Sibyl Marshal

• Preferred Name: Sibyl Marshal^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]}
  
• Alternate Name: Agnes de Keveliock
  
• Gender: F
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Baroness of Hingham
  
• Christening: 1201 in Saint Croix Falls, Pembroke, Wales at LATI: N1.8611 LONG: E4.9229
  
• Death: 27 APR 1245 in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England at LATI: N3.0167 LONG: E1.7333
  
• FSID: 99QR-57N
  
• Birth: 20 DEC 1201 in Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, Wales at LATI: N1.6339 LONG: E5.0241
  
• Fact: with note: Description: Lady of Chartley
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Countess of Derby
  
• Burial: in Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Monmouthshire, England at LATI: N1.697 LONG: E2.677 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “AGNES OF CHESTER, married in 1192 WILLIAM DE FERRERS, Knt, 4th Earl of Derby, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, 1194, Sheriff of Lancashire, 1223-8, son and heir of William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby, by Sibyl, daughter of William de Briouze (or Brewes).
  They had five sons,
  William, Knt. [5th Earl of Derby],
  Thomas, Knt,
  Hugh, Knt.,
  Robert, and
  Ranulph (parson of St. Michael's on the Wyre, Lancashire),
  and three daughters,
  Bertha,
  Agnes (wife of Richard de Montfitchet), and
  ___.
  He had livery of his lands in 1190-91. Before the return of King Richard I from captivity to England, he supported the Justiciar against John, Count of Mortain, and, with the Earl of Chester, he besieged Nottingham Castle. He took part in the second Coronation of King Richard I, which was solemnized in Winchester Cathedral 17 April 1194. He was present at the Coronation of King John 27 May 1199. On 7 June 1199 the king restored and confirmed to him the third penny of Derby, and with his own hand girded him with the sword as an Earl. In 1213 he witnessed the king's surrender of the kingdom to Pope Innocent III. He was a witness to the last will of King John in 1216, and appointed one of its managers and disposers. He was present at the Coronation of King Henry III 28 October 1216. On 30 October following, the king granted him the Castles of Peak and Bolsover, Derbyshire, and, on 16 Jan. 1216/17, he was granted the manor of Melbourne, Derbyshire to hold until the king was 14 years of age. He assisted the Regent to raise the Siege of Lincoln Castle 20 May 1217, and, with his brother-in-law, Ranulph, Earl of Chester, he commanded the royal forces which razed Montsorel Castle. In June 1218 he went on Crusade. In 1225 he witnessed the third great charter of King Henry III. He was heir c.1226/7 to his younger brother, Robert de Ferrers. He accompanied the king in the expedition to Brittany and Poitou in 1230. In 1230 the king pardoned him up to 100 marks of the £170 which were exacted from him for the debts of his uncle, Robert de Ferrers. He was present at the Council of London Feb. 1231/2. His wife, Agnes, was co-heiress in 1232 to her brother, Ranulph, Earl of Chester and Lincoln, by which she inherited the Castle and manor of Chartley, Staffordshire, the Castle and vill of West Derby, Lancashire, and the borough of Liverpool, Lancashire, together with all the lands which Earl Ranulph had held between Ribble and Mersey (including the fiefs of Manchester, Widnes, Warrington, Tottington and Croston, Makerfield and Sefton, Lancashire), and the vills of Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire and Navenby, Lincolnshire. In 1236 he and his wife, Agnes, quitclaimed the advowson of the church of Bolton, Lancashire to Herbert, Prior of Mattersey. He presented to the churches of Brington, Northamptonshire, 1237, and Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, 1238. In 1241 Stephen de Meverel sued William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, and Agnes his wife regarding the advowson of Gatton, Staffordshire; William and Agnes appeared by attorney, and stated that the advowson formed part of the inheritance of Agnes, which fell to her by the death of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, and that they could not answer without their co-parceners. In 1244 he was summoned for military service against the Scots. At an unknown date, he granted 24 acres in his Forest of Needwood to Robert son of Thomas of the Cross. At an unknown date, he granted 19 acres in the manor of Horecross (in Yoxall), Staffordshire to Bartholomew Andwinckle. At an unknown date, he granted all the town of Horecross (in Yoxall), Staffordshire to Hugh Melbourn.
  
  SIR WILLIAM DE FERRERS, Earl of Derby, died testate 22 Sept. 1247. His widow, Agnes, died testate 2 Nov. 1247.
  
  Children of Agnes of Chester, by William de Ferrers, Knt.:
  i. WILLIAM DE FERRERS, Knt., 5th Earl of Derby [see next].
  ii. BERTHA DE FERRERS, married (1st) THOMAS DE FURNIVAL, of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, and Sheffield, Yorkshire [see FURNIVAL 8], (2nd) RALPH LE BIGOD, Knt., of Settrington, Yorkshire [see ASKE 8].
  iii. ___ DE FERRERS, married JOHN DE VIPONT, of Appleby, Westmorland [see CLIFFORD 7].”
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO.68) P.35, 41;
  
  === !#1296> Maunsell History-p330 (FHL 929.2 ===
  !#1296> Maunsell History-p330 (FHL 929.242 M44mc);
  
  === From the collection of Jerry Dean Ferren ===
  From the collection of Jerry Dean Ferren.
  
  Ancestral File Number: 84ZW-Z8
  
  He [William de Ferrieres] married in 1192 Agnes [?Alice], s ister and coheir of Randolf, EARL OF CHESTER AND LINCOLN, a nd 3rd daughter of Hugh, EARL OF CHESTER, by Bertrade, daug hter of Simon DE MONTFORT, COUNT OF EVREUX. On 22 Novembe r 1232 they had livery of her purparty of her brother's lan ds, viz. of the castle and manor of Chartley, co. Stafford , the castle and vill of West Derby, co. Lancaster, with al l the lands which Earl Randolf had held between Ribble an d Mersey, the vills of Bugbrooke, Northants, and Navenby, c o. Lincoln. On 12 September 1233 they had assignment of th e knights' fees, late of the said Earl, which had been appo rtioned to them. He died 22 September 1247, having been lon g afflicted with the gout. His widow, the King having take n her homage, had livery, 12 October 1247, of her inheritan ce in Cos. Lancaster, Lincoln, and Stafford, including th e castle of Chartley. She died 2 November 1247. [Complet e Peerage IV:194-6, XIV:250, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
  
  === Sources: Royal Descents; Norr; A. Roots ===
  Sources: Royal Descents; Norr; A. Roots 82, 127, 194; Ayers, AF. Lady of Chartley. Known as Agnes de Meschines/Meschin amd Agnes/Aliceof Chester. Norr: 3rd daughter. Descents: Agnes de Meschines, married William de Ferrers, 4th Earl ofDerby. Ayers: Agnes (lady of Chartley and Bugbrooke), daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, Earl of Chester. She was married in 1192 and died 2 Nov. 1247.
  
