William was born on 31 JAN 1272 in Yoxall, Staffordshire, England, the son of William de Ferrers but his mother is unknown.
He died on 20 MAR 1325 in England.
His wife is not known. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their two known children were Henry (c1303-1343) and Thomas (1305-1353).
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!Source: William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ferrers,_1st_Baron_Ferrers_of_Groby
William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby was an English peer who lived under two kings, Edward I and Edward II. His baronial caput was Groby in Leicestershire.
Origins
He was born in 1272 at Yoxall in Staffordshire, the son and heir of William de Ferrers ,[2] of Groby in Leicestershire , the younger son of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby, by his second wife Margaret de Quincy, daughter and heiress of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester .[2] His mother was Anne Durward, a daughter of Alan Durward and Margery of Scotland.[3]
Career
Being a minor aged 15 at his father's death, he became a ward of Nicholas Seagrave until 1293, when he recovered livery of his estates.[3] By 1295, Ferrers was abroad on royal service, and acting as Edward I's agent at the Duke of Brabant's court in Hainault. Although he was short of money at the time , this did not prevent him taking part in the King's military campaign.[4][5] Other royal service included on the Scottish Marches under both King Edwards in their various campaigns there.[3] In 1296, under the King's instruction, the Keeper of Scotland, John de Warenne restored Ferrers to his Scottish estates that the King still held. He fought at the Battle of Falkirk on 22 July 1298 and at the Siege of Caerlaverock two years later. Following the siege, the Keeper of Galloway also by order of King Edward, restored to Ferrers those estates in that region that the King had still held. In 1301 William Ferrers was signatory to the Barons' Letter of 1301 to Pope Boniface VIII, in which Ferrers and 95 other English barons and five English earls repudiated the Pope's claim to overlordship of the Kingdom of Scotland and defended the aggressive policy of King Edward I.[6]
The barony was created by writ on 29 December 1299, and William was summoned to parliament.[7] Financial problems in the early fourteenth-century led him into conflict with his cousin John Ferrers which centred over a disputed claim to the Newbottle manor.[4] The feud was periodically suspended when both parties fought alongside the King in Scotland,[5] specifically when William was there again in 1303, 1306, 1308, and 1311. In 1317 Edward II appointed him Constable of Somerton Castle in Lincolnshire.[6] His final summons to military service was on 1 May 1325.[6]
He was buried in the St Philip and St James Church, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, Leicestershire.
Marriage
William Ferrers married Ellen de Menteith, daughter of Alexander, Earl of Menteith. They had his heir, Henry, four younger sons, and a daughter.[3]
Peerage of England
New creation Baron Ferrers of Groby
1299–1325 Succeeded by
Henry Ferrers
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.343, note
G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., vol.5, pp.340-2
"Ferrers, William ". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/65399.
Michael Prestwich . Edward I. University of California Press. pp. 388–90. ISBN 978-0-520-06266-5.
Beardwood, A,. 'The Trial of Walter Langton, Bishop of Lichfield, 1307-1312' Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 54 , 14.
Cokayne, G.E., The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant V, eds V. Gibbs & H.A. Doubleday , 343.
Vernon M. Norr . Some Early English Pedigrees: Combined from Most Available Sources, 1958-1968. p. 68.
Categories:
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!Source: William de Ferrers https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ferrers-162
Born 30 Jan 1272 in Yoxall, Staffordshire, England
Died 20 Mar 1325 at age 53 in England [uncertain]
Sir William "1st Lord Ferrers of Groby" de Ferrers formerly Ferrers edit
Son of William de Ferrers and Anne de Ferrers edit
Brother of Duncan Macduff [half] add sibling
Husband of Margaret de Ferrers — married about 1300 in England map icon [uncertain]
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Father of Henry de Ferrers, Thomas de Ferrers, Anne le Despenser and Ralph de Ferrers add/edit children
Biography
William de Ferrers, Knt., 1st Lord Ferrers of Groby, son and heir of Sir William de Ferrers and his first wife, Anne Durward, was born 30 January 1271/2 at Yoxall, Staffordshire[1][2] and was baptized there.[3]
Lands: Groby and Thurnby, Leicestershire; Stebbing, Woodham Ferrers, and Fairstead, Essex; Bolton, Lancashire; Newbottle and Fendon, Northamptonshire, etc.; and Leuchars, Fife and Tranent, East Lothian [1]
The King took his homage and William had livery of his fathers lands 17 March 1292/3. On 15 November 1296 the King took his homage for the lands held for the King of Scotland and John, Earl of Warenne, Keeper of Scotland, was ordered to grant William livery of those lands.[3]
William was summoned to military service in Gascony in 1294 and, in 1297, he was summoned to the war in Flanders.[1] In 1295 he was beyond seas with the Duke of Brabant, fought at the Battle of Falkirk on 22 July 1298, and was at the siege of Caerlaverock Castle in 1300.[1][3] He was in Scotland in the Kings service in 1303, 1306, 1308 and 1311.[3]
He was summoned to Parliament from 29 December 1299 to 24 September 1324, by writs directed Willelmo de Ferariis or Willelmo de Ferrariis, whereby he is held to have become Lord Ferrers.[1][3]
William signed the 1301 Barons' letter to Pope Boniface VIII as Willelmus de Ferariis dominus de Groby. He was summoned to attend the Coronation of King Edward II in 1308.[1][3] He was appointed Joint Constable of Somerton Castle, Lincolnshire on 1 November 1317.[3] On 14 February 1321/2, he was ordered to accompany the king against the contrariants.[1][3]
Marriage and Children
William married Margaret[?] de Segrave, daughter of John de Segrave, Knt., 2nd Lord Segrave, by Christine de Plescy.[1][2] The date and place of their marriage are unknown and are estimated. They had three sons and one daughter:
Henry, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Groby, born about 1303, died 15 September 1343, married Isabel de Verdun and had issue[1]
Thomas, Knt., married Ankaret le Boteler[1]
Ralph, Knt., married Joan de Grey[1]
Anne, married Sir Edward le Despenser of Buckland, Buckinghamshire[1]
He married second before 19 January 1316/7, Ellen _______.[1][2]
Death
Sir William de Ferrers died 20 March 1324/5,[1][2] aged 53 years.[3]
Research Notes
Unsourced Children
William Ferrers and Agnes Ferrers were detached as children of William as their profiles are unsourced and they are not named by Richardson.
Sources
↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. , vol. II, pages 295-296, GROBY 5, William de Ferrers.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. , vol. III, pages 151-153, GROBY 9, William de Ferrers.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 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 343-344.
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:
Some corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage: Volume 5: Ferrers of Groby at medievalgenealogy.org.
Lewis, Marlyn. Sir William Ferrers, 1st Lord Ferrers of Groby entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins website, accessed 5 Jun 2020.
le Scrope, Richard. The Controversy Between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor. . Online at Google Books, vol. 2, page 361.
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".