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William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby
- Preferred Name: William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- Alternate Name: William de Ferrers III 5th Earl of Derby
- Gender: M
- Burial: 31 MAR 1254 in Merevale Abbey, Merevale, Warwickshire, England at LATI: N2.5684 LONG: E1.5817 with note: Standardized
- Death: 28 MAR 1254 in Evington, Leicestershire, England at LATI: N2.6218 LONG: E1.0755
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 5th Earl of Derby1247 in Derbyshire, England at LATI: N3.1105 LONG: E1.6205
- FSID: L8PJ-FJ6
- Birth: 1200 in Derby, Derbyshire, England at LATI: N2.9235 LONG: E1.477 with note: Church Archives 1968
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle
b. circa 1193, d. 24 March 1254
Father Sir William de Ferrers, 4th Earl Derby & Earl Ferriers, Earl of Chester, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, & Lancashire24 b. c 1168, d. 22 Sep 1247
Mother Agnes of Chester b. c 1174, d. 2 Nov 1247
Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle was born circa 1193 at of Tutbury, Staffordshire, England.2,11 He married Sybil Marshal, daughter of Sir William Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, Marshal of England, Sheriff of Gloucestershire & Sussex, Constable of Lillebonne and Isabel de Clare, before 14 May 1219; They had 7 daughters (Agnes, wife of Sir William de Vescy; Isabel, wife of Gilbert Basset, & of Reynold de Mohun; Maud, wife of Simon de Kyme, of Sir, William de Forz, & of Amaury, Vicomte de Rochechouart; Sibyl, wife of Frank de Bohun;, Joan, wife of John de Mohun, & of Robert Aguillon; Agatha, wife of Hugh de Mortimer; & Eleanor, wife of William de Vaux, of Sir Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, & of Roger de Leybourne
Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle married Margaret de Quincy, daughter of Sir Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, Constable of Scotland and Ellen of Galloway, circa 1238; They had 2 sons (Sir Robert, 6th Earl Derby; & Sir William) & 3 daughters (Elizabeth, wife of William le Mareschal, & of David ap Gruffydd, Prince of North Wales; Joan, wife of Sir Thomas, 1st Lord Berkeley; & Agnes, wife of Sir Robert de Muscegros).
Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle died on 24 March 1254 at Evington, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; Buried at Merevale Abbey, Leicestershire.
Family 1
Sybil Marshal d. b 1238
Children
Eleanor de Ferrers d. 16 Oct 1274
Agnes de Ferrers b. c 1222, d. 11 May 1290
Isabel de Ferrers b. c 1224, d. 26 Nov 1260
Sybil de Ferrers b. c 1226
Maud de Ferrers b. c 1230, d. 12 Mar 1299
Joan de Ferrers b. c 1230, d. b Oct 1267
Agatha Ferrers b. c 1232, d. 1306
Family 2
Margaret de Quincy d. c 12 Mar 1281
Children
Joan de Ferrers d. 19 Mar 1310
Elizabeth de Ferrers d. a 1297
Sir Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl Derby b. c 1239, d. c 27 Apr 1279
Sir William de Ferrers, Constable of Scotland b. c 1240, d. c 20 Dec 1287
Agnes de Ferrers b. c 1253, d. bt 17 Apr 1287 - 1297
Birth
When William was born his father was 31. His mother was 13.
(Source: Geni.com)
BIO
BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#MatildaFerrersdied1299 as of 2/1/2016
WILLIAM (-Evington, near Leicester 28 Mar 1254, bur Merevale Abbey). The Annales L
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123? “charter of William son of Geoffrey de Say, and Avice de Clare “ of property in Edmonton 1230x1272 wtns: Aunfrey de Fhering, seneshal, Stephen de Dunmoe, baliff, John Blund, William de la Forde,
=== Biography ===
William III de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (about 1193 - 28 March 1254), was an English nobleman and major landowner, unable through illness to take much part in national affairs. From his two marriages, he left numerous children who married into noble and royal families of England, France, Scotland and Wales.
The son of William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby, and his wife Lady Agnes de Kevelioc, daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, and his wife Lady Bertrada de Montfort, he accompanied King Henry III to France in 1230 and attended Parliament in London in the same year.
