father: Henry FERRERS (4° B. Ferrers of Groby)

Mother: Joan De HOO

Married 1: Phillippa CLIFFORD (B. Ferrers of Groby) AFT 10 Oct 1388

Children:

1. Henry FERRERS (6° B. Ferrers of Groby)

2. Thomas FERRERS (Sir)

3. John FERRERS

4. Elizabeth FERRERS

5. Margaret FERRERS (B. Grey of Wilton)

Married 2: Margaret MONTAGUE (B. Ferrers of Groby) BEF 1416

Married 3: Elizabeth STRANGEWAYS (B. Ferrers of Groby) 26 Oct 1416


Margaret FERRERS (B. Grey of Wilton)

Died: 16 Jan 1451/2

Father: William FERRERS (5° B. Ferrers of Groby)

Mother: Phillippa CLIFFORD (B. Ferrers of Groby)

Married 1: Richard GREY (6º B. Grey of Wilton) 1427

Children:

1. Margaret GREY

Married 2: Thomas GREY (1° B. Richemound) BEF 14 Feb 1445


Henry FERRERS (6° B. Ferrers of Groby)

Born: 1394, Raglan, Monmouth

Died: BEF 5 Dec 1463, Berkeley Church

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,p357-8.

Father: William FERRERS (5° B. Ferrers of Groby)

Mother: Phillippa CLIFFORD (B. Ferrers of Groby)

Married: Isabel MOWBRAY (dau. of Thomas De Mowbray and Elizabeth Fitzalan) (m.2 James Berkeley, 1º B. Berkeley)

Children:

1. Elizabeth FERRERS (7° B. Ferrers of Groby)


Elizabeth FERRERS (7° B. Ferrers of Groby)

Born: BEF 1419

Acceded: 1445

Died: 23 Jan 1481/82

Notes: The Complete Peerage, vol.V,p358-360

Father: Henry FERRERS (6° B. Ferrers of Groby)

Mother: Isabel MOWBRAY

Married 1: Edward GREY (Sir) BEF 1426

Children:

1. John GREY (1° B. Ferrers of Groby)

2. Edward GREY (1° V. Lisle)

3. John GREY

4. Margaret GREY

5. Anne (Agnes) GREY

Married 2: John BOURCHIER BEF 2 May 1462



IV. TAMWORTH LINE

Thomas FERRERS (Sir)

Born: ABT 1395, Groby, Leicestershire, England

Died: 6 Jan 1458

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,p356, note a.

Father: William FERRERS (5° B. Ferrers of Groby)

Mother: Phillippa CLIFFORD (B. Ferrers of Groby)

Married: Elizabeth FREVILLE (dau. of Baldwin Freville and Joan Green) 1437

Children:

1. Thomas FERRERS (Sir)

2. Henry FERRERS (Sir)


Thomas FERRERS (Sir)

Born: 1438, Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, England

Died: 22 Aug 1498

Buried: Tamworth Church, Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, England

Notes: knighted in 1461. His son John predeceased him. 

Father: Thomas FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth FREVILLE

Married: Anne HASTINGS

Children:

1. John FERRERS (Sir)

2. Anne FERRERS

3. Isabel FERRERS


Isabel FERRERS

Born: ABT 1445, Longford, Derbyshire, England

Father: Thomas FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Anne HASTINGS

Married: Ralph LONGFORD (Sir) ABT 1459

Children:

1. Margery LONGFORD (m. Sir John Markham of Cotham)

2. Nicholas LONGFORD

3. Richard LONGFORD

4. Elizabeth LONGFORD

5. Dorothy LONGFORD (m.1 Nicholas Fitzherbert - m.2 Thomas Holt)


Anne FERRERS

Born: ABT 1453, Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, England

Father: Thomas FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Anne HASTINGS

Married: Thomas GRESLEY (son of John Gresley and Anne Stanley) 1478, Cotton, Staffordshire, England

Children:

1. Elizabeth GRESLEY

2. George GRESLEY

3. William GRESLEY

4. Ellen GRESLEY

5. John GRESLEY

6. Robert GRESLEY

7. James GRESLEY


John FERRERS (Sir)

Born: ABT 1452, Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, England

Father: Thomas FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Anne HASTINGS

Married: Maud (Elizabeth) STANLEY ABT 1472

Children:

1. John FERRERS (Sir)


John FERRERS (Sir)

Born: ABT 1471, Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, England

Died: 1515

Buried: Tamworth Church, Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, England

Notes: High Steward of Tamworth.

