William was born about 1240 in Leicestershire, England, the son of William de Ferrers but his mother is unknown.
He died on 20 DEC 1287 in England.
His wife is not known. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was William (1272-1325).
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Note 1
!Source: William de Ferrers of Groby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Ferrers_of_Groby
William de Ferrers of Groby Castle in Leicestershire was the younger son of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby of Chartley Castle in Staffordshire, by his second wife Margaret de Quincy, daughter and heiress of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester . He founded the line of Ferrers of Groby, having been given Groby Castle by his mother Margaret de Quincy.[2] Having rebelled against King Henry III, he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Northampton in 1264, but was later pardoned.[3] In 1282 He was with King Edward I in the Army of Wales.
Marriages & issue
He married twice:
Firstly, Anne, whose identity is uncertain, possibly a daughter of Hugh le Despenser, Justiciar of England by his wife Aline Basset , or of Alan Durward and Margery of Scotland, .[4] By his first wife he had issue:
William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby , who adopted the arms of his paternal grand-mother de Quincy, in lieu of his paternal arms .[5]
Secondly he married Alianore de Lovaine , a daughter of Matthew de Lovaine,[6] feudal baron of Little Easton in Essex.[7] After Ferrers' death she was abducted in 1289 and married by Sir William de Duglas , who was imprisoned for his action. She married thirdly, before 1305, Sir William Bagot of Hide and Patshull in Staffordshire, whom she survived, and was buried in Dunmow Priory in Essex. Her surviving seal displays the arms of her first husband: Vairy, a bordure charged with horse shoes.[8]
References
Cokayne, G. E.; Gibbs, Vicary & Doubleday, H. A., eds. . The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant . 5 . London, p.340, note
G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., vol.5, pp.340-2
G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., vol.5, pp.340-1
"Ferrers, William ". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/65399.
G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., vol.5, p.343, note
G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., vol.5, p.341
Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.130
G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., vol.5, p.342, note
Categories:
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!Source: William de Ferrers https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ferrers-37
Born about 1240 [uncertain] in Leicestershire, England [uncertain]
Died about 20 Dec 1287 [uncertain] at about age 47 in England
Sir William de Ferrers formerly Ferrers edit
Son of William de Ferrers and Margaret de Ferrers edit
Brother of Isabel Mohun [half], Agnes de Vescy [half], Joan de Mohun [half], Sybil de Bohun [half], Maud de Rochechouart [half], Agatha de Mortimer [half], Eleanor de Leybourne [half], Alice Whitmore [half], Robert Ferrers, Elizabeth Ferrers, Joan de Berkeley and Agnes de Muscegros add sibling
Husband of Anne de Ferrers — married 1270 in England map icon [uncertain]
Husband of Eleanor Bagot — married before 1287 in England map icon [uncertain] add/edit spouses
Father of William de Ferrers add/edit children
Biography
William de Ferrers, Knt., second son of William de Ferrers, Knt., Earl of Derby, and Margaret de Quincy,[1] was born about 1240.[2][3][4]
Lands: Groby, Leicestershire; Woodham Ferris, Stebbing and Fairstead, Essex; Ware, Hertfordshire; and Newbottle, Northamptonshire[2]
Title: Constable of Scotland[2]
In 1251 William's father gave him several manors to hold in tail general. Four or five years later, before he was of age, he had livery of these lands and exchanged them with his mother for lands in Scotland and Galloway. He had entry to those lands again, with his mother's consent, sixteen days before her death in February 1280/1.[2][4] About 1260, William received several manors in Lancashire from his brother, Robert de Ferrers, Earl of Derby.[2]
William was summoned for military service from 18 March 1263/4 to 14 March 1282/3. He was taken prisoner after the conflict at Northampton in April 1264 and was committed to the custody of Roger de Leybourne, who demanded an excessive ransom. On 5 January 1264/5 Roger was ordered to release him and let him come to the king. William was admitted to the king's presence and pardoned for all trespasses committed by him up to 11 July 1266.[2][4]
In 1282 William was with the king in the army at Wales, was summoned to attend the king at Shrewsbury 28 June in 1283 and summoned to a military council 14 June 1287.[2]
Marriages and Children
William married first Anne Durward,[5] widow of Colban of Fife, Knt., 8th Earl of Fife, and daughter and co-heiress of Sir Alan Durward, Usher of the King of Scots and Justiciar of Scotland, and Marjory, illegitimate daughter of Alexander II, King of Scotland. They were married in about 1270.[2][6] They had one son:
William, Knt., 1st Lord Ferrers of Groby, born 30 January 1271/2, died 20 March 1324/5, married Margaret de Segrave and had issue, married second Ellen ________[2][3]
William married second Eleanor de Lovaine,[5] daughter of Sir Mathew de Lovaine[4] by his wife Muriel.[2] The date and place of their marriage are unknown and are estimated.
Coat of Arms
Vairy or and gules, a bordure azure charged with eight horseshoes argent [7]
Death
Sir William de Ferrers died shortly before 20 December 1287.[2][4]
William's widow, Eleanor, went to Scotland to claim some of William's lands and was abducted by Sir William "the Hardy" de Douglas before 28 January 1288/9. Douglas was imprisoned, released 15 May 1290, and soon after was married to Eleanor as his second wife.[2][4] They had two sons.[2] William died at the Tower of London before 24 January 1298/9. Eleanor remarried William Bagot, Knt. in 1305. Eleanor was living 3 May 1326.[2][3][4] She had no issue with her third husband.[2]
Research Notes
Disproved Marriage to Anne Despenser
Complete Peerage states, with no sourcing, that William's first wife Anne was said to be a daughter of Hugh le Despenser.[4] Douglas Richardson disproved this in 2008 and provides several sources to prove William's marriage was to Anne Durward. See this 2008 conversation in soc.genealogy.medieval for detail.
Unsourced Daughter
Julianne Longueville was detached as William's daughter. No reliable source was found for this connection and she is not named as a daughter by Richardson. See 2018 discussion on Julianne's profile.
Sources
↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. , vol. II, page 564 FERRERS 7.ii.
↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. , vol. II, pages 290-295, GROBY 4, William de Ferrers.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Richardson. Royal Ancestry , vol. III, pages 146-151, GROBY 8, William de Ferrers.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 George Edward Cokayne and Vicary Gibbs ed. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. V: Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat, 2nd edition. . Online at Archive.org, pages 340-342.
↑ 5.0 5.1 Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed., vol. II, pages 150-152 FERRERS 3.ii., William de Ferrers.
↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, , vol. IV, page 593 SCOTLAND 5.i.a.
↑ George Edward Cokayne, Vicary Gibbs & H.A. Doubleday, editor, Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, Edition 2, Vol V Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat. Page 340, footnote . ; "His arms were, Vairy Or and Gules, a bordure Azur charged with eight horse-shoes Argent , It is this William, and not — as stated in vol iv, p 196 — his father, the Earl of Derby, who is indicated in these Rolls. The Earl, however, bore the same arm, for they appear in his seal." digital image. .
Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
See also:
Lewis, Marlyn. Sir William de Ferrers, Constable of Scotland entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins website, accessed 5 Jun 2020.
Acknowledgements
Magna Carta Project
This profile was re-reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project 5 June 2020 by Thiessen-117.
William de Ferrers appears in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project from Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy to the following Gateway Ancestors:
Jeremy Clarke: re-reviewed January 2023. This trail can be seen the the Magna Carta Trails section of William Clerke's profile.
John Stockman : badged January 2023. The trail is outlined HERE.
Torrey Gateways : badged in May 2022. See this trail HERE.
See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".