Like his father, he suffered from gout from youth and after the 1230s took little part in public affairs, travelling always in a litter. He was accidentally thrown from his litter into the water while crossing a bridge at St Neots in Huntingdonshire and, although he escaped immediate death, never recovered from the effects of the accident.
Succeeding to the title of his father in 1247, he only lived another seven years and, dying on 28 March 1254, was buried in Merevale Abbey, Warwickshire.
He was succeeded by his son Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby, who in 1249 had been married to the King's niece and knighted. Being too young to inherit at his father's death, wardship of the heir's estates was granted to the King's eldest son, Edward I.
Family
He first married Lady Sibyl Marshal, daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and his wife Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke, having seven daughters:
1. Agnes (died 11 May 1290), married as his second wife William de Vesci.
2. Isabel (died before 26 November 1260), married (1) Gilbert Basset, of Wycombe, and (2) as his second wife Reginald II de Mohun, of Dunster, father-in-law of her sister Joan.
3. Maud (died 12 March 1298), married (1) Simon de Kyme (died 1248), (2) William de Vivonne (died 1259), and (3) Amaury IX, Viscount of Rochechouart.
4. Sibyl married, as his first wife, Frank de Bohun, of Midhurst, great-nephew of Savaric FitzGeldewin.
5. Joan (died 1267) married (1) Sir John de Mohun, of Dunster (died 1253) and (2) as his first wife Sir Robert Aguillon, of Addington.
6. Agatha (died May 1306), married Hugh Mortimer, younger son of Ralph de Mortimer.
7. Eleanor (died 16 October 1274) married (1) William de Vaux, (2) in about 1252 Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, and (3) in about 1265 Roger de Leybourne.
In 1238, he married Lady Margaret de Quincy (about 1218 - 12 March 1280), daughter of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, and his wife Lady Helen of Galloway. (When her father married her husband's daughter Eleanor, she became both stepmother and stepdaughter of Eleanor.)
With Margaret he had two sons and three daughters:
1. Robert, his successor. He married (1) Mary, daughter of Hugh XI of Lusignan, Count of Angoulême, and a niece of King Henry III, (2) in 1269 Eleanor, daughter of Sir Humphrey V de Bohun, of Kimbolton, and Eleanor de Braose.
2. William who, granted by his mother the manor of Groby in Leicestershire, assumed the arms of de Quincy. He married (1) Anne, possibly widow of Colbán, Earl of Fife and daughter of Alan Durward, their son being William de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby, and (2) Eleanor, daughter of Matthew de Lovaine, who after her husband's death was abducted by and married to William Douglas.
3. Joan (died 19 March 1309) married Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley.
4. Agnes married Sir Robert de Musgrove, of Kemerton, Boddington & Deerhurst.
5. Elizabeth married (1) William Marshal, killed at the Battle of Evesham in 1265 (2) Dafydd ap Gruffydd, a prince of Gwynedd.