Father: John FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Maud (Elizabeth) STANLEY

Married: Dorothy HARPER

Children:

1. Humphrey FERRERS (Sir)


Humphrey FERRERS (Sir)

Born: ABT 1493, Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, England

Died: 1553

Notes: High Steward of Tamworth. It was during his time that Leland, the historian and surveyor to Henry VIII, visited Tamworth and recorded of the Castle: "the base court and great ward of the castle is cleane decayed, and the wall fallen down, and therein be now but houses of office, of noe notable buildings", referring to the buildings below the mound, and adding "the Dungeon Hill yet standeth, and a great round tower of stone wherein Mr Ferrers dwelleth, and now repaireth it". Sir Humphrey spent the later years of his life at his manor of Walton-on-Trent.

Father: John FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Dorothy HARPER

Married 1: Margaret PIGOT 1513

Children:

1. John FERRERS (Sir)

Married 2: Dorothy MARROW


John FERRERS (Sir)

Born: ABT 1514, Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, England

Died: 1576

Notes: High Steward of Tamworth.

Father: Humphrey FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Margaret PIGOT

Married: Barbara COCKAYNE

Children:

1. Humphrey FERRERS (Sir)

2. Dorothy FERRERS


Humphrey FERRERS (Sir)

Born: ABT 1541, Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, England

Died: Jan 1607/8

Notes: High Steward of Tamworth until the Earl of Essex was appointed to that office by the charter of 1588. He lived alternately at Tamworth and Walton-on-Trent.

Father: John FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Barbara COCKAYNE

Married 1: Elizabeth LONGFORD

Married 2: Anne BRADBOURNE

Children:

1. John FERRERS (Sir)

2. Richard FERRERS

3. Susan FERRERS


Susan FERRERS

Born: ABT 1562, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England

Died: BEF 23 Nov 1626

Father: Humphrey FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Anne BRADBOURNE

Married: George GRESLEY (Sir Knight) 17 Dec 1600, Walton-On-Trent, Derbyshire, England

Children:

1. Dorothy GRESLEY


Richard FERRERS

Born: ABT 1560, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England

Father: Humphrey FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Anne BRADBOURNE

Married: ¿? 1584, Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, England

Children:

1. Geoffrey FERRERS


Geoffrey FERRERS

Born: ABT 1610

Died: 31 May 1666, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Buried: Jun 1666, Beach Ave, Cem., Greenwich, Fairfield Connec

Father: Richard FERRERS

Mother: ¿?

Married 1: Mary Ann MILTON

Married 2: Anne HOWARD 1635, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Children:

1. John FERRERS

2. Peter FERRERS

3. Joseph FERRERS

4. Mary FERRERS

5. James FERRERS

Married 3: Susannah NORMAN (w. of Robert Lockwood) ABT 1658, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Married 4: Judith FEAKE ABT 1661


John FERRERS (Sir)

Born: ABT 1556, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England

Buried: Tamworth Church, Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, England

Notes: knighted in 1603; Member of Parliament for Tamworth; entertained King James I at the Castle, which he repaired and altered, although he spent much of his life at Walton-on-Trent.

Father: Humphrey FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Anne BRADBOURNE

Married: Dorothy PICKERING ABT 1582

Children:

1. Humphrey FERRERS (Sir)

2. Frances FERRERS


Frances FERRERS

Father: John FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Dorothy PICKERING

Married: John PAKINGTON (1° Bt.) (b. 1600 – d. 1624) (son of Sir John Pakington and Dorothy Smith)


Humphrey FERRERS (Sir)

Born: 1585, Tamworth Castle, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England

Died: 1633

Father: John FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Dorothy PICKERING

Married: Anne PAKINGTON (dau. of Sir John Pakington and Dorothy Smith) (m.2 Phillip Stanhope, E. Chesterfield) 9 Feb 1619, Kensington, Greater London, England

Children:

1. Catherine FERRERS

2. John FERRERS (b. 1629/30)


Catherine FERRERS

Born: ABT 1610

Father: Humphrey FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Anne PAKINGTON

Married: George HYDE

Children:

1. Dorothy HYDE (m. Henry Neville)


V. BADDESLEY CLINTON LINE

Henry FERRERS (Sir)

Born: ABT 1440

Died: 28 Dec 1500, Chillesmore, Warwickshire, England

Notes: Sheriff of Kent.