  === Royal Ancestry Biography ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “AGNES OF CHESTER, married in 1192 WILLIAM DE FERRERS, Knt, 4th Earl of Derby, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, 1194, Sheriff of Lancashire, 1223-8, son and heir of William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby, by Sibyl, daughter of William de Briouze (or Brewes). They had five sons, William, Knt. [5th Earl of Derby], Thomas, Knt, Hugh, Knt., Robert, and Ranulph (parson of St. Michael's on the Wyre, Lancashire), and three daughters, Bertha, Agnes (wife of Richard de Montfitchet), and ___. He had livery of his lands in 1190-91. Before the return of King Richard I from captivity to England, he supported the Justiciar against John, Count of Mortain, and, with the Earl of Chester, he besieged Nottingham Castle. He took part in the second Coronation of King Richard I, which was solemnized in Winchester Cathedral 17 April 1194. He was present at the Coronation of King John 27 May 1199. On 7 June 1199 the king restored and confirmed to him the third penny of Derby, and with his own hand girded him with the sword as an Earl. In 1213 he witnessed the king's surrender of the kingdom to Pope Innocent III. He was a witness to the last will of King John in 1216, and appointed one of its managers and disposers. He was present at the Coronation of King Henry III 28 October 1216. On 30 October following, the king granted him the Castles of Peak and Bolsover, Derbyshire, and, on 16 Jan. 1216/17, he was granted the manor of Melbourne, Derbyshire to hold until the king was 14 years of age. He assisted the Regent to raise the Siege of Lincoln Castle 20 May 1217, and, with his brother-in-law, Ranulph, Earl of Chester, he commanded the royal forces which razed Montsorel Castle. In June 1218 he went on Crusade. In 1225 he witnessed the third great charter of King Henry III. He was heir c.1226/7 to his younger brother, Robert de Ferrers. He accompanied the king in the expedition to Brittany and Poitou in 1230. In 1230 the king pardoned him up to 100 marks of the £170 which were exacted from him for the debts of his uncle, Robert de Ferrers. He was present at the Council of London Feb. 1231/2. His wife, Agnes, was co-heiress in 1232 to her brother, Ranulph, Earl of Chester and Lincoln, by which she inherited the Castle and manor of Chartley, Staffordshire, the Castle and vill of West Derby, Lancashire, and the borough of Liverpool, Lancashire, together with all the lands which Earl Ranulph had held between Ribble and Mersey (including the fiefs of Manchester, Widnes, Warrington, Tottington and Croston, Makerfield and Sefton, Lancashire), and the vills of Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire and Navenby, Lincolnshire. In 1236 he and his wife, Agnes, quitclaimed the advowson of the church of Bolton, Lancashire to Herbert, Prior of Mattersey. He presented to the churches of Brington, Northamptonshire, 1237, and Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, 1238. In 1241 Stephen de Meverel sued William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, and Agnes his wife regarding the advowson of Gatton, Staffordshire; William and Agnes appeared by attorney, and stated that the advowson formed part of the inheritance of Agnes, which fell to her by the death of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, and that they could not answer without their co-parceners. In 1244 he was summoned for military service against the Scots. At an unknown date, he granted 24 acres in his Forest of Needwood to Robert son of Thomas of the Cross. At an unknown date, he granted 19 acres in the manor of Horecross (in Yoxall), Staffordshire to Bartholomew Andwinckle. At an unknown date, he granted all the town of Horecross (in Yoxall), Staffordshire to Hugh Melbourn. SIR WILLIAM DE FERRERS, Earl of Derby, died testate 22 Sept. 1247. His widow, Agnes, died testate 2 Nov. 1247.
  Shaw Hist. & Antiqs. of Steordshire 1(1798): 39 (Ferrers ped.), 93 (charter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby; charter names his wife, Agnes), 103 (three charters of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, one of which is witnessed by his brother, Robert). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(2) (1830): 807 (charter of Robert de Ferrers, son of William, Earl of Ferrers; charter witnessed by William de Ferrers, son of William, Earl of Ferrers). Coll. Top. et Gen. 2 (1835): 247-249. Baines Hist. of the Commerce & Town of Liverpool 1 (1852): 97-133. Jour. British Arch. Assoc. 7 (1852): 220-232. Giles Matthew Paris's English Hist. 2 (1853): 251 (sub 1247: "In this year certain nobles died in England, amongst whom was William Earl Ferrers, a peaceable and good man, who died at a great age, about St. Catherine's day [25 November], after having suffered for a long time from gout. His marriage with his wife the Countess was solemnized by St. Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury. In the same month also died his wife M, countess of Ferrers, of the same age and of equal fame and goodness. The said earl therefore was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son and heir William, a good and discrete man, but who was miserably afflicted with the same disease as his father."). Luard Annales Monastici 1 (Rolls Ser. 36) (1864): 285 (Annals of Burton sub 1247: "Isto anno obiit Wilelinus de Ferrariis, nobilis comes Derbeiae, x. kal. Octobris. Agnes comitissa, uxor ejus, completa quarentena sua, decessit quarto non. Novembris."). Shirley Royal & Other Historical Letters illus. of the Reign of King Henry III 2 (Rolls Ser. 27) (1866): 14 (letter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby). Year Books of Edward I: Years XXXIII-XXV 5 (Rolls Ser. 31a) (1879): 100-107. Ormerod Hist. of the County Palatine & City of Chester 1 (1882): 26-33. Wrottesley Staffordshire Suits: Plea Rolls (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 4) (1883): 90-102. Maitland Bracton's Note Book 3 (1887): 280-283. Birch Catalogue of Seals in the British Museum 2 (1892): 280 (seal of William de Ferrers, Earl of Ferrers dated 1191-1199 - To the right. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, sword, long convex shield. Horse galloping; Another undated seal. Obverse. To the right. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, flat-topped helmet, sword, shield of arms: vaire, FERRERS; Reverse. Small oval counterseal. With mark of the handle. Impression of an antique oval intaglio gem. A lion devouring a stag). Delaville le Roulx Cartulaire Général de l'Ordre des Hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jerusalem 1 (1894): 304. Norris Baddesly Clinton, its Manor, Church & Hall (1897): 101-110. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 72, 102. Fatter Final Concords of Lancaster 1 (Lancs. & Cheshire Rec. Soc. 39) (1899): 74-93,93-118,216-219. Fatter Lancashire Inquests, Extents & Feudal Aids 1 (Lanc. & Cheshire Rec. Soc. 48) (1903): 120,146. Parker Cal. of Lancashire Assize Rolls 1 (Lancs. & Cheshire Rec. Soc. 47) (1904): 18, 40, 55, 66. Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 531-532. Year Books of Edward II 3 (Selden Soc. 20) (1905): 4-9. C.P. 3 (1913): 169, footnote a (sub Chester); 4 (1916): 194-196 (sub Derby(); 5 (1926): 320 (chart). Grosseteste Rotuli Roberti Grosseteste Episcopi Lincolniensis (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 11) (1914): 169, 178, 184-185, 190, 402. Farrer Early Yorkshire Charters 2 (1915): 195 (chart). Farnham Leicestershire Medieval Peds. (1925): 11 (ped. of Earls of Chester). Rpt. on the MSS of Reginald Rawdon Hastings, Esq. 1 (Hist. MSS Comm. 78) (1928): 83. Gibbs Early Charters of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Camden Soc. 3rd Ser. 58) (1939): 37- 39. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 32-33, 148-149. Hockey Beaulieu Cartulary (Southampton Recs. Ser. 17) (1974): 11-12, 44-45. C.R.R. 16 (1979): 69. Ellis Cat. Seals in the PRO. 2 (1981): 41 (seal of William de Ferrer; Earl of Derby - On horseback, riding to right. He wears a long coat of mail and a flat-topped helmet with nasal, and holds a drawn sword and a shield. Legend: ...DEF...R...). Nottingham Medieval Studies 44 (2000): 69-81. Online resource: http://www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/calendar/roll_029.html. Lancashire Rec. Office: Clifton of Lytham, DDCL 250 (charter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby) (available at http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp). Lancashire Rec. Office: Molyneux, Earls of Sefton, DDM 19/1 (charter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby), DDM 19/2 (charter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby); DDM 19/3 (charter of Agnes de Ferrers, Countess of Derby), DDM 19/4 (charter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby) (available at http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp).
  Children of Agnes of Chester, by William de Ferrers, Knt.:
  i. WILLIAM DE FERRERS, Knt., 5th Earl of Derby [see next].
  ii. BERTHA DE FERRERS, married (1st) THOMAS DE FURNIVAL, of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, and Sheffield, Yorkshire [see FURNIVAL 8], (2nd) RALPH LE BIGOD, Knt., of Settrington, Yorkshire [see ASKE 8].
  iii. ___ DE FERRERS, married JOHN DE VIPONT, of Appleby, Westmorland [see CLIFFORD 7].”
  