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=== William; accompanied his father to Franc ===
William; accompanied his father to France April 1230, witnessed treaty between Henry III and Alexander II (of Scotland) 1237, accompanied Henry III to France 1242 and 1253-54 and captured seven French prisoners in a skirmish at Saintes 22 July 1242; fought for Henry III at Battle of Lewes 1264; married 1st Sibyl (died in or after Oct 1250), daughter(?) of John Marshal, of Lenton; married 2nd, as her 1st husband, Mary (married 2nd by May 1273 Robert de Ufford, ancestor of the Earls of Suffolk of the March 1336/7 creation, and died by 12 Feb 1271/2. [Burke's Peerage]
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William de Say III (by 1st wife), Lord of West Greenwich, of age 1230, d. by 12 Feb 1271/2; m. (1) Sibyl, liv. Oct 1250, said (without evidence) to be daughter of John Marshal of Lenton; m. (2) Mary who survived him and m. (2) Robert de Ufford. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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WILLIAM DE SAY III, son and heir by 1st wife, had sailed with his father to France, and on 26 August 1230 was at Lucon, where the King took his homage for all the lands which his father had held in chief. On 10 February 1232 he was forbidden to go to a tournament at Blyth, because of business to be done in the march of Wales. On 8 August 1233 he was given by the King two bucks in the forest of Essex (l). On 20 March 1235 he was at Chippenham, where he and Geoffrey de Say, presumably his brother, witnessed a charter of Maud de Mandeville, Countess of Hereford and Essex. In 1235 his lands in Kent were taken into the King's hand because the King had been informed that he had taken part in a tournament at Cambridge; but he proved that at the time he was before the Justices in Eyre in Sussex, and his lands were restored. On 20 December 1235 the Constable of Dover was ordered to permit him to postpone the building of his house in Dover Castle until the following Lent. He witnessed the agreement between Henry III and Alexander of Scotland at York in 1237. On 28 May 1238 he was granted protection so long as he should be on pilgrimage beyond seas: and again in 1242 so long as he should be beyond seas with the King. On this expedition he distinguished himself in a skirmish at Saintes on 22 July 1242, capturing the Frenchman John des Barres and 6 knights. He returned to England with Earl Roger Bigod and many others in October. On 22 March 1245 he obtained a grant to him and his heirs of free warren in the demesne lands of his manors of Sawbridgeworth and Edmonton. In 1245 he was granted protection so long as he should be in Wales on the King's service, and the scutage for his fees in Norfolk for the army of Deganwy was paid to him. In May 1246 he was granted a weekly market and a yearly fair at his manor at Linton, and in July, a weekly fair at his manor of Bertre. Shortly after Easter 1247, he was party to a fine whereby the manor of Saddlescombe (Sussex) was given to the Knights Templars in exchange for the manor of West Greenwich, which his grandfather Geoffrey had given them. At the same time, he was settling a dispute with William, Earl de Warenne, about the fishery and hunting at Hamsey. On 19 March 1252 he was granted for life the right freely to hunt the wolf, hare, fox, cat, and otter without nets in the river, in all the King's forests this side Trent, if he take none of the King's deer.
On 6 August 1252 he was summoned to be at Westminster in the quinzaine of St. Michael with horses and arms ready to cross the sea with the King to Gascony. In December 1253 he, with 2 of his knights, was given robes for the coming Christmas festival, and on 20 December he was at Bazas with the King. In 1254, indignant at an attack by the Poitevins on Welsh raiders, he with very many others left the army with the King's leave, and returned to England. In 1260 he was summoned to be in London in 3 weeks after Easter, with the service due to the King, and on 19 May was appointed to keep the castle of Rochester. On 11 August he was summoned to join the army of Wales at Shrewsbury with horses and arms and the service due from him, on 17 February 1261 he received orders in connection with his summons to join the King; and on 18 October he was summoned to London with horses and arms (g). On 17 October 1263 he was ordered to come to the King at Windsor with the horses and arms which he brought to London, to treat of certain matters touching the realm: and in 1264 summoned to be at Oxford in mid-Lent with horses and arms on affairs in Wales. On 9 and again on 11 May 1264 the King summoned him to attend with arms and horses, and he was at the battle of Lewes on 14 May on the King's side (h). The Earl of Gloucester seized some of his manors; but the King, on 11 August 1264, directed Gloucester, whose bailiffs had occupied the manors during the recent disturbance, to hand over to Mary, William de Say's wife, the manors of Birling, Burham, Cudham and Bertre, because she had no means of maintaining herself and her family, and "it was improper and shameful that for lack of sustenance she should be compelled to beg." On 8 August 1265 he was commanded to deliver the County of Kent to Roger de Leyburn. He was certainly completely restored to favour from 1266 onwards, receiving frequent gifts, and obtaining pardons for various offenders.
He married, 1stly, Sibyl, and, 2ndly, Mary. He died before 12 February 1271/2. Mary survived him and married, in or before May 1273, Robert DE UFFORD, Justiciary of Ireland 1276-81, and ancestor of the UFFORD EARLS OF SUFFOLK. [Complete Peerage XI:470-3, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
(l) These gifts with other marks of favour recur frequently throughout his life. Occasionally he was given live bucks and does to place in his park at Sawbridgeworth.
