'Fermor1'
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Families covered: Fermor (Fermour) of Easton Neston, Fermor of Leominster, Fermor of Pomfret (Pontefract), Fermor (Fermour) of Somerton, Fermor of Tusmore
| BE1883 identifies the arms of the Earls as "Arg., a fesse, sa., between three lions' heads, erased, gu.". That indicates that there was probably no known connection with the family shown on Fermor3. | |||||||||||||||
| _ Ricards | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Fermour (heiress of _ Fermour) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Ricards or Fermour of Whitney (d 1485) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Alice | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Laurence Fermour of Minster Lovel | ||||||||||||||
| i. | William Fermour (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Mary Fermour | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Bonolt (Clarenceaux King of Arms) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Emmote Harvey (d 1501, dau of Simkin Hervey of Herefordshire) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Richard Fermour, 1st of Easton Neston (d 17.01.1552) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Browne (dau of Sir William Browne, Lord Mayor of London) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Fermor of Easton Neston, Sheriff of Northamptonshire (d 20.12.1571) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maud Vaux (d 24.04.1569, dau of Sir Nicholas Vaux, Lord of Harrowden) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Fermor of Somerton (d 08.08.1580) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bridget Bradshaw (dau of Sir Henry Bradshaw of Halton) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Jerome Fermor (d 07.09.1602) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Nicholas Fermor | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Joan Fermor (d 1592) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Robert Wilford | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1545/6, sp) John Mordaunt of Thornton or Turvey, Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire, 2nd Lord (b 1508, d by 10.1571) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Anne Fermor | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Lucy of Charlecote (d 1551) | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Elizabeth Fermor | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Lovet of Astwell | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Ursula Fermor | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Fiennes of Broughton, de jure 6th Lord Saye and Sele (b 11.09.1521, d 1573) | |||||||||||||||
| viii. | Mary Fermor (d 27.09.1573) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Knightley of Fausley (d 01.09.1615) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | William Fermor of Somerton (dspms 20.07.1552) | ||||||||||||||
| William married 4 times, 3 of his wives being ... | |||||||||||||||
| m(1). Katherine Paulet (dau of John Paulet of Nunney) | |||||||||||||||
| m(2). Joan | |||||||||||||||
| m4. Elizabeth Norreys (dau of Sir William Norreys of Yattenden) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sir John Fermor of Easton Neston, Sheriff of Northamptonshire (d 20.12.1571) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Maud Vaux (d 24.04.1569, dau of Sir Nicholas Vaux, Lord of Harrowden) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir George Fermor of Easton Neston, Sheriff of Northamptonshire (d 01.12.1612) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Curzon (dau of Thomas Curzon of Addington, son of Walter of Waterperry) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Hatton Fermor of Easton Neston, Sheriff of Northamptonshire (d 28.10.1640, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp) Elizabeth Anderson (dau of Sir Edmund Anderson, chief justice) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Anna Cokayne (d c1665, dau of Sir William Cokayne, Lord Mayor of London) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir William Fermor, 1st Bart of Easton Neston (bpt 07.11.1621, d 14.05.1661) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.09.1646) Mary Perry (d 18.07.1670, dau/coheir (by Catharine, dau of Richard Fenne of London) of Hugh Perry, Sheriff of London, widow of Henry Noel) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Fermor, 1st Lord Leominster or Lempster (b 03.08.1648, d 07.12.1711, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (21.12.1671) Jane Barker (d 10.08.1673, dau of Andrew Barker of Fairford) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Fermor (d unm 03.1705) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (06.1682) Katherine Poulett (b 09.03.1664, d 11.05.1687, dau of John Poulett, 3rd Lord of Hinton St. George) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Mary Fermor | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Wodehouse, 4th Bart of Kimberley (b 23.03.1669, d 06.08.1754) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (05.03.1691/2) Sophia Osborne (d 08.12.1746, dau of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret or Pontefract (b 23.03.1697, d 15/08.07.1753) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.07.1720) Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys (d 17.12.1761, dau of John Jeffreys, 2nd Lord of Wem) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret (b 25.06.1722, d 09.06.1785) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.05.1764) Anna Maria Delagard, later Drayton of Sudbury (b c1736, d 24.09.1787, sister of William Delagard of Bombay) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | George Fermor, 3rd Earl of Pomfret (b 06.01.1768, dsp 07.04.1830) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.08.1793) Mary Browne (b c1769, d 17.09.1839, dau of Thomas Trollope Browne of Gretford and Besthorpe) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Thomas William Fermor, 4th Earl of Pomfret (b 22.11.1770, d 29.06.1833) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.01.1823) Amabel Elizabeth Borough (dau of Sir Richard Borough, 1st Bart of Basildon) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | George William Richard Fermor, 5th Earl of Pomfret (b 31.12.1824, d unm 08.06.1867) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Thomas