Father: Thomas FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth FREVILLE

Married: Margaret HECKSTALL (dau. of Sir William Hextall and Margaret Bromley) ABT 1479

Children:

1. Edward FERRERS (Sir)

2. Elizabeth FERRERS

3. Richard FERRERS


Elizabeth FERRERS

Born: ABT 1486, Peckham, Kent, England

Father: Henry FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Margaret HECKSTALL

Married: James CLARCKE (Esq.) (b. ABT 1485 - 20 Sep 1554) ABT 1508, Wrotham, Kent, England

Children:

1. John CLARCKE

2. Walter CLARCKE

3. Henry CLARCKE

4. George CLARCKE


Edward FERRERS (Sir)

Born: ABT 1482, Peckham, Kent, England

Died: AFT 1534/5

Father: Henry FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Margaret HECKSTALL

Married: Constance BROME (b. 1485 - d. 30 Sep 1551) (dau. of Sir Nicholas Brome of Baddesley Clinton and Elizabeth Arundell)

Children:

1. Henry FERRERS

2. Edward FERRERS

3. Anne FERRERS

4. ELizabeth FERRERS

5. Nicholas FERRIS


Anne FERRERS

Born: ABT 1508, Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England

Died: 12 Dec 1554, Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Edward FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Constance BROME

Married: Valentine KNIGHTLEY (d. 8 May 1566) ABT 1531, Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England

Children:

1. Richard KNIGHTLEY (b. 1533 - d. 1 Sep 1615) (m.1 Mary Fermor - m.2 Elizabeth Seymour)


Elizabeth FERRERS

Born: ABT 1519, Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire England

Father: Edward FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Constance BROME

Married: John HAMPDEN (d. 1565) (son of William Hampden and Audrey ?)

Children:

1. Griffith HAMPDEN (b. 1543 - d. 27 Oct 1591) (m. Anne Cave)


Edward FERRERS

Born: ABT 1507, Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England

Died: AFT 1538

Father: Edward FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Constance BROME

Married: Elizabeth GREY ABT 1537


Henry FERRERS

Born: 1497, Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England

Died: 1526

Father: Edward FERRERS (Sir)

Mother: Constance BROME

Married: Catherine HAMPDEN (dau. of John Hampden and Elizabeth Savage) (m.2 Thomas Newdigate)

Children:

1. Edward FERRERS of Baddesley Clinton (Sir)


Edward FERRERS of Baddesley Clinton (Sir)

Born: 1526, Baddesley, Clinton, Warwickshire, England

Died: 10 Aug 1564

Father: Henry FERRERS

Mother: Catherine HAMPDEN

Married: Bridget WINDSOR 1548

Children:

1. Henry FERRERS

2. Ferdinando FERRERS

3. Catherine FERRERS

4. Eleanor FERRERS

5. Edward FERRERS

6. Constance FERRERS


Catherine FERRERS

Born: 1553, Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England

Father: Edward FERRERS of Baddesley Clinton (Sir)

Mother: Bridget WINDSOR

Married: John WILKINSON


Eleanor FERRERS

Born: 1555, Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England

Father: Edward FERRERS of Baddesley Clinton (Sir)

Mother: Bridget WINDSOR

Married: John FERRERS of Fiddington 1577

Children:

1. Henry FERRERS (b. 1579)

2. John FERRERS (b. 1581)

3. William FERRERS (b. 1583)

4. Dorothy FERRERS (b. 1585)


Constance FERRERS

Born: 1561, Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England

Died: 1607

Father: Edward FERRERS of Baddesley Clinton (Sir)

Mother: Bridget WINDSOR

Married: George HUNTLEY (b. 1557 - d. 28 Oct 1624) (son of William Huntley and Elizabeth Throckmorton)

Children:

1. Henry HUNTLEY

2. John HUNTLEY

3. George HUNTLEY

4. John HUNTLEY

5. Elizabeth HUNTLEY


Henry FERRERS

Born: 26 Jan 1549, Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England

Died: 7 Sep 1586

Father: Edward FERRERS of Baddesley Clinton (Sir)

Mother: Bridget WINDSOR

Married: Jane WHITE Oct 1582

Children:

1. Edward FERRERS

2. Maria FERRERS



VI. FIDDINGTON LINE

John FERRERS

Born: 1454, Blunsden, Wiltshire, England

Died: 1485

Married: Margaret HUNGERFORD ABT 1472

Children:

1. John FERRERS

2. Catherine FERRERS


Catherine FERRERS

Born: ABT 1488

Buried: 1537, St. Winifred's Churchyard, Kingston-on-Soar, Rushcliffe Borough, Nottinghamshire, England

Father: John FERRERS

Mother: Margaret HUNGERFORD

Married: Anthony BABINGTON (Sir) (b. 1476 – d. 23 Aug 1536) (son of Thomas Babington of Dethick and Edith Fitzherbert) (w. of Elizabeth Ormond)

Children:

