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01. Walkelin De Ferrieres
[1]
earliest
recorded ancestor was born abt. 1010 in Tutbury, Staffordshire, England.
He sided with Philip Augustus of France and was slain in the civil wars
which occurred in Normandy during Duke William's youth. His name has also
been recorded as Gaulchline. His wife's name is unknown. 02. Henry De Ferrieres
[1]
son of Walkelin
was born abt. 1036 in Normandy, France. He married
Bertha (Roberts?) abt. 1061. She was born abt. 1040 in Gostenois, Normandy,
France and died in Darly, Derbyshire. Henry was buried in Tutbury in
Staffordshire. 03. Robert I De Ferrieres
[1]
son of Henry and
Bertha was born abt. 1062 in Derbyshire, England. He was the 1st Earl
of Derby. He married Hawise De Vitre, daughter of Andre,
seigneur de Vitre in Brittany, by Agnes, daughter of Robert, Count of
Mortain. Robert died in 1139.
04. Robert II De Ferrieres
[1]
son of Robert and Hawise was born abt. 1100
in Derbyshire, England. He was the 2nd Earl of Derby. He founded
Merrevale Abbey
in 1148. He died before 1160, and was buried in Merevale Abbey,
Warwickshire, wrapped in an oxhide. He married Margaret Peverel,
daughter and heir of William Peveril of Nottingham. 05. William De Ferrieres
[1]
son of Robert and Margaret was born abt.
1130 in Derbyshire, England. He was the 3rd Earl of Derby. He
died while on crusade at the
siege of
Acre, Palestine, before 21 Oct. 1190. He married
Sybil De Braiose,
who was living 5 Feb. 1227/8; she had remarried Adam de Port of Basing. 06. William De Ferrieres
[1]
son of William and Sybil was born in 1162
in England. He died after suffering long with the gout, on 22 Sept.
1247. He married in 1192, Agnes (De Meschines) of Chester, sister and
coheir of Ranulph de Blundeville, Earl of Chester and Lincoln, and third
daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, Earl of Chester, by Bertrade, daughter of
Simon de Montfort, Count d'Evreux. They had livery of her share of her
brother's lands, including the castle and manor of Chartley, Staffordshire,
and the castle and vill of West Derby, Lancashire, on 22 Nov. 1232. She died
2 Nov. 1247, and the King had livery of her inheritance. William supported
King Richard and was rewarded with lands and honors; at Richard's second
coronation he was one of four who carried the canopy over the king's head.
He supported King John, and was further rewarded; and he supported King
Henry III, assisting at his coronation - all in opposition to the rebelling
barons. 07. William De Ferrers
[1]
son of William and Agnes 5th Earl of Derby,
born about 1193, died at Evington near Leicester, 24 or 28 March 1254, and
was buried at
Merevale Abbey on the 31st. He married first, in her father's
lifetime, thus before 14 May 1219,
Sibyl Marshal, third daughter of
William le Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, and his wife Isabel de Clare, daughter
and heir of Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke. He married second, in or
before 1238, Margaret De Quincy, first daughter and coheir of Roger
de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, by his first wife, Helen de Galloway, first
daughter and coheir of Alan de Galloway, Constable of Scotland. He
accompanied King Henry III to France in April 1230, and was Constable of
Bolsover Castle from
28 Feb. 1234/5 to 3 July 1236. He paid homage to the King and had livery of
Chartley Castle and the rest of his mother's lands on 10 Nov. 1247. He was
invested as Earl 2 Feb. 1247/8 at Westminster, and attended Parliament that
month. He suffered with gout from his youth, and his death was due to
the affects of injuries sustained when he was accidently thrown from the
litter in which he was carried into a river. 08a. Sir William De Ferrers
[1]
son of William and Margaret born abt.
