'Ferrers2'
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Families covered: Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton, Ferrers of Groby, Ferrers of Tamworth Castle
| The revision of 'Ferrers1' on 27.03.04 led to the spillover of information onto this page which led to some information having to be put onto 'Ferrers3'. | |||||||||||||||
| William de Ferrers of Groby (b c1240, d before 20.12.1287) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Despencer (dau of Sir Hugh le Despenser of Loughborough) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Ferrers, 1st Lord of Groby (b 30.01.1271/2, d 20.03.1324/5) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellen Segreve (d 1342, dau of John Segreve, 2nd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Henry Ferrers, 2nd Lord of Groby (b before 1304, d 15.09.1343) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 20.02.1330/1) Isabel de Verdon (b 21.03.1316/7, d 25.07.1349, dau of Theobald de Verdon, 2nd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Ferrers, 3rd Lord of Groby (b 28.02.1332/3, d 07.01.1370/1) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (before 25.04.1344) Margaret de Ufford (dau of Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Henry Ferrers, 4th Lord of Groby (b 16.02.1355/6, d 03.02.1387/8) | ||||||||||||||
| BE1883, probably (according to TCP) following Dugdale who was citing Glover, identifies Henry's daughter as Joane, daughter of Lucas Poynings, 1st Lord St. John but TCP identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. (before 27.04.1371) Joan (d 30.05.1394, probably dau of Sir Thomas de Hoo of Luton Hoo and Stopsley) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Ferrers, 5th Lord of Groby (b 25.04.1372, d 18.05.1445) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (after 10.10.1388) Philippa Clifford (a 04.07.1405, dau of Roger de Clifford, 5th Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Henry Ferrers (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 13.07.1416) Isabel Mowbray (dau of Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Elizabeth Ferrers (b 1419, d by 23.01.1482/3) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Edward Grey, 1st Lord of Groby (d 18.12.1457) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 02.05.1462) Sir John Bourchier (d 1495) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir Thomas Ferrers of Tamworth (d 06.01.1458/9) | ||||||||||||||
| BE1883 shows Thomas as William's son by Philippa Clifford. We have seen him somewhere shown as by Elizabeth Standishe but can't remember where! | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Freville (dau of Baldwin de Freville of Tamworth Castle, sister/coheir of Baldwin) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Thomas Ferrers of Tamworth (d 22.08.1498) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Hastings (dau of Sir Leonard Hastings of Kirby) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir John Ferrers (dvp c1485) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maud Stanley (dau of Sir John Stanley of Elford) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth (d 1509/15) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Harper (dau of William Harper of Rushall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Sir Humphrey Ferrers of Tamworth (d 1553/4) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Pigot (dau of Thomas Pigot) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | John Ferrers of Tamworth (d 1576) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Barbara Cockayne (dau of Sir Francis Cockayne) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Dorothy Ferrers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Cockaine (Cockayne) of Ashborne | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothy (dau of Thomas) | |||||||||||||||
| Possibly of this generation, but (if so) by which wife is unknown, was ... | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Walter Smith of Shelford | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Anne or Jane Ferrers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Walter Graffeth (b c1460, d 20.10.1532) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Elizabeth Ferrers probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Chetwynd of Ingestre (d 1547) | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Helen Ferrers probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Turvile of Normanton Turvile (d 02.07.1552) | |||||||||||||||
| ((E)) | Anne Ferrers probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Peyto of Chesterton (d 1558) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Catherine Ferrers (d 1537) probably of this family | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Thomas Cotton of Hamstall Ridware reported by AS | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1506?) Sir Anthony Babington of Dethick (b c1475, d 23.08.1536) | |||||||||||||||
| This connection has been reported by a contributor (AS, 02.02.06). BLG1886 (Babington) describes Catherine's father as a knight of Derbyshire. We think that the elder sons of this family held lands in Derbyshire during their fathers' lifetimes so that description may not be inconsistent. | |||||||||||||||
| ((3))+ | other issue - Richard, Maude, Alice, Isabell | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Anne Ferrers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Gresley of Drakelow, Sheriff of Staffordshire (b 1455, d 1503) | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - Margaret, Leonard, Sir Ralph, William | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sir Henry Ferrers of Hambleton, Rutland & East Peckham (d 28.12.1500) | ||||||||||||||