  === Biography ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “WILLIAM DE FERRERS, Knt., 5th Earl of Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle, 1235-6, son and heir, born about 1193. He married (1st) before 14 May 1219 SIBYL MARSHAL, died before 1238, 3rd daughter of William Marshal, Knt., 4th Earl of Pembroke (or Strigoil), hereditary Master Marshal, by Isabel, daughter of Richard Fitz Gilbert (nicknamed "Strongbow”), 2nd Earl of Pembroke (or Strigoil) [see MARSHAL 3 for her ancestry]. They had seven daughters, Agnes, Isabel, Maud, Sibyl, Joan, Agatha (wife of Hugh de Mortimer), and Eleanor. He was afflicted from youth with gout, and habitually travelled in a chariot or litter. He accompanied the king to France in 1230. He married (2nd) in or before 1238 MARGARET (or MARGERY) DE QUINCY, daughter and co-heiress of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, by his 1st wife, Ellen, daughter and co-heiress of Alan Fitz Roland, lord of Galloway, hereditary Constable of Scotland [see QUINCY 7 for her ancestry]. They had two sons, Robert, Knt. [6th Earl of Derby], and William, Knt., and three daughters, Elizabeth, Joan, and Agnes. He had livery of Chardey Castle and the rest of his mother's lands 10 Nov. 1247. He was invested with the Earldom of Derby 2 Feb. 1247/8. In 1245 he was granted respite of forest offences because he "laboured under infirmity." He presented to the church of Brington, Northamptonshire in 1250. While passing over a bridge at St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, he was accidentally thrown from his chariot sustaining broken limb bones from which he never recovered. SIR WILLIAM DE FERRERS, 5th Earl of Derby, died at Evington, Leicestershire 24 (or 28) March 1254, and was buried at Merevale Abbey, Warwickshire. His widow, Margaret, presented to the churches of Keyston, Huntingdonshire, 1255, Irchester, Northamptonshire, 1267, and Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, 1268, 1275. She was co-heiress in 1264 to her father, Roger de Quincy, Knt., Earl of Winchester, by which she inherited the hereditary office of Constable of Scotland, together with the manors of Groby (in Ratby) and Thurnby, Leicestershire, Ware, Hertfordshire, Keyston and Southoe, Huntingdonshire, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, etc. In 1268-9 the Prior and convent of Lenton released the church of Irchester, Northamptonshire to Margaret de Ferrers, Countess of Derby, who in turn levied a fine of it to the use of herself and her heirs. In 1270 she resigned the office of Constable of Scotland to her brother-in-law, Alexander Comyn, Knt., Earl of Buchan. In 1270 Margaret and her sisters, Ellen and Elizabeth, gave license for the election of William de Shaldeston as Prior of the Hospital of St. James and St. John at Brackley, Northamptonshire. In 1272-3 Margaret arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against John le Fauconer, of Thurcaston, and others, touching a tenement in Groby, Leicestershire. In 1273 Philip de Fifife sued her for the next presentation to the church of Fyfield, Berkshire. In 1274-5 Ellen de Quincy and Alexander Comyn and his wife, Elizabeth, sued their sister, Margaret de Ferrers, Countess of Derby, regarding possessions in Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire. On the assignment of Quincy dower lands in 1275, Margaret was assigned a third part of the manor of Southoe Ferrers, Huntingdonshire, together with a third part of the chief messuage. In 1275-6 William de Karuill' arraigned an assize of mort d'ancestor against her touching a messuage and land in Brampton, Northamptonshire. Sometime in the period, 1275-9, she acquired the one-third share of the same manor assigned to her sister, Elizabeth Comyn, thus increasing Margaret's share to two-thirds. In 1276 Margaret had letters of protection, she then going to Scotland. In 1277-8 Alice widow of John de Kent arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against her and others touching a tenement in Chardey, Staffordshire. About 1281 Margaret de Ferrers, Countess of Derby, Ellen la Zouche, and Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, and his wife, Elizabeth, sued Ranulph son of Robert de Neville and his wife, Euphame, regarding 11-1/2 virgates in Syston, Leicestershire. Margaret, Countess of Derby, died shortly before 12 March 1280/1, on which date custody of all lands late of the said Countess Margaret were granted by the king to Richard Fukeram to hold during pleasure, so that he cultivate and sow them and answer for the issues at the Exchequer. In 1282 custody of the manor of Southoe, Huntingdonshire late of Margaret, Countess of Derby, deceased was granted by the king to John de Aese, Vicomte of Tartas to hold during the minority of the heirs. The same month custody of the manor of Keyston, Huntingdonshire late of Margaret, Countess of Derby, deceased was likewise granted by the king to John de Byu.elard to hold during the minority of the heirs. In 1281 the king ratified the demise of John de Aysse, Vicomte of Tartas, to Baldwin Wake and Hawise his wife of custody of the manor of Southoe, Huntingdonshire which he had of the gift of the king by the extent of £40 2s. 8d. yearly to hold during the minority of the heirs of Margery, Countess of Derby.
  Bridges Hist. & Antiqs. of Northamptonshire 2 (1791): 174, 180. Shaw Hist. & Antiqs. of Steffordshire 1 (1798): 39 (Ferrers ped). Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 1 (1822-30): 123-124 (Ferrers ped.), 563 (Beaumont-Quincy ped). Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Hertford 3 (1827): 287-288 (Beaumont-Quincy ped.). Burke Dict. of the Peerages ... Extinct, Dormant & in Abeyance (1831): 442-443 (sub Quincy). Hunter Eccl. Docs. (Camden Soc. 8) (1840): 68. Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 200-201 (Clare ped.). Baines Hist. of the Commerce & Town of Liverpool 1 (1852): 97-133. Giles Matthew Paris's English Hist. 2 (1853): 251 (sub 1247: "In this year certain nobles died in England, amongst whom was William Fad Ferrers, a peaceable and good man, who died at a great age, about St. Catherine's day [25 Novemberl, after having suffered for a long time from gout ... The said earl therefore was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son and heir William, a good and discrete man, but who was miserably afflicted with the same disease as his father."). Luard Annales Monastici 1 (Rolls Ser. 36) (1864): 317 (Annals of Burton sub 1254: "Willelmus de Ferrariis comes Derbeiæ obiit v. kal. Aptilis, apud Eventonam juxta Leycestriam, et sepultus est in capitulo de Mirevalle ii kal. Aprilis."). Skene Liber Pluscardensis 1 (Historians of Scotland 7) (1877): 136-137; 2 (Historians of Scotland 10) (1880): 102-103. Year Books of Edward Years XXXIII-XXV 5 (Rolls Ser. 31a) (1879): 100-107. Clark Earls, Earldom, & Castle of Pembroke (1880): 69-75. Annual Rpt. of the Deputy Keeper 42 (1881): 568; 44 (1883): 100; 45 (1885): 107, 152; 47 (1886): 186; 50(1889): 45, 92, 442, 460. Wrottesley Feet of Fines: Henry III (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 4) (1883): 238-259. Godfrey Hist. of the Parish & Priory of Lenton (1884): 82. Doyle Official Baronage of England 1 (1886): 548 (sub Derby). Miktag Service Performed Staffordshire Tenants (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 8(1)) (1887): 1-122. Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 2 (1892): 281 (seal of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby dated 1254 - Obverse. To the right. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, shield, sword. Horse galloping. Fine style of workmanship. Reverse. Small round counterseal. A shield of arms: wire, on a bordure eight horse-shoes [FERRERS]. Legend: * S WILL’I : COMITIS : DERB'.). Norris Baddesley Clinton, its Manor, Church & Hall (1897): 63-64 ("The windows at Baddesley are a treasure in themselves ... Therein may be read, as in open volumes, the descent and the alliances of the house of Ferrers ... Most of the shields were set up in the early part of the seventeenth century, though a few bear date in the sixteenth ... In two large windows of the hall opening on the courtyard are twelve shields of arms surmounted by earls' and barons' coronets, and having inscriptions beneath indicating the alliances commemorated [including] 6. Ferrers impaling Quinci. Gules, seven mascles, conjoined, or, 3, 3 and 1; [inscription:] “William Ferrers, earle of Derby, married Margaret, Lady of Groby, daughter of Roger Quincy, earle of Winchester."), 101-110. C.C.R. 1272-1279 (1900): 225-226. C.P.R. 1272-1281 (1901): 93, 140, 427, 442, 459-460. Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 104, 276, 501, 531-532, 548. Scots Peerage 3 (1906): 142. Cal. IPM 2 (1906): 237, 323. C.P. 4 (1916): 196-198 (arms of William de Ferrers: Sable (or Azure), an escutcheon vairy or and gules, and an orle of 8 horse-shoes argent), 199 (chart) (sub Derby); 5 (1926): foll. 320 (chart), 340; 12(2) (1959): 276-278 (sub Vescy). VCH Hertford 3 (1912): 380-397. Turner Cal. Feet of Fines Rel. Huntingdon (Cambridge Antiq. Soc. 8o Ser. 37) (1913): 35. Grosseteste Rank Roberti Grosseteste Episcopi I incolniensis (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 11) (1914): 246, 248, 511. Year Books of Edward 13 (Selden Soc. 34) (1918): 59-67; 14(2) (Selden Soc. 43) (1927): 75-77. Foster Final Concords of Lincoln from the Feet of Fines A.D. 1244-1272 2 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 17) (1920): 142 (fine dated 1256 between Ralph, Abbot of Croyland, and Margery countess of Ferrars). Davis Rotuli Ricardi Gravesend Episcopi Lincolniensis (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 20) (1925): 99, 109, 118, 129, 168. Rpt. on the MSS of Reginald Razvdon Hastings, Esq. 1 (Hist. MSS Comm. 78) (1928): 323-342 (partition of estates of Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester). Cam Hundred & Hundred Rolls (1930): 276. VCH Huntingdon 2 (1932): 346-354. Paget Baronage of England (1957) 205: 4-6; 464: 1-8 (sub Quincy) (Margaret de Quincy and her step-mother, Eleanor, were each the step-mother and step-daughter of the other, the Earls of Derby, their husbands, having each married the other's daughter). Reid Wigtownshire Charters (Scottish Hist. Soc. 51) (1960): xxxix-xlv. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 61, 63, 149. Painter Feudalism & Liberty (1961): 230-239. Bea
  === Life Sketch ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “AGNES OF CHESTER, married in 1192 WILLIAM DE FERRERS, Knt, 4th Earl of Derby, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, 1194, Sheriff of Lancashire, 1223-8, son and heir of William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby, by Sibyl, daughter of William de Briouze (or Brewes).
  They had five sons,
  William, Knt. [5th Earl of Derby],
  Thomas, Knt,
  Hugh, Knt.,
  Robert, and
  Ranulph (parson of St. Michael's on the Wyre, Lancashire),
  and three daughters,
  Bertha,
  Agnes (wife of Richard de Montfitchet), and
  ___.
  He had livery of his lands in 1190-91. Before the return of King Richard I from captivity to England, he supported the Justiciar against John, Count of Mortain, and, with the Earl of Chester, he besieged Nottingham Castle. He took part in the second Coronation of King Richard I, which was solemnized in Winchester Cathedral 17 April 1194. He was present at the Coronation of King John 27 May 1199. On 7 June 1199 the king restored and confirmed to him the third penny of Derby, and with his own hand girded him with the sword as an Earl. In 1213 he witnessed the king's surrender of the kingdom to Pope Innocent III. He was a witness to the last will of King John in 1216, and appointed one of its managers and disposers. He was present at the Coronation of King Henry III 28 October 1216. On 30 October following, the king granted him the Castles of Peak and Bolsover, Derbyshire, and, on 16 Jan. 1216/17, he was granted the manor of Melbourne, Derbyshire to hold until the king was 14 years of age. He assisted the Regent to raise the Siege of Lincoln Castle 20 May 1217, and, with his brother-in-law, Ranulph, Earl of Chester, he commanded the royal forces which razed Montsorel Castle. In June 1218 he went on Crusade. In 1225 he witnessed the third great charter of King Henry III. He was heir c.1226/7 to his younger brother, Robert de Ferrers. He accompanied the king in the expedition to Brittany and Poitou in 1230. In 1230 the king pardoned him up to 100 marks of the £170 which were exacted from him for the debts of his uncle, Robert de Ferrers. He was present at the Council of London Feb. 1231/2. His wife, Agnes, was co-heiress in 1232 to her brother, Ranulph, Earl of Chester and Lincoln, by which she inherited the Castle and manor of Chartley, Staffordshire, the Castle and vill of West Derby, Lancashire, and the borough of Liverpool, Lancashire, together with all the lands which Earl Ranulph had held between Ribble and Mersey (including the fiefs of Manchester, Widnes, Warrington, Tottington and Croston, Makerfield and Sefton, Lancashire), and the vills of Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire and Navenby, Lincolnshire. In 1236 he and his wife, Agnes, quitclaimed the advowson of the church of Bolton, Lancashire to Herbert, Prior of Mattersey. He presented to the churches of Brington, Northamptonshire, 1237, and Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, 1238. In 1241 Stephen de Meverel sued William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, and Agnes his wife regarding the advowson of Gatton, Staffordshire; William and Agnes appeared by attorney, and stated that the advowson formed part of the inheritance of Agnes, which fell to her by the death of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, and that they could not answer without their co-parceners. In 1244 he was summoned for military service against the Scots. At an unknown date, he granted 24 acres in his Forest of Needwood to Robert son of Thomas of the Cross. At an unknown date, he granted 19 acres in the manor of Horecross (in Yoxall), Staffordshire to Bartholomew Andwinckle. At an unknown date, he granted all the town of Horecross (in Yoxall), Staffordshire to Hugh Melbourn.
  