1240 died shortly
before 20 Dec. 1287. He married first
Ann Le Despencer, who was said to be
a daughter of Sir Hugh le Despencer of Ryhall in Rutland, Loughborough in
Leicestershire, and Parlington in Yorkshire, by Aline Basset, daughter and
heir of Sir Philip Basset. He held lands in Groby in Leichestershire;
Newbottle in Northamptonshire; Woodham Ferris, Stebbing and Fairsted in
Essex, and Bolton-le-Moors in Lancashire. He was taken prisoner at
Northampton on 5 or 6 April 1264, and was committed by Prince Edward to the
custody of Roger de Layburne, who demanded an excessive ransom; it was not
paid as King Henry III pardoned him 11 July 1266. He was with King Edward 1
in Wales in 1282. He was summoned to military service from 18 March 1263/4
to 14 March 1282/3, to a military council on 14 June 1283, and to attend the
King at Shrewsbury on 28 June 1283. 08b. Robert De Ferrers
[1]
son of William and Margaret, 6th Earl of
Derby, born about 1239, died in 1279, and was most probably buried in the
Priory of St. Thomas at Stafford. He married second, 26 or 27 June
1269 Alianore De Bohun, who died 20 Feb. 1313/4, and was buried in
Walden Abbey. She was the daughter of Humphrey de Bohun VI and his first
wife, Eleanor de Braiose. The wardship of his lands was granted, 15
April 1254, to Prince Edward, who sold it in 1257 to the Queen and Pierre de
Savoie. Robert had livery of his lands in 1260 and then destroyed Tutbury
Priory. When the barons went to war in 1263 he seized three of Prince
Edward's castles, and on 29 Feb. 1263/4 he captured Worcester, destroying
the town and Jewry. However, in April or May Prince Edward retaliated by
wasting Robert's lands and demolishing Tutbury Castle. Robert was absent
from the battle of Lewes, but in Nov. 1264 he used 20,000 foot and many
horsemen to defeat the royal forces near Chester. On 24 Dec. 1264 he was
ordered to deliver Peak Castle to Simon de Montfort; the same day he was
summoned to Montfort's parliament, where he was accused of trespasses and
sent to the Tower by Simon. On 5 Dec. 1265 he was admitted to the
King's grace and had a full pardon for all offenses committed up to that day
on payment of 1500 marks and a certain gold drinking cup. However, within a
few months he rebelled again, joining John d'Eiville, Baldwin Wake and
others in devastating the Midlands. They were surprised at Chesterfield on
15 May 1266 and hewas sent to prison in Windsor Castle for nearly three
years. On 12 July 1266 the honour of Derby was granted to Edmund, the King's
son. Under the
Dictum of
Kenilworth his lands were subject to the penalty of seven year's
purchase, and on 1 May 1269 Edmund was ordered to restore his lands to him
upon payment if 50,000 which Robert could not make. He lost an action to
regain them in 1274, having taken possession of
Chartley Castle in 1273 while the King was abroad. Expelled from
Chartley, he was allowed to recover the manor of Holbrook in 1274/5, and the
manor (but not the castle) of Chartley in 1275, as heir of Thomas de Ferrers
of Chartley [CP, 4:201c].
08c. Joan De Ferrers (1255 - Mar 19, 1309),
[1]
daughter of William and
Margaret married Thomas De Berkeley,
1st baron of Berkeley. I descend from their son Maurice. 09. Sir John De Ferrers
[1]
only son of
Robert and Alianore was born on June 20, 1271. John inherited the
turbulent spirit of his father, joined the Earl of Hereford and others, in
the 25th year of Edward I., in opposing the collection of the subsidies
granted by the parliament then held in St. Edmundsbury, to the crown, but
the ferment was allayed by the king's confirming Magna Charta, and the
charter of the forests; and by declaring that in the future no tax should be
imposed upon the subject without the consent of the parliament, and at the
same time granting a pardon to the discontented lords and their adherents,
in which pardon John de Ferrers is especially named. Soon after this he
petitioned Pope Nicholas III., that his holiness should interfere to procure
him the lands of his late father which had been conferred upon Edmund, Earl
of Lancaster, but his suit was ineffectual. He was subsequently in the
Scottish wars, and was then raised to the peerage as stated above. He
married as her 2nd husband, Hawise Muscegros, daughter and heiress of
Robert de Muscegros, of Charlton, co. Somerset, by whom he acquired a great
increase in fortune. In the 34th year of Edward I., he was again in the wars
of Scotland, and, subsequently, in the 4th year of Edward II., the year
following he was constituted seneschal of Aquitaine. John died in August of
1312 in Gascony. 10a. Sir Robert De Ferrers
[1]
son of John and Hawise was born on March
25, 1309 in Chartley, Musgrove, Somersetshire, England. He married first, by
20 Oct. 1330, Margaret, who died after Aug. 1333. He married
second Joan de la Mote, Lady of Willisham, Suffolk, and St. Pancras,
Middlesex, who died in London 29 June 1375. He was of record in Sept.
1325 as being about to go overseas with the King, and on 13 Aug. 1327,
although he was still a minor, the King took his homage and gave him livery
of his brother's lands as a result of his recent good services in northern
parts. He was summoned for military service against the Scots in 1335, and
in 1338 the King granted him Pirehill Hundred in Staffordshire, at pleasure.