| m(2). Margaret Heckstall (dau of William Heckstall (or Hextall) of Heckstall (in East Peckham), widow of Willam Whetenhall) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Edward Ferrers of Peckam, later of Baddesley, Sheriff of Warwickshire (b 1470, d 29.08.1535, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1497) Constance Brome (d 30.09.1551, dau of Nicholas Brome of Baddesley Clinton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Henry Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton (dvp 1526) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Hampden (dau of Sir John Hampden of Hampden) | |||||||||||||||
| BLG1952 reports that Henry and Catherine were succeeded by their grandson Edward (following) but the Visitation shows them as his parents. | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Edward Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton (b 1526, d 10.08.1564) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1548) Bridget Windsor (d 1582, dau of William Windsor of Bradenham, 2nd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Edward Ferrers of Bebington 'of Wood Bevington' | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Grey (dau of William Grey of Wood Bevington) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Elizabeth Ferrers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Randolph of Wood Bevington | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Constance Ferrers (coheir) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1575) George Huntley of Boxwell | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | George Ferrers of Wetherley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Marianne Sheldon (sister of William Sheldon (not Shelton) of Beoly) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Nicholas Ferrers of Pinchthorp | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Whetnall (dau of Hide & Alicia Whetnall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A))+ | issue - Edward, Elianora (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Jane Ferrers | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Findern of Findern (Nuneaton) ??see here?? | |||||||||||||||
| ((6)) | Ursula Ferrers | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Beaufoy of Edmondescott | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Newport of Honningham | |||||||||||||||
| ((7)) | Anne Ferrers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Valentine Knightley of Fawsley (d 1566) | |||||||||||||||
| ((8)) | Margaret Ferrers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Frognell | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Richard Ferrers | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Elizabeth Ferrers | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Clarke of Fordhall | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Margaret Ferrers (d 16.01.1451/2) probably of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1427) Richard Grey, 6th Lord of Wilton (d 08.1442) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 14.02.1445/6) Sir Thomas Grey of Richemount, Lord Richemount Grey (d 1461) | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - John, Edmund of St. Albans | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Montacute (dau of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (before 26.10.1416) Elizabeth Standishe (d 01/2.1441/2, dau of Sir Robert de Standishe of Ulnes Walton (by Iseude), widow of John Wrottesely then Sir William Botiller) | |||||||||||||||
| Probably of this generation, but (if so) by which wife is not known, was ... | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Colepeper of Oxenheath | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Ferrers (nun) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Margaret Ferrers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas de Beauchamp, 4th Earl of Warwick (d 1401) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 25.05.1368) Margaret Percy (02.09.1375, dau of Henry Percy, 2nd Lord of Alnwick) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Ralph Ferrers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Grey (dau of Richard Grey, Lord of Codnor) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Philippa Ferrers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Guy de Beauchamp, younger of Warwick (dvp) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Elizabeth Ferrers (d 22.10.1375) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1361) David of Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl (b c1332, d c12.1369) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Thomas Ferrers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Freville (dau of Baldwin Freville) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Anne Ferrers (d 08.08.1367) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.04.1335) Edward Despencer of Buckland (d 30.09.1342) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Anne Ferrers | ||||||||||||||
| m. John de Grey, 2nd Lord of Wilton, Governor of Caernarvon (d 1323) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Eleanor de Lovaine (dau of Sir Matthew de Lovaine of Little Easton) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For Ferrers of Groby : TCP (Ferrers of Groby), BE1883 (Ferrers of Groby)
(2) For Ferrers of Tamworth: TCP (Ferrers of Chartley), 'Historical Collections of Staffordshire', or 'Collections for a History of Staffordshire' (edited by The William Salt Archaeological Society, New Series volume 1, printed in 1898), Visitation (Warwickshire, 1619+1682-3, Ferrers of Tamworth Castle)
(3) For Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton: BLG1952 (Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton), Visitation (Warwickshire, 1682-3, Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton):
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