  SIR WILLIAM DE FERRERS, Earl of Derby, died testate 22 Sept. 1247. His widow, Agnes, died testate 2 Nov. 1247.
  
  Children of Agnes of Chester, by William de Ferrers, Knt.:
  i. WILLIAM DE FERRERS, Knt., 5th Earl of Derby [see next].
  ii. BERTHA DE FERRERS, married (1st) THOMAS DE FURNIVAL, of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, and Sheffield, Yorkshire [see FURNIVAL 8], (2nd) RALPH LE BIGOD, Knt., of Settrington, Yorkshire [see ASKE 8].
  iii. ___ DE FERRERS, married JOHN DE VIPONT, of Appleby, Westmorland [see CLIFFORD 7].”
  
  === Sources: Royal Descents; Norr; A. Roots ===
  Sources: Royal Descents; Norr; A. Roots 82, 127, 194; Ayers, AF. Lady of Chartley. Known as Agnes de Meschines/Meschin amd Agnes/Aliceof Chester. Norr: 3rd daughter. Descents: Agnes de Meschines, married William de Ferrers, 4th Earl ofDerby. Ayers: Agnes (lady of Chartley and Bugbrooke), daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, Earl of Chester. She was married in 1192 and died 2 Nov. 1247.
  
  === From the collection of Jerry Dean Ferren ===
  From the collection of Jerry Dean Ferren.
  