(g) Yet on 12 May his tenants in the manors of Birling and Burham were notified that the King had granted the lands to his son, because William was with the King's enemies at the taking of Rochester and siege of the castle.
(h) He fled to Tonbridge, where he told the garrison that the Londoners, routed by Prince Edward at the beginning of the battle, would probably seek shelter at Croydon, and, before setting out for Bristol, the garrison fell upon the fugitives and slew many of them in defiance of the royal order to cease hotisilities.
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Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23
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M, #11064, b. circa 1193, d. 24 March 1254
Father Sir William de Ferrers, 4th Earl Derby & Earl Ferriers, Earl of Chester, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, & Lancashire24 b. c 1168, d. 22 Sep 1247
Mother Agnes of Chester24 b. c 1174, d. 2 Nov 1247
Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle was born circa 1193 at of Tutbury, Staffordshire, England.2,11 He married Sybil Marshal, daughter of Sir William Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, Marshal of England, Sheriff of Gloucestershire & Sussex, Constable of Lillebonne and Isabel de Clare, before 14 May 1219; They had 7 daughters (Agnes, wife of Sir William de Vescy; Isabel, wife of Gilbert Basset, & of Reynold de Mohun; Maud, wife of Simon de Kyme, of Sir, William de Forz, & of Amaury, Vicomte de Rochechouart; Sibyl, wife of Frank de Bohun;, Joan, wife of John de Mohun, & of Robert Aguillon; Agatha, wife of Hugh de Mortimer; & Eleanor, wife of William de Vaux, of Sir Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, & of Roger de Leybourne).2,3,6,11,14,15,16,17,18,19,22
Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle married Margaret de Quincy, daughter of Sir Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, Constable of Scotland and Ellen of Galloway, circa 1238; They had 2 sons (Sir Robert, 6th Earl Derby; & Sir William) & 3 daughters (Elizabeth, wife of William le Mareschal, & of David ap Gruffydd, Prince of North Wales; Joan, wife of Sir Thomas, 1st Lord Berkeley; & Agnes, wife of Sir Robert de Muscegros).2,4,5,8,25,11,13,20,21 Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle died on 24 March 1254 at Evington, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; Buried at Merevale Abbey, Leicestershire.2,11
Family 1
Sybil Marshal d. b 1238
Children
Eleanor de Ferrers6,11,22 d. 16 Oct 1274
Agnes de Ferrers+7,10,11,14 b. c 1222, d. 11 May 1290
Isabel de Ferrers+11,19 b. c 1224, d. 26 Nov 1260
Sybil de Ferrers+26,11,17 b. c 1226
Maud de Ferrers+3,11,12,15,23 b. c 1230, d. 12 Mar 1299
Joan de Ferrers+9,11,18 b. c 1230, d. b Oct 1267
Agatha Ferrers b. c 1232, d. 1306
Family 2
Margaret de Quincy d. c 12 Mar 1281
Children
Joan de Ferrers+27,28,2,8,25 d. 19 Mar 1310
Elizabeth de Ferrers11,13 d. a 1297
Sir Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl Derby+29,2,11 b. c 1239, d. c 27 Apr 1279
Sir William de Ferrers, Constable of Scotland+2,11,30 b. c 1240, d. c 20 Dec 1287
Agnes de Ferrers2,4,20 b. c 1253, d. bt 17 Apr 1287 - 1297
WILLIAM (-Evington, near Leicester 28 Mar 1254, bur Merevale Abbey). The Annales Londonienses name "Willelmum juniorem qui fuit comes de Ferrariis" as the son of "Willelmo seniore" & his wife[351]. He succeeded his father in 1247 as Earl of Derby. The Annals of Tewkesbury record the death in 1254 of “comes de Ferrers”[352]. The Annals of Burton record the death “V Kal Apr apud Eventonam” in 1254 of “Willelmus comes de Ferrariis comes Derbeiæ” and his burial “in capitulo de Mirevalle II Kal Apr”[353]. m firstly (before 14 May 1219) SIBYL Marshal, daughter of WILLIAM Marshal Earl of Pembroke & his wife Isabel Ctss of Pembroke (-before 1238). The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire records that "quarta filia…Willihelmi Marescalli…Sibilla" married "Willielmo de Ferrers comiti Derbiæ"[354]. m secondly (1238) MARGARET de Quincy, daughter of ROGER de Quincy Earl of Winchester & his first wife Helen of Galloway (-before 12 Mar 1281). The Annales Londonienses name "Margarete countesse de Ferreres et Eleyne la Zusche et la countesse de Bougham" as the three daughters of "Eleyn countesse de Wynton"[355]. A charter dated 3 Dec 1274 records the homage of "Margaret de Ferariis countess of Derby, eldest daughter and one of the heirs of Roger de Quency eael of Wynton" for her part of the lands "lately held in dower by Alianora de Vaux late countess of Wynton widow of the said Roger"[356]. Inquisitions after a writ "9 Edw I" following the death 15 Apr of "Margaret de Ferrariis countess of Derbeye" name her son “William de Ferrariis...”[357]. Earl William & his first wife had seven children:
Agnes
Isabella
Mathilda
Sibilla
Johannes
Alianora
Agatha
In April 1230 William de Ferrers accompanied the King to France. From 1234 to 1236 he was constable of Bolsover Castle and had livery of Chartley Castle in 1247. He was invested with the earldom at Westminster on February 2, 1248, and was present at the parliament of London in the same month. From his youth he suffered from gout and while passing over a bridge at St. Neots, in Huntingdonshire, he was accidentally thrown from the litter which he habitually used. He never recovered from the injuries he received.
SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO.68) P.35, 41;
!The Dormant & Extinct Baronage of England GS 942 D22 ban pp. 461-3. The Complete Peerage GS 942 D22 cok Vol 11.
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William; accompanied his father to France April 1230, witnessed treaty between Henry III and Alexander II (of Scotland) 1237, accompanied Henry III to France 1242 and 1253-54 and captured seven French prisoners in a skirmish at Saintes 22 July 1242; fought for Henry III at Battle of Lewes 1264; married 1st Sibyl (died in or after Oct 1250), daughter(?) of John Marshal, of Lenton; married 2nd, as her 1st husband, Mary (married 2nd by May 1273 Robert de Ufford, ancestor of the Earls of Suffolk of the March 1336/7 creation, and died by 12 Feb 1271/2. [Burke's Peerage]
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William de Say III (by 1st wife), Lord of West Greenwich, of age 1230, d. by 12 Feb 1271/2; m. (1) Sibyl, liv. Oct 1250, said (without evidence) to be daughter of John Marshal of Lenton; m. (2) Mary who survived him and m. (2) Robert de Ufford. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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WILLIAM DE SAY III, son and heir by 1st wife, had sailed with his father to France, and on 26 August 1230 was at Lucon, where the King took his homage for all the lands which his father had held in chief. On 10 February 1232 he was forbidden to go to a tournament at Blyth, because of business to be done in the march of Wales. On 8 August 1233 he was given by the King two bucks in the forest of Essex (l). On 20 March 1235 he was at Chippenham, where he and Geoffrey de Say, presumably his brother, witnessed a charter of Maud de Mandeville, Countess of Hereford and Essex. In 1235 his lands in Kent were taken into the King's hand because the King had been informed that he had taken part in a tournament at Cambridge; but he proved that at the time he was before the Justices in Eyre in Sussex, and his lands were restored. On 20 December 1235 the Constable of Dover was ordered to permit him to postpone the building of his house in Dover Castle until the following Lent. He witnessed the agreement between Henry III and Alexander of Scotland at York in 1237. On 28 May 1238 he was granted protection so long as he should be on pilgrimage beyond seas: and again in 1242 so long as he should be beyond seas with the King. On this expedition he distinguished himself in a skirmish at Saintes on 22 July 1242, capturing the Frenchman John des Barres and 6 knights. He returned to England with Earl Roger Bigod and many others in October. On 22 March 1245 he obtained a grant to him and his heirs of free warren in the demesne lands of his manors of Sawbridgeworth and Edmonton. In 1245 he was granted protection so long as he should be in Wales on the King's service, and the scutage for his fees in Norfolk for the army of Deganwy was paid to him. In May 1246 he was granted a weekly market and a yearly fair at his manor at Linton, and in July, a weekly fair at his manor of Bertre. Shortly after Easter 1247, he was party to a fine whereby the manor of Saddlescombe (Sussex) was given to the Knights Templars in exchange for the manor of West Greenwich, which his grandfather Geoffrey had given them. At the same time, he was settling a dispute with William, Earl de Warenne, about the fishery and hunting at Hamsey. On 19 March 1252 he was granted for life the right freely to hunt the wolf, hare, fox, cat, and otter without nets in the river, in all the King's forests this side Trent, if he take none of the King's deer.