Hatton George Fermor (b 09.10.1832, d 04.03.1864) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Anna Maria Annabella Fermor (d 25.02.1870) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.03.1846) Sir Thomas George Hesketh, later Fermor-Hesketh, 5th Bart of Rufford (b 11.01.1825, d 20.08.1872) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Henrietta Louisa Fermor | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.08.1856) Thomas Wedderburn Ogilvy of Ruthven (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Charlotte Fermor (d 11.1835) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.08.1787) Peter Denys of Hans Place and Fremington, Sheriff of Northamptonshire (b 1760, d 28.11.1816) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from BP1934 (Denys). | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir George William Denys (b 20.05.1788, d 26.04.1857) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.12.1809) Elizabeth Lind (d 29.06.1828, dau of Edward George Lind of London & Burton) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Anne Maria Draycott Denys (d 08.11.1846) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.10.1825) Sir Francis Shuckburgh, 8th Bart of Shuckburgh (b 1789, d 1876) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Charlotte Denys (b c1801, d 1815) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Henrietta Fermor | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1747) John Conyers of Copt Hall | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Sophia Fermor (b 29.05.1721, d 07.10.1745) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.04.1744) John Carteret, Earl Granville (b 22.04.1690, d 02.01.1763) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Charlotte Fermor (d 1813) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.08.1746) William Finch (d 25.12.1766) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Juliana Fermor | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1751) Thomas Penn of Stoke Park | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Louisa Fermor (d 30.06.1809) | ||||||||||||||
| Louisa's husband is identified as Sir Thomas Clayton, Bart, but it appears that he was ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. (24.09.1767) William Clayton of Harleyford | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Anne Fermor (bpt 25.05.1733, d 01.03.1769) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.08.1754) Thomas Dawson, Viscount Cremorne (b 25.02.1725, dsps 01.03.1813) | |||||||||||||||
| (H)+ | other issue - William (d unm 1714, Captain RN), John (d 1729), Thomas (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Matilda Fermor (d 1741) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Conyers of Copthall | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - William, Sophia (d young), Catharine (b c1696, d 11.04.1719), Bridget (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Fermor possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Michael Webber of Cork (a 1669, d 1749) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Henry, Charles, George, Richard, Mary (d young), Anna (d unm 06.1740) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Mary Fermor | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Charles Compton (d 11.1661) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anna Fermor | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jonathan Cope of Rawton (Ranton) Abbey (b c1627, d 1670) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Catharine Fermor (d 19.05.1681) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (18.12.1656) Sir John Shuckburgh, 1st Bart of Shuckburgh (b 1635, d 1661) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Roger Norwich, 2nd Bart of Brampton (b 14.09.1636, d 23.09.1691) | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - Hatton (d 11.01.1645), Charles (d young), George (d young), Richard (d young), Arabella (d unm), Elizabeth (d unm), Catharine (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Robert Fermor or Farmar (b c1578, d Carlow 1616, to Ireland) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Bolles (sister of Sir John Bolles) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Agnes Fermor (bur 04.07.1617) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1595) Sir Richard Wenman, Sheriff of Oxfordshire, 1st Viscount Wenman of Tuam (b 1573, d 03.04.1640) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Elizabeth Fermor | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir William Stafford of Blatherwick | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Thomas Chamberlain of Oxfordshire | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Jane Fermor | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (div 1613) Sir John Killigrew of Falmouth Castle | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Francis Blewett | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Catharine Fermor | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Hobby of Hales | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Mary Fermor (bpt 12.03.1591/2, bur 13.04.1675) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (16.04.1608) Robert Crichton, 8th Lord of Sanquhar (d 29.06.1612) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (17.07.1615) Barnaby O'Brien, Earl of Thomond (b c1590, bur 15.11.1657) | |||||||||||||||
| H.+ | other issue (dspl) - Edward (d unm), George, Richard, Devereux, William, 3 daughters (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Catherine Fermor | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Michael Pulteney (d 1567) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Henry Darcy | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Anne Fermor | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Leigh of Shawel | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Mary Fermor | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Lucas of St. John's Colchester, Sheriff of Essex (d 29.08.1611) | |||||||||||||||
| 5.+ | other issue - Nicholas, Richard, Arthur | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Collins (1741, vol iii, Fermor of Pomfret), BE1883 (in Addenda, Fermor of Pomfret, Leominster) with some input from TCB (vol ii, Fermor of Easton Neston)
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