  Ancestral File Number: 84ZW-Z8
  
  He [William de Ferrieres] married in 1192 Agnes [?Alice], s ister and coheir of Randolf, EARL OF CHESTER AND LINCOLN, a nd 3rd daughter of Hugh, EARL OF CHESTER, by Bertrade, daug hter of Simon DE MONTFORT, COUNT OF EVREUX. On 22 Novembe r 1232 they had livery of her purparty of her brother's lan ds, viz. of the castle and manor of Chartley, co. Stafford , the castle and vill of West Derby, co. Lancaster, with al l the lands which Earl Randolf had held between Ribble an d Mersey, the vills of Bugbrooke, Northants, and Navenby, c o. Lincoln. On 12 September 1233 they had assignment of th e knights' fees, late of the said Earl, which had been appo rtioned to them. He died 22 September 1247, having been lon g afflicted with the gout. His widow, the King having take n her homage, had livery, 12 October 1247, of her inheritan ce in Cos. Lancaster, Lincoln, and Stafford, including th e castle of Chartley. She died 2 November 1247. [Complet e Peerage IV:194-6, XIV:250, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
  
  === Biography ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “WILLIAM DE FERRERS, Knt., 5th Earl of Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle, 1235-6, son and heir, born about 1193. He married (1st) before 14 May 1219 SIBYL MARSHAL, died before 1238, 3rd daughter of William Marshal, Knt., 4th Earl of Pembroke (or Strigoil), hereditary Master Marshal, by Isabel, daughter of Richard Fitz Gilbert (nicknamed "Strongbow”), 2nd Earl of Pembroke (or Strigoil) [see MARSHAL 3 for her ancestry]. They had seven daughters, Agnes, Isabel, Maud, Sibyl, Joan, Agatha (wife of Hugh de Mortimer), and Eleanor. He was afflicted from youth with gout, and habitually travelled in a chariot or litter. He accompanied the king to France in 1230. He married (2nd) in or before 1238 MARGARET (or MARGERY) DE QUINCY, daughter and co-heiress of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, by his 1st wife, Ellen, daughter and co-heiress of Alan Fitz Roland, lord of Galloway, hereditary Constable of Scotland [see QUINCY 7 for her ancestry]. They had two sons, Robert, Knt. [6th Earl of Derby], and William, Knt., and three daughters, Elizabeth, Joan, and Agnes. He had livery of Chardey Castle and the rest of his mother's lands 10 Nov. 1247. He was invested with the Earldom of Derby 2 Feb. 1247/8. In 1245 he was granted respite of forest offences because he "laboured under infirmity." He presented to the church of Brington, Northamptonshire in 1250. While passing over a bridge at St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, he was accidentally thrown from his chariot sustaining broken limb bones from which he never recovered. SIR WILLIAM DE FERRERS, 5th Earl of Derby, died at Evington, Leicestershire 24 (or 28) March 1254, and was buried at Merevale Abbey, Warwickshire. His widow, Margaret, presented to the churches of Keyston, Huntingdonshire, 1255, Irchester, Northamptonshire, 1267, and Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, 1268, 1275. She was co-heiress in 1264 to her father, Roger de Quincy, Knt., Earl of Winchester, by which she inherited the hereditary office of Constable of Scotland, together with the manors of Groby (in Ratby) and Thurnby, Leicestershire, Ware, Hertfordshire, Keyston and Southoe, Huntingdonshire, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, etc. In 1268-9 the Prior and convent of Lenton released the church of Irchester, Northamptonshire to Margaret de Ferrers, Countess of Derby, who in turn levied a fine of it to the use of herself and her heirs. In 1270 she resigned the office of Constable of Scotland to her brother-in-law, Alexander Comyn, Knt., Earl of Buchan. In 1270 Margaret and her sisters, Ellen and Elizabeth, gave license for the election of William de Shaldeston as Prior of the Hospital of St. James and St. John at Brackley, Northamptonshire. In 1272-3 Margaret arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against John le Fauconer, of Thurcaston, and others, touching a tenement in Groby, Leicestershire. In 1273 Philip de Fifife sued her for the next presentation to the church of Fyfield, Berkshire. In 1274-5 Ellen de Quincy and Alexander Comyn and his wife, Elizabeth, sued their sister, Margaret de Ferrers, Countess of Derby, regarding possessions in Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire. On the assignment of Quincy dower lands in 1275, Margaret was assigned a third part of the manor of Southoe Ferrers, Huntingdonshire, together with a third part of the chief messuage. In 1275-6 William de Karuill' arraigned an assize of mort d'ancestor against her touching a messuage and land in Brampton, Northamptonshire. Sometime in the period, 1275-9, she acquired the one-third share of the same manor assigned to her sister, Elizabeth Comyn, thus increasing Margaret's share to two-thirds. In 1276 Margaret had letters of protection, she then going to Scotland. In 1277-8 Alice widow of John de Kent arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against her and others touching a tenement in Chardey, Staffordshire. About 1281 Margaret de Ferrers, Countess of Derby, Ellen la Zouche, and Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, and his wife, Elizabeth, sued Ranulph son of Robert de Neville and his wife, Euphame, regarding 11-1/2 virgates in Syston, Leicestershire. Margaret, Countess of Derby, died shortly before 12 March 1280/1, on which date custody of all lands late of the said Countess Margaret were granted by the king to Richard Fukeram to hold during pleasure, so that he cultivate and sow them and answer for the issues at the Exchequer. In 1282 custody of the manor of Southoe, Huntingdonshire late of Margaret, Countess of Derby, deceased was granted by the king to John de Aese, Vicomte of Tartas to hold during the minority of the heirs. The same month custody of the manor of Keyston, Huntingdonshire late of Margaret, Countess of Derby, deceased was likewise granted by the king to John de Byu.elard to hold during the minority of the heirs. In 1281 the king ratified the demise of John de Aysse, Vicomte of Tartas, to Baldwin Wake and Hawise his wife of custody of the manor of Southoe, Huntingdonshire which he had of the gift of the king by the extent of £40 2s. 8d. yearly to hold during the minority of the heirs of Margery, Countess of Derby.
  Bridges Hist. & Antiqs. of Northamptonshire 2 (1791): 174, 180. Shaw Hist. & Antiqs. of Steffordshire 1 (1798): 39 (Ferrers ped). Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 1 (1822-30): 123-124 (Ferrers ped.), 563 (Beaumont-Quincy ped). Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Hertford 3 (1827): 287-288 (Beaumont-Quincy ped.). Burke Dict. of the Peerages ... Extinct, Dormant & in Abeyance (1831): 442-443 (sub Quincy). Hunter Eccl. Docs. (Camden Soc. 8) (1840): 68. Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 200-201 (Clare ped.). Baines Hist. of the Commerce & Town of Liverpool 1 (1852): 97-133. Giles Matthew Paris's English Hist. 2 (1853): 251 (sub 1247: "In this year certain nobles died in England, amongst whom was William Fad Ferrers, a peaceable and good man, who died at a great age, about St. Catherine's day [25 Novemberl, after having suffered for a long time from gout ... The said earl therefore was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son and heir William, a good and discrete man, but who was miserably afflicted with the same disease as his father."). Luard Annales Monastici 1 (Rolls Ser. 36) (1864): 317 (Annals of Burton sub 1254: "Willelmus de Ferrariis comes Derbeiæ obiit v. kal. Aptilis, apud Eventonam juxta Leycestriam, et sepultus est in capitulo de Mirevalle ii kal. Aprilis."). Skene Liber Pluscardensis 1 (Historians of Scotland 7) (1877): 136-137; 2 (Historians of Scotland 10) (1880): 102-103. Year Books of Edward Years XXXIII-XXV 5 (Rolls Ser. 31a) (1879): 100-107. Clark Earls, Earldom, & Castle of Pembroke (1880): 69-75. Annual Rpt. of the Deputy Keeper 42 (1881): 568; 44 (1883): 100; 45 (1885): 107, 152; 47 (1886): 186; 50(1889): 45, 92, 442, 460. Wrottesley Feet of Fines: Henry III (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 4) (1883): 238-259. Godfrey Hist. of the Parish & Priory of Lenton (1884): 82. Doyle Official Baronage of England 1 (1886): 548 (sub Derby). Miktag Service Performed Staffordshire Tenants (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 8(1)) (1887): 1-122. Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 2 (1892): 281 (seal of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby dated 1254 - Obverse. To the right. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, shield, sword. Horse galloping. Fine style of workmanship. Reverse. Small round counterseal. A shield of arms: wire, on a bordure eight horse-shoes [FERRERS]. Legend: * S WILL’I : COMITIS : DERB'.). Norris Baddesley Clinton, its Manor, Church & Hall (1897): 63-64 ("The windows at Baddesley are a treasure in themselves ... Therein may be read, as in open volumes, the descent and the alliances of the house of Ferrers ... Most of the shields were set up in the early part of the seventeenth century, though a few bear date in the sixteenth ... In two large windows of the hall opening on the courtyard are twelve shields of arms surmounted by earls' and barons' coronets, and having inscriptions beneath indicating the alliances commemorated [including] 6. Ferrers impaling Quinci. Gules, seven mascles, conjoined, or, 3, 3 and 1; [inscription:] “William Ferrers, earle of Derby, married Margaret, Lady of Groby, daughter of Roger Quincy, earle of Winchester."), 101-110. C.C.R. 1272-1279 (1900): 225-226. C.P.R. 1272-1281 (1901): 93, 140, 427, 442, 459-460. Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 104, 276, 501, 531-532, 548. Scots Peerage 3 (1906): 142. Cal. IPM 2 (1906): 237, 323. C.P. 4 (1916): 196-198 (arms of William de Ferrers: Sable (or Azure), an escutcheon vairy or and gules, and an orle of 8 horse-shoes argent), 199 (chart) (sub Derby); 5 (1926): foll. 320 (chart), 340; 12(2) (1959): 276-278 (sub Vescy). VCH Hertford 3 (1912): 380-397. Turner Cal. Feet of Fines Rel. Huntingdon (Cambridge Antiq. Soc. 8o Ser. 37) (1913): 35. Grosseteste Rank Roberti Grosseteste Episcopi I incolniensis (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 11) (1914): 246, 248, 511. Year Books of Edward 13 (Selden Soc. 34) (1918): 59-67; 14(2) (Selden Soc. 43) (1927): 75-77. Foster Final Concords of Lincoln from the Feet of Fines A.D. 1244-1272 2 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 17) (1920): 142 (fine dated 1256 between Ralph, Abbot of Croyland, and Margery countess of Ferrars). Davis Rotuli Ricardi Gravesend Episcopi Lincolniensis (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 20) (1925): 99, 109, 118, 129, 168. Rpt. on the MSS of Reginald Razvdon Hastings, Esq. 1 (Hist. MSS Comm. 78) (1928): 323-342 (partition of estates of Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester). Cam Hundred & Hundred Rolls (1930): 276. VCH Huntingdon 2 (1932): 346-354. Paget Baronage of England (1957) 205: 4-6; 464: 1-8 (sub Quincy) (Margaret de Quincy and her step-mother, Eleanor, were each the step-mother and step-daughter of the other, the Earls of Derby, their husbands, having each married the other's daughter). Reid Wigtownshire Charters (Scottish Hist. Soc. 51) (1960): xxxix-xlv. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 61, 63, 149. Painter Feudalism & Liberty (1961): 230-239. Bea
  