On 6 August 1252 he was summoned to be at Westminster in the quinzaine of St. Michael with horses and arms ready to cross the sea with the King to Gascony. In December 1253 he, with 2 of his knights, was given robes for the coming Christmas festival, and on 20 December he was at Bazas with the King. In 1254, indignant at an attack by the Poitevins on Welsh raiders, he with very many others left the army with the King's leave, and returned to England. In 1260 he was summoned to be in London in 3 weeks after Easter, with the service due to the King, and on 19 May was appointed to keep the castle of Rochester. On 11 August he was summoned to join the army of Wales at Shrewsbury with horses and arms and the service due from him, on 17 February 1261 he received orders in connection with his summons to join the King; and on 18 October he was summoned to London with horses and arms (g). On 17 October 1263 he was ordered to come to the King at Windsor with the horses and arms which he brought to London, to treat of certain matters touching the realm: and in 1264 summoned to be at Oxford in mid-Lent with horses and arms on affairs in Wales. On 9 and again on 11 May 1264 the King summoned him to attend with arms and horses, and he was at the battle of Lewes on 14 May on the King's side (h). The Earl of Gloucester seized some of his manors; but the King, on 11 August 1264, directed Gloucester, whose bailiffs had occupied the manors during the recent disturbance, to h
=== MAGNA CHARTA SURETIES, 1215, by F. L. We ===
MAGNA CHARTA SURETIES, 1215, by F. L. Weis, 4th Ed., Line 88 #3, pg. 90: m. in or bef. 1238, as his 2nd wife Margaret de3 Quincy, d. sh. bef. 12 Mar 1280/1 (CP IV, 196). Line 127 #30, pg. 115: b. c1193, bur. 31 Mar 1254, 5th Earl of Derby; m. (1) by 14 May 1219, Sibyl, 3rd dau. Wm. Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, by Isable de Clare (66-27), d.s.p.m.; m. (2) c1238, Margaret de Quincy (57-29), d. shortly bef. 12 Mar 1280/1. (Generations 28-30: CP IV 192-198, chart p. 199, V 320 chart, VII 677; SP III 142).
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William was buried 31 March 1254; one account states that he died at Evington, near Leicester, and another that he died at St. Neots, County Huntingdon. His first wife is Sibyl Marshall (who died). Burke {"Dormant Peerages,"London,1883,p.197} states that "His lordship, who from his youth had been a martyr to the gout, and in consequence, obliged to be drawn from place to place in a chariot, lost his life by being thrown, through the heedlessness of his driver, over the bridge of St. Neots, co. Huntingdon, in 1254." By Margaret he also had Joan (m. Thomas, Lord Berkeley) and Agnes (m. Robert de Muscegros, Lord of Deerhurst). William, 5th Earl of Derby, accompanied the King to France in 1230 and was constable of Bolsover Castle 28 Feb 1235 to 3 July 1236.
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McCliv. William de Ferrarii, Count of Derby, died v kal. April at Eventon near Leicester, and he was buried in the chapter house of Mirevalle II kal. April." [Annals of Burton, p. 317). "MccLiv. In the ninth cal. In April, William, son of William, Count de Ferrarii, a discreet man and expert in the laws of the land, died. Here, while his father suffered from a long-term infirmity of the feet called gout from his early years, as if it were hereditary, he was accustomed to be carried from place to place in a litter or cart. And while he was on his way one day, his charioteers carelessly controlled his vehicle and allowed it to fall over a certain bridge, that is to say at Saint Neotus. He who, although his limbs were crushed, had escaped death at that time, was never completely healthy: afterwards he entered the way of the whole flesh."