He served in Flanders in 1338-39, and was appointed a justice in 1340, when
he was a banneret. Summoned to Council 25 Feb. 1341/2, he was a member of
the King's retinue in Brittany in Oct. 1342. On 26 April 1344 he was
appointed Vice Admiral of the Fleet, and in Oct. 1345 he was with the Earl
of Derby at the battle of Auberoche in Perigord. He served in the battle of
Crecy and the siege of Calais in 1346. He attended the tournament of
Lichfield 9 April 1347 as one of the eleven knights of the King's Chamber
[CP, 14:319-320]. On 13 May 1347 he received a pardon for all homicides,
robberies and any consequent outlawries for his good services in France.
Robert died on Aug. 28, 1350. 10b. Eleanor De Ferrers, daughter of John
and Hawise was born abt. 1303. She married
Sir Thomas De Lathom. Eleanor is the grandmother of
Isabel De Lathom, the wife of Sir John
Stanley of whom I also descend. 11. Sir John De Ferrers
[1]
son of
Robert and Margaret 3rd Baron Chartley, born and baptized in Southoe,
Huntingdonshire, on or about 10 Aug. 1333, was slain at Najera, Spain, 3
April 1367, according to a poem by Chandos Herald, lines 3443-5 [CP,
5:314b]. He married as her second husband, by license dated 19 Oct.
1349, Elizabeth De Stafford,
daughter of Ralph Stafford and Margaret D'Audley who was great-granddaughter
of King Edward I. On 13 Dec. 1353
the King took his homage and he had livery of his grandmother's lands. He
accompanied the King in the invasion of France Oct. 1359 to 1360, and in the
invasion of Navarre in 1367. He also petitioned the Duke of Lancaster to
restore to him the lands forfeited by Robert, Earl of Derby, and other
properties [CP, 5:313].
12. Sir Robert De Ferrers
[1]
son of John and
Elizabeth, 4th Baron Chartley, of Chartley in Staffordshire, was born in
Staffordshire 31 Oct. 1357 or 1359 [CP, 5:315d], died 12 or 13 March 1412/3,
and was buried at
Merevale Abbey,
Staffordshire, where there is a brass. He married first, after 16
Sept. 1376, Elizabeth, who was living 13 Jan. 1378/9. He married
second Margaret Le Despencer,
daughter of Edward Le Despencer and Elizabeth De Burghersh. He died 3 Nov. 1415 and was buried at Merevale Abbey, where there is a brass. King Richard II took his
homage and fealty on 23 July 1381. 13. Sir Edmund De
Ferrers
[1]
son of Robert and Margaret 5th Baron Chartley, was born about
1387, and died 17 Dec. 1435. He married Ellen de la Roche, who
died 4 Nov. 1440, Lady of Castle Bromwich, Worcestershire, having married
second Sir Philip Chetwynd [CP, 5:317-319] of Ingestre, Staffordshire (as
his first wife), who died without issue on 10 May 1444. He had livery
of his father's lands on 14 April 1413. Soon after he carried on a private
war, with the help of his brothers Thomas and Edward, against the Erdeswikes
of Sandon, near Chartley. He received a pardon on 24 Jan. 1414/5 for all
treasons, murders and other offenses committed up to 8 Dec. 1414, except for
any murders committed after 19 Nov. 1414 [CP, 5:317g]. He went to Frances
with King Henry V in Aug. 1415 and was at the
siege of Harfleur,
and then in the
battle of Agincourt on 25 Oct. 1415. He was in the relief for Harfleur
with the Duke of Bedford in Aug. 1416. Accompanying Henry V to France again
in Aug. 1417, he was at the
siege of Rouen
from July 1418 to Jan. 1418/9 in the division commanded by the Earl of
Huntingdon. He was also in the siege of Melun from July to Nov. 1420, and
that of Meaux from Oct. 1421 to May 1422.
14. Sir William De Ferrers
[1]
son of Edmund and
Ellen, 6th Baron Chartley, was born about 1412, and died June 9, 1450.
He
married Elizabeth Belknap, who died 28 May 1471, having in May 1455
conveyed to feoffees the manors she held for life, in dower or otherwise. He
had livery of his father's lands on 9 Feb. 1435/6 [CP, 5:320], when he was
aged 23 and more. William died on June 9, 1450. 15. Anne De Ferrers
[1]
daughter of William and Elizabeth was born on in Nov. of 1438. She
married Sir Walter Devereux, son of
Sir Walter Devereux and Elizabeth
Merbury. Anne died on Jan. 9, 1469. I descend from their
daughter Elizabeth Devereux who
married Sir Richard Corbet.
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