  === !#1296> Maunsell History-p330 (FHL 929.2 ===
  !#1296> Maunsell History-p330 (FHL 929.242 M44mc);
  
  === Royal Ancestry Biography ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “AGNES OF CHESTER, married in 1192 WILLIAM DE FERRERS, Knt, 4th Earl of Derby, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, 1194, Sheriff of Lancashire, 1223-8, son and heir of William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby, by Sibyl, daughter of William de Briouze (or Brewes). They had five sons, William, Knt. [5th Earl of Derby], Thomas, Knt, Hugh, Knt., Robert, and Ranulph (parson of St. Michael's on the Wyre, Lancashire), and three daughters, Bertha, Agnes (wife of Richard de Montfitchet), and ___. He had livery of his lands in 1190-91. Before the return of King Richard I from captivity to England, he supported the Justiciar against John, Count of Mortain, and, with the Earl of Chester, he besieged Nottingham Castle. He took part in the second Coronation of King Richard I, which was solemnized in Winchester Cathedral 17 April 1194. He was present at the Coronation of King John 27 May 1199. On 7 June 1199 the king restored and confirmed to him the third penny of Derby, and with his own hand girded him with the sword as an Earl. In 1213 he witnessed the king's surrender of the kingdom to Pope Innocent III. He was a witness to the last will of King John in 1216, and appointed one of its managers and disposers. He was present at the Coronation of King Henry III 28 October 1216. On 30 October following, the king granted him the Castles of Peak and Bolsover, Derbyshire, and, on 16 Jan. 1216/17, he was granted the manor of Melbourne, Derbyshire to hold until the king was 14 years of age. He assisted the Regent to raise the Siege of Lincoln Castle 20 May 1217, and, with his brother-in-law, Ranulph, Earl of Chester, he commanded the royal forces which razed Montsorel Castle. In June 1218 he went on Crusade. In 1225 he witnessed the third great charter of King Henry III. He was heir c.1226/7 to his younger brother, Robert de Ferrers. He accompanied the king in the expedition to Brittany and Poitou in 1230. In 1230 the king pardoned him up to 100 marks of the £170 which were exacted from him for the debts of his uncle, Robert de Ferrers. He was present at the Council of London Feb. 1231/2. His wife, Agnes, was co-heiress in 1232 to her brother, Ranulph, Earl of Chester and Lincoln, by which she inherited the Castle and manor of Chartley, Staffordshire, the Castle and vill of West Derby, Lancashire, and the borough of Liverpool, Lancashire, together with all the lands which Earl Ranulph had held between Ribble and Mersey (including the fiefs of Manchester, Widnes, Warrington, Tottington and Croston, Makerfield and Sefton, Lancashire), and the vills of Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire and Navenby, Lincolnshire. In 1236 he and his wife, Agnes, quitclaimed the advowson of the church of Bolton, Lancashire to Herbert, Prior of Mattersey. He presented to the churches of Brington, Northamptonshire, 1237, and Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, 1238. In 1241 Stephen de Meverel sued William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, and Agnes his wife regarding the advowson of Gatton, Staffordshire; William and Agnes appeared by attorney, and stated that the advowson formed part of the inheritance of Agnes, which fell to her by the death of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, and that they could not answer without their co-parceners. In 1244 he was summoned for military service against the Scots. At an unknown date, he granted 24 acres in his Forest of Needwood to Robert son of Thomas of the Cross. At an unknown date, he granted 19 acres in the manor of Horecross (in Yoxall), Staffordshire to Bartholomew Andwinckle. At an unknown date, he granted all the town of Horecross (in Yoxall), Staffordshire to Hugh Melbourn. SIR WILLIAM DE FERRERS, Earl of Derby, died testate 22 Sept. 1247. His widow, Agnes, died testate 2 Nov. 1247.
  Shaw Hist. & Antiqs. of Steordshire 1(1798): 39 (Ferrers ped.), 93 (charter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby; charter names his wife, Agnes), 103 (three charters of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, one of which is witnessed by his brother, Robert). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(2) (1830): 807 (charter of Robert de Ferrers, son of William, Earl of Ferrers; charter witnessed by William de Ferrers, son of William, Earl of Ferrers). Coll. Top. et Gen. 2 (1835): 247-249. Baines Hist. of the Commerce & Town of Liverpool 1 (1852): 97-133. Jour. British Arch. Assoc. 7 (1852): 220-232. Giles Matthew Paris's English Hist. 2 (1853): 251 (sub 1247: "In this year certain nobles died in England, amongst whom was William Earl Ferrers, a peaceable and good man, who died at a great age, about St. Catherine's day [25 November], after having suffered for a long time from gout. His marriage with his wife the Countess was solemnized by St. Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury. In the same month also died his wife M, countess of Ferrers, of the same age and of equal fame and goodness. The said earl therefore was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son and heir William, a good and discrete man, but who was miserably afflicted with the same disease as his father."). Luard Annales Monastici 1 (Rolls Ser. 36) (1864): 285 (Annals of Burton sub 1247: "Isto anno obiit Wilelinus de Ferrariis, nobilis comes Derbeiae, x. kal. Octobris. Agnes comitissa, uxor ejus, completa quarentena sua, decessit quarto non. Novembris."). Shirley Royal & Other Historical Letters illus. of the Reign of King Henry III 2 (Rolls Ser. 27) (1866): 14 (letter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby). Year Books of Edward I: Years XXXIII-XXV 5 (Rolls Ser. 31a) (1879): 100-107. Ormerod Hist. of the County Palatine & City of Chester 1 (1882): 26-33. Wrottesley Staffordshire Suits: Plea Rolls (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 4) (1883): 90-102. Maitland Bracton's Note Book 3 (1887): 280-283. Birch Catalogue of Seals in the British Museum 2 (1892): 280 (seal of William de Ferrers, Earl of Ferrers dated 1191-1199 - To the right. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, sword, long convex shield. Horse galloping; Another undated seal. Obverse. To the right. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, flat-topped helmet, sword, shield of arms: vaire, FERRERS; Reverse. Small oval counterseal. With mark of the handle. Impression of an antique oval intaglio gem. A lion devouring a stag). Delaville le Roulx Cartulaire Général de l'Ordre des Hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jerusalem 1 (1894): 304. Norris Baddesly Clinton, its Manor, Church & Hall (1897): 101-110. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 72, 102. Fatter Final Concords of Lancaster 1 (Lancs. & Cheshire Rec. Soc. 39) (1899): 74-93,93-118,216-219. Fatter Lancashire Inquests, Extents & Feudal Aids 1 (Lanc. & Cheshire Rec. Soc. 48) (1903): 120,146. Parker Cal. of Lancashire Assize Rolls 1 (Lancs. & Cheshire Rec. Soc. 47) (1904): 18, 40, 55, 66. Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 531-532. Year Books of Edward II 3 (Selden Soc. 20) (1905): 4-9. C.P. 3 (1913): 169, footnote a (sub Chester); 4 (1916): 194-196 (sub Derby(); 5 (1926): 320 (chart). Grosseteste Rotuli Roberti Grosseteste Episcopi Lincolniensis (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 11) (1914): 169, 178, 184-185, 190, 402. Farrer Early Yorkshire Charters 2 (1915): 195 (chart). Farnham Leicestershire Medieval Peds. (1925): 11 (ped. of Earls of Chester). Rpt. on the MSS of Reginald Rawdon Hastings, Esq. 1 (Hist. MSS Comm. 78) (1928): 83. Gibbs Early Charters of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Camden Soc. 3rd Ser. 58) (1939): 37- 39. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 32-33, 148-149. Hockey Beaulieu Cartulary (Southampton Recs. Ser. 17) (1974): 11-12, 44-45. C.R.R. 16 (1979): 69. Ellis Cat. Seals in the PRO. 2 (1981): 41 (seal of William de Ferrer; Earl of Derby - On horseback, riding to right. He wears a long coat of mail and a flat-topped helmet with nasal, and holds a drawn sword and a shield. Legend: ...DEF...R...). Nottingham Medieval Studies 44 (2000): 69-81. Online resource: http://www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/calendar/roll_029.html. Lancashire Rec. Office: Clifton of Lytham, DDCL 250 (charter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby) (available at http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp). Lancashire Rec. Office: Molyneux, Earls of Sefton, DDM 19/1 (charter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby), DDM 19/2 (charter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby); DDM 19/3 (charter of Agnes de Ferrers, Countess of Derby), DDM 19/4 (charter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby) (available at http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp).
  Children of Agnes of Chester, by William de Ferrers, Knt.:
  i. WILLIAM DE FERRERS, Knt., 5th Earl of Derby [see next].
  ii. BERTHA DE FERRERS, married (1st) THOMAS DE FURNIVAL, of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, and Sheffield, Yorkshire [see FURNIVAL 8], (2nd) RALPH LE BIGOD, Knt., of Settrington, Yorkshire [see ASKE 8].
  iii. ___ DE FERRERS, married JOHN DE VIPONT, of Appleby, Westmorland [see CLIFFORD 7].”
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO.68) P.35, 41;

• m. BEF 14 MAY 1219 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales

1. Sibyl de Ferrers, b. 1231 in England     d. AFT 9 OCT 1273
2. Joan Ferrers, b. 1232 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom     d. 19 MAR 1310 in Addington, Surrey, England
3. Eleanor de Ferrers - Countess of Winchester, b. 1236 in Derbyshire, England     d. 2 NOV 1274 in Elham, Kent, England
4. Maud de Ferrers, b. 1228 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom     d. 12 MAR 1299 in Evington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
5. Joan de Ferrers, b. ABT 1232     d. ABT OCT 1267
6. Isabel de Ferrers, b. ABT 1224 in Derby, Derbyshire, England     d. 26 NOV 1260 in Tormohun, Devon, England
7. Agnes de Ferrers 'The Elder', b. 1222 in Tutbury, Staffordshire, England     d. 11 MAY 1290 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
8. Agatha de Ferrers, b. 1234 in Ferrers, Derby, Derbyshire, England     d. 22 MAY 1306 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England

1. Title: Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III
   Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Great Britain. Public Record Office, and England. Sovereign (1216-1272 : Henry III). Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III. London: H.M. Stationery Off., 1902-
   Publication: Name: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010427024;
   Page: 1264 Mary, wife of William de Say "dower for" includes manors of Berling, Burgham, Codeham and Berte known to continue in this family. Note that other person in document is Gilbert de Clare of Glos and Hert. not a Marshall, supposed family.
   
2. Title: The Peerage
   Author: The Peerage
   Publication: Name: http://www.thepeerage.com/p4268.htm#i42677;
   Note: Sibyl Marshal is the daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabella de Clare, Countess of Pembroke. She married William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby, son of William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby and Alice of Chester. Her married name became de Ferrers. Children of Sibyl Marshal and William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby Isabel Ferrers Maud Ferrers Sibyl de Ferrers Agatha Ferrers Alianore de Ferrers Agnes de Ferrers b. c 1222, d. 11 May 1290 Joan de Ferrers b. 1233, d. 1267
   
3. Title: Pedigree of Hugh Kevelioc (de Meschines), Earl of Chester, in the History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton, pg. 121 [See document in the memories section]
   Author: History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton, pg. 121
   Note: Pedigree of Hugh Kevelioc (de Meschines), Earl of Chester, in the History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton, pg. 121 [See document in the memories section]
   Page: Pedigree of Hugh Kevelioc (de Meschines), Earl of Chester, in the History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton, pg. 121 [See document in the memories section]
   
4. Title: Hugh Kevelioc de Gernon, Earl of Chester, in The History of the Palatine County and City of Chester, Vol. 1, pg. 26-29 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: The History of the Palatine County and City of Chester, Vol. 1, pg. 26-29
   Note: Hugh Kevelioc de Gernon, Earl of Chester, in The History of the Palatine County and City of Chester, Vol. 1, pg. 26-29 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Hugh Kevelioc de Gernon, Earl of Chester, in The History of the Palatine County and City of Chester, Vol. 1, pg. 26-29 [See document in the Memories section]
   
5. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Sibyl Marshall, first wife of Wm de Ferrers
   Author: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#SibylMarshaldiedbefore1238;
   Note: SIBYL (-before 1238). The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire records that "quarta filia…Willihelmi Marescalli…Sibilla" married "Willielmo de Ferrers comiti Derbiæ"[1396]. m (before 14 May 1219) as his first wife, WILLIAM de Ferrers, son of WILLIAM de Ferrers Earl of Derby & his wife Agnes de Chester (-May 1254, bur Merevale Abbey). He succeeded his father in 1247 as Earl of Derby.
   Page: EARLS of CHESTER 1120-1232 in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc21106844 [See document in the Memories section]
   
6. Title: Some Ferrers, Earls of Derby in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Note: Some Ferrers, Earls of Derby in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Some Ferrers, Earls of Derby in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy [See document in the Memories section]
   
7. Title: Pedigree of Ranulf le Meschin in the History of the Palatine County of Chester
   Author: History of the Palatine County of Chester, pg. 121
   Note: Pedigree of Ranulf le Meschin in the History of the Palatine County of Chester, pg. 121 [See document in the Memories dection]
   Page: Pedigree of Ranulf le Meschin in the History of the Palatine County of Chester, pg. 47 [See document in the Memories dection]
   
8. Title: Book - Lordships of England : Royal Wardships & Marriages in English Society
   
9. Title: Wikipedia, "William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke"
   Author: Wikipedia.org
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshal,_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke;
   Note: Biography.
   Page: Birth and death dates.
   
10. Title: Hugh Kevelioc (de Meschines), Earl of Chester, in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 365 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 365
    Note: Hugh Kevelioc (de Meschines), Earl of Chester, in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 365 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Hugh Kevelioc (de Meschines), Earl of Chester, in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 365 [See document in the Memories section]
    
11. Title: Sibyl Marshal in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
    Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1495.htm#i44919
    Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1495.htm#i44919;
    Note: Sibyl Marshal (1,2,3,4) Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 F, #44919, d. after November 1253 Father John Marshal (5,1,3) Sibyl Marshal married Sir William de Say, Constable of Rochester Castle, son of Sir Geoffrey de Say, Magna Charta Baron and Hawise de Clare, circa 1230; They had 2 sons (Sir William; & John) and 4 daughters (Alice, wife of William de la Forde; Hawise, wife of Sir John le Marshal; Agnes, wife of Sir Alexander de Cheney; & (unnamed), wife of John de Sudeley, 1st Lord Sudeley). (2,3,4) Sibyl Marshal died after November 1253; Her ancestry is unclear. (5,2) Family: Sir William de Say, Constable of Rochester Castle b. b 1209, d. c 12 Feb 1272 Children: (Miss) de Say+ (1,6,3,4) Agnes de Say+ (7,8,1,9,3) b. c 1250 Hawise de Say+ (1,2,3) b. c 1253, d. a 1318 Sir William de Say+ (1,3) b. 20 Nov 1253, d. b 16 Sep 1295 Citations: 1. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 497-498. 2. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 287. 3. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 562-563. 4. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 84-85. 5. [S11568] The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. XI, p. 473, notes. 6. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 135. 7. [S15] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, p. 690. 8. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 422. 9. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 456.
    
12. Title: The Medieval Lands Project, "AGNES of Chester"
    Author: fmg.org
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#AgnesChesterdied1247;
    Note: AGNES [Alice] (-2 Nov 1247). The Annales Londonienses record that "Ranulphus comes Cestriæ" had four sisters, of whom "tertia…Agnes" married "comiti de Ferrariis, id est Derby, Willelmo seniori"[164]. Lady of Chartley, Staffordshire, and Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, following her brother's death in 1232[165]. The Annals of Burton record the death “X Kal Oct” in 1247 of “Willelmus de Ferrariis…comes Derbeiæ” and “IV Non Nov” of “Agnes comitissa uxor eius”[166]. m (1192) WILLIAM de Ferrers Earl of Derby, son of WILLIAM de Ferrers Earl of Derby & his wife Sibyl de Briouse (-22 Sep 1247).
    
13. Title: Ferrers, Earls of Derby, in the History of the County of Derby, Part II, pg. 522-524 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: History of the County of Derby, Part II, pg. 522-52
    Note: Ferrers, Earls of Derby, in the History of the County of Derby, Part II, pg. 522-524 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Ferrers, Earls of Derby, in the History of the County of Derby, Part II, pg. 522-524 [See document in the Memories section]
    
14. Title: William de Ferrers, 4th or 6th Earl of Derby, in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 197 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 197
    Note: William de Ferrers, 4th or 6th Earl of Derby, in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 197 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: William de Ferrers, 4th or 6th Earl of Derby, in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 197 [See document in the Memories section]
    
15. Title: Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
    Author: Citations [S2643] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 196; The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 400. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 49. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 164-165. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 154. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 239. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 560. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 45-46. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 150-151.
    Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p354.htm#i10621;
    Note: Agnes of Chester1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 F, #10621, b. circa 1174, d. 2 November 1247 Father Hugh de Meschines, 6th Earl of Chester, Viscount d'Avranches, Seigneur de St. Sever & Briquessart2,3,8,5,6,7 b. c 1141, d. 30 Jun 1181 Mother Bertrade de Montfort8,6 b. c 1156, d. bt 31 Mar 1227 - 31 Dec 1227 Agnes of Chester was born circa 1174 at of Chester, Cheshire, England. She married Sir William de Ferrers, 4th Earl Derby & Earl Ferriers, Earl of Chester, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, & Lancashire, son of William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl Derby and Sibyl de Brewes, on 2 November 1192; They had 5 sons (Sir William 5th Lord Derby; Sir Thomas; Sir Hugh; Robert; & Ranulph, parson of St. Michael's on the Wyre) & 3 daughters (Bertha, wife of Thomas de Furnival, & of Sir Ralph le Bigod; Agnes, wife of richard de Montfitchet; & (unnamed), wife of John de Vipont).2,3,4,5,6,7 Agnes of Chester died on 2 November 1247.6 Family Sir William de Ferrers, 4th Earl Derby & Earl Ferriers, Earl of Chester, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, & Lancashire b. c 1168, d. 22 Sep 1247 Children Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle+6 b. c 1193, d. 24 Mar 1254 Sibyl de Ferrers+5,6 b. c 1195 Bertha de Ferrers+2,3,6,7 b. c 1204, d. a 1279
    
16. Title: Sibyl Marshal, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL7-23SK : 12 June 2020), Sibyl Marshal, 1245; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL7-23SK;
    
17. Title: The Medieval Lands Project, "SYBIL Marshal"
    Author: fmg.org
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#SibylMarshaldiedbefore1238;
    Note: SIBYL (-before 1238). The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire records that "quarta filia…Willihelmi Marescalli…Sibilla" married "Willielmo de Ferrers comiti Derbiæ"[1610]. m (before 14 May 1219) as his first wife, WILLIAM de Ferrers, son of WILLIAM de Ferrers Earl of Derby & his wife Agnes de Chester (-May 1254, bur Merevale Abbey). He succeeded his father in 1247 as Earl of Derby.
    
18. Title: Ranulf de Gernons in the The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster
    Author: The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, Vol. 1, pg. 47-48
    Note: Ranulf de Gernons in the The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, Vol. 1, pg. 47-48 [See document in the Memores section]
    Page: Ranulf de Gernons in the The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, Vol. 1, pg. 47-48 [See document in the Memores section]