1. Catherine BABINGTON (b. 1512) (m. John Markham)

2. Richard BABINGTON (d. 1550)

3. Elizabeth BABINGTON

4. John BABIBNGTON


John FERRERS

Born: 1485, Blunsden, Wiltshire, England

Died: 1516

Father: John FERRERS

Mother: Margaret HUNGERFORD

Married: Dau. FOWLER

Children:

1. Roger FERRERS


Roger FERRERS

Born: 1516, Gorsham, Wiltshire, England

Died: AFT 1553

Father: John FERRERS

Mother: Dau. FOWLER

Married: Margaret BADGER 1546

Children:

1. John FERRERS of Fiddington

2. William FERRERS

3. Roger FERRERS


John FERRERS of Fiddington

Born: 1547, Fiddington, Gloucestershire, England

Died: AFT 1585

Father: Roger FERRERS

Mother: Margaret BADGER

Married: Eleanor FERRERS 1577

Children:

1. Henry FERRERS (b. 1579)

2. John FERRERS (b. 1581)

3. William FERRERS (b. 1583)

4. Dorothy FERRERS (b. 1585)



VII. BEER FERRERS LINE

Ralph De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

Married: Sibyll De PYN

Children:

1. Henry De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers


Henry De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

Born: ABT 1190, Beer Ferrers, Devonshire, England

Father: Ralph De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

Mother: Sibyll De PYN

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Reginald De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers


Reginald De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

Born: ABT 1214, Beer Ferrers, Devonshire, England

Father: Henry De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. William De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers


William De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

Born: ABT 1238, Beer Ferrers, Devonshire, England

Died: BET 1270 / 1279

Father: Reginald De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

Mother: ¿?

Married 1: Matilda De CHAMPERNOWNE

Children:

1. Joan De FERRERS

Married 2: Isolda De CARDIGAN

Children:

2. Reginald De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers (Sir)


Joan De FERRERS

Born: ABT 1250

Father: William De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

Mother: Matilda De CHAMPERNOWNE

Married: William CHAMPERNOWNE (Sir)

Children:

1. Margaret CHAMPERNOWNE

2. Dionisia CHAMPERNOWNE


Reginald De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers (Sir)

Born: ABT 1262, Beer Ferrers, Devonshire, England

Died: ABT 1305

Father: William De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

Mother: Isolda De CARDIGAN

Married: Margery DENNYS

Children:

1. William De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers


William De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

Born: ABT 1290, Beer Ferrers, Devonshire, England

Father: Reginald De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers (Sir)

Mother: Margery DENNYS

Married: Matilda (Beatrice) CARMINOWE (dau. of Roger Carminow and Joan Dynham)

Children:

1. John De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

2. Robert De FERRERS

3. Stephen De FERRERS

4. Martin De FERRERS

5. Andrew De FERRERS


John De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

Born: ABT 1315, Beer Ferrers, Devonshire, England

Died: 1372

Father: William De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

Mother: Matilda (Beatrice) CARMINOWE

Married: Matilda De CHEVERSTON (dau. of John De Cheverston and Matilda Pipare)

Children:

1. Martin De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers


Martin De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

Born: ABT 1355, Beer Ferrers, Devonshire, England

Father: John De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

Mother: Matilda De CHEVERSTON

Married: Lena ?

Children:

1. Joan FERRERS

2. Elizabeth FERRERS

3. Lena FERRERS


Joan FERRERS

Died: ABT 1441, Beer Ferrers, Devonshire, England

Father: Martin De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

Mother: Lena ?

Married: Alexander CHAMPERNOWNE of Beer Ferrers (Sir Knight)

Children:

1. Joan CHAMPERNOWNE

2. Roger CHAMPERNOWNE (b. ABT 1411 - d. 14 Nov 1461)

3. John CHAMPERNOWNE of Beer Ferrers (Sir)


Lena FERRERS

Father: Martin De FERRERS of Beer Ferrers

Mother: Lena ?

Married: Christopher FLEMING

Children:

1. John FLEMING



Eleanor De FERRERS

Father: Martin De FERRERS of Newton Ferrers

Mother: ¿?

Married: Hugh De POYNINGS (Sir Knight) ABT 1400, Newton Ferrers, Devonshire, England

Children:

1. Joan POYNINGS



Alice FERRERS

Born: ABT 1327

Married: William De WINDSOR (Sir Knight) ABT 1357



Anne FERRERS

Born: 1330

Married: Edward La ZOUCHE



Maud (Matilda) FERRERS

Born: ABT 1300

Married: Walter BLOUNT (Sir Knight) ABT 1339, Sodington, Worcester, England


Return to Peerage Page

Return to Home Page