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WILLIAM (-Evington, near Leicester 28 Mar 1254, bur Merevale Abbey). The Annales Londonienses name "Willelmum juniorem qui fuit comes de Ferrariis" as the son of "Willelmo seniore" & his wife[351]. He succeeded his father in 1247 as Earl of Derby. The Annals of Tewkesbury record the death in 1254 of “comes de Ferrers”[352]. The Annals of Burton record the death “V Kal Apr apud Eventonam” in 1254 of “Willelmus comes de Ferrariis comes Derbeiæ” and his burial “in capitulo de Mirevalle II Kal Apr”[353]. m firstly (before 14 May 1219) SIBYL Marshal, daughter of WILLIAM Marshal Earl of Pembroke & his wife Isabel Ctss of Pembroke (-before 1238). The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire records that "quarta filia…Willihelmi Marescalli…Sibilla" married "Willielmo de Ferrers comiti Derbiæ"[354]. m secondly (1238) MARGARET de Quincy, daughter of ROGER de Quincy Earl of Winchester & his first wife Helen of Galloway (-before 12 Mar 1281). The Annales Londonienses name "Margarete countesse de Ferreres et Eleyne la Zusche et la countesse de Bougham" as the three daughters of "Eleyn countesse de Wynton"[355]. A charter dated 3 Dec 1274 records the homage of "Margaret de Ferariis countess of Derby, eldest daughter and one of the heirs of Roger de Quency eael of Wynton" for her part of the lands "lately held in dower by Alianora de Vaux late countess of Wynton widow of the said Roger"[356]. Inquisitions after a writ "9 Edw I" following the death 15 Apr of "Margaret de Ferrariis countess of Derbeye" name her son “William de Ferrariis...”[357]. Earl William & his first wife had seven children:
Agnes
Isabella
Mathilda
Sibilla
Johannes
Alianora
Agatha
=== !Brown book #5, chart 668. Governor of R ===
!Brown book #5, chart 668. Governor of Rochester. Crispin's: Ealaise Roll: 1938, p50. Burke's: Dormant Baronage. Hasted's (or Halsted's) Hist of Kent. Gen #20-Croke: V2.
=== !The Dormant & Extinct Baronage of Engla ===
!The Dormant & Extinct Baronage of England GS 942 D22 ban pp. 461-3. The Complete Peerage GS 942 D22 cok Vol 11.
=== !William De Ferrers, Earl of Derby was b ===
!William De Ferrers, Earl of Derby was buried 03-31-1254; one account states that he died at Evington, near Leicester, and another that he died at St. Neots, County Huntingdon. His first wife is Sibyl Marshall (who died). Burke ("Dormant Peerages, "London, 1883, p. 197) states that "His lordship, who from his youth had been a martyr to the gout, and in consequence, obliged to be drawn from place to place in a chariot, lost his life by being thrown, through the heedlessness of his driver, over the bridge of St. Neots, co. Huntingdon, in 1254." By Margaret.
=== In April 1230 William de Ferrers accompa ===
In April 1230 William de Ferrers accompanied the King to France. From 1234 to 1236 he was constable of Bolsover Castle and had livery of Chartley Castle in 1247. He was invested with the earldom at Westminster on February 2, 1248, and was present at the parliament of London in the same month. From his youth he suffered from gout and while passing over a bridge at St. Neots, in Huntingdonshire, he was accidentally thrown from the litter which he habitually used. He never recovered from the injuries he received.
=== !The Dormant & Extinct Baronage of Engla ===
!The Dormant & Extinct Baronage of England 942 D22 ban Vol 2 pp. 461-3 The Complete Peerage GS 942 D22 cok Vol 11 pp. 470-3. In 1260 William was constituted Governor of Rochester Castle.
=== Source: Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna ===
Source: Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 5th Ed., Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1999], 16A-2.
