Sir William de Ferrers, Knight, 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby

Male 1372 - 1445  (73 years)


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  • Name William de Ferrers 
    Title Sir 
    Suffix Knight, 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby 
    Birth 25 Apr 1372  Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 18 May 1445  [1
    Person ID I46671  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2016 

    Father Sir Henry de Ferrers, Knight, 4th Baron Ferrers of Groby,   b. 16 Feb 1356, (Groby, Leicestershire, England) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1388 (Age 31 years) 
    Mother Joan de Hoo,   b. 1357, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1394, Basing, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage Bef 27 Apr 1371  [3, 4
    Family ID F17095  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Phillippa Clifford, Baroness Ferrers of Groby,   b. 0___ 1371, Brougham Castle, Moor Lane, Penrith, Cumbria, England CA10 2AA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 9 Aug 1416 (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Marriage Aft 10 Oct 1388  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5
    • Philippa, married William Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby (Lewis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed. (2006), line 11, no. 34)
    Children 
     1. Sir Henry de Ferrers,   b. 1394, Groby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1463 (Age 69 years)
     2. Elizabeth de Ferrers,   b. ~ 1401, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F17099  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Standish,   b. ~ 1370, Standish, Lancashire County, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0Feb 1442, Warrington, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Marriage Bef 26 Oct 1416  [1
    Family ID F16952  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • Biography

      William Ferrers is a descendant of Magna Carta surety Saher de Quincy:

      William Ferrers son of
      Henry de Ferrers son of
      William de Ferrers son of
      Henry de Ferrers son of
      William de Ferrers son of
      William de Ferrers son of
      Margaret De Quincy daughter of
      Roger De Quincy son of
      Saher De Quincy
      Titles

      Knight[1]
      5th Lord Ferrers of Groby, Vidame of Chartres, of Groby(in Ratby), Bradgate (in West Goscote), and Lutterworth (in Guthlaxton), Leicestershire, Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, Tettenhall, Staffordshire, etc.
      Son and heir.[1]
      Birth

      Sir William Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby, Vidame of Chartres was born on 25 April 1372 at Manor House of Hoo, Bedfordshire, England.[1][2]
      He was christened on 25 April 1372 at Luton, Bedfordshire, England.[1][2][3]
      Marriages

      He married, firstly, Philippe Clifford, daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp, K.G., 11th Earl of Warwick, also a descendant of a Magna Carta signer[1] and Charlemagne[2] after 10 October 1388 (date of grant of marriage).[1]
      He married, secondly, Margaret Montagu[1] after 4 July 1405 and before 9 August 1416.[1]
      He married, thirdly, Elizabeth Standish[1] before 26 October 1416.[1]
      Children of William and Philippe

      Henry Ferrers[1]
      Thomas Ferrars[1]
      John Ferrers[1]
      Edmond Ferrers[1]
      Margaret[1]
      Elizabeth[1]
      Anne, presumably, (wife of Nicholas Bowell)[1]
      Other documented life events

      William was summoned to Parliament from 30 November 1396 to 13 January 1444/5.[1]
      In 1419 he was attached by the king for breaking into the king's park at Defford, Leicestershire, as well as the king's close, horses, and park at Leicester, Leicestershire.[1]
      In 1427 he owed Reynold Grey, Lord Grey of Rithin, a debt of ¹1,000 "good and legal money."[1]
      In his will, he requested burial at Ulverscroft Priory, Leicester[1]
      Death

      Sir William Ferrers left a will on 17 May 1445 at Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England; Requested burial at Ulverscroft Priory, Leicestershire.[1][4][5][6][7] He died on 18 May 1445 at Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England, at age 73.[1][4][5][6][7]
      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 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Vol. I, page 299, #9
      ? 2.0 2.1 2.2 Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists, page 64
      ? The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 354.
      ? 4.0 4.1 Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 209.
      ? 5.0 5.1 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 266.
      ? 6.0 6.1 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 444-445.
      ? 7.0 7.1 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 156.
      See Also:

      Richardson, Douglas Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. III pp. 156-158
      Faris, David. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996. Online: Ancestry.com. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
      Richardson, Douglas Magna Carta Ancestry, (2011), , Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Volume I, page 299, #9.
      Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Online: Ancestry.com. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S9941] "Family Tree & Genealogy Tools for William (Ferrers) de Ferrers" accessed November 14th, 2016 by David A. Hennessee, htt.

    2. [S9942] "William (Ferrers) de Ferrers (1372 - 1445)" biography, accessed November 14th, 2016 by David A. Hennessee, https://www.

    3. [S10538] "Ferrers of Groby, Baron (E, 1299 - forfeited 1554)" history, which was abstracted, downloaded and published Thursday, M.

    4. [S10540] "Isabel De St. LEGER" profile, which was abstracted, downloaded and published Thursday, March 2nd, 2017 by David A. Henn.

    5. [S6633] "Roger de Clifford, 5th Baron de Clifford, ninth Lord Clifford, fifth Baron of Westmoreland (10 July 1333[1] - 13 July 1.