=== Sources: A. Roots 59, 127, 143, 189, 194 ===
Sources: A. Roots 59, 127, 143, 189, 194, 261; Smallwood; Norr; AF. Norr: First in the Chartley main line. He was the fifth Earl of Derbyand Baron of Chartley. He died when accidentally dropped from his litter intoa river. Roots: William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, died 24 or 28 March 1254. Roots line 88 leaves out this generation but line 261 has it. Dateswork well by leaving it in. Prodigy member says named Baron of Chartley in 1247.
=== SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO.68) P.35, 41;
=== https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Ferrers,_5th_Earl_of_Derby ===
Maddicott, J. R. (2004), "Ferrers, Robert de, sixth earl of Derby (c.1239–1279)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, retrieved 30 May 2017
Jump up^ The Sibyl de Ferrers who married John de Vipont, Lord of Appleby, was her aunt.
Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands Project on William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,[self-published source][better source needed]
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=== Life Sketch ===
William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle
b. circa 1193, d. 24 March 1254
Father Sir William de Ferrers, 4th Earl Derby & Earl Ferriers, Earl of Chester, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, & Lancashire24 b. c 1168, d. 22 Sep 1247
Mother Agnes of Chester b. c 1174, d. 2 Nov 1247
Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle was born circa 1193 at of Tutbury, Staffordshire, England.2,11 He married Sybil Marshal, daughter of Sir William Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, Marshal of England, Sheriff of Gloucestershire & Sussex, Constable of Lillebonne and Isabel de Clare, before 14 May 1219; They had 7 daughters (Agnes, wife of Sir William de Vescy; Isabel, wife of Gilbert Basset, & of Reynold de Mohun; Maud, wife of Simon de Kyme, of Sir, William de Forz, & of Amaury, Vicomte de Rochechouart; Sibyl, wife of Frank de Bohun;, Joan, wife of John de Mohun, & of Robert Aguillon; Agatha, wife of Hugh de Mortimer; & Eleanor, wife of William de Vaux, of Sir Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, & of Roger de Leybourne
Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle married Margaret de Quincy, daughter of Sir Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, Constable of Scotland and Ellen of Galloway, circa 1238; They had 2 sons (Sir Robert, 6th Earl Derby; & Sir William) & 3 daughters (Elizabeth, wife of William le Mareschal, & of David ap Gruffydd, Prince of North Wales; Joan, wife of Sir Thomas, 1st Lord Berkeley; & Agnes, wife of Sir Robert de Muscegros).
Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle died on 24 March 1254 at Evington, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; Buried at Merevale Abbey, Leicestershire.
Family 1
Sybil Marshal d. b 1238
Children
Eleanor de Ferrers d. 16 Oct 1274
Agnes de Ferrers b. c 1222, d. 11 May 1290
Isabel de Ferrers b. c 1224, d. 26 Nov 1260
Sybil de Ferrers b. c 1226
Maud de Ferrers b. c 1230, d. 12 Mar 1299
Joan de Ferrers b. c 1230, d. b Oct 1267
Agatha Ferrers b. c 1232, d. 1306
Family 2
Margaret de Quincy d. c 12 Mar 1281
Children
Joan de Ferrers d. 19 Mar 1310
Elizabeth de Ferrers d. a 1297
Sir Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl Derby b. c 1239, d. c 27 Apr 1279
Sir William de Ferrers, Constable of Scotland b. c 1240, d. c 20 Dec 1287
Agnes de Ferrers b. c 1253, d. bt 17 Apr 1287 - 1297
Birth
When William was born his father was 31. His mother was 13.
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BIO
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WILLIAM (-Evington, near Leicester 28 Mar 1254, bur Merevale Abbey). The Annales L
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WILLIAM (-Evington, near Leicester 28 Mar 1254, bur Merevale Abbey). The Annales Londonienses name "Willelmum juniorem qui fuit comes de Ferrariis" as the son of "Willelmo seniore" & his wife[351]. He succeeded his father in 1247 as Earl of Derby. The Annals of Tewkesbury record the death in 1254 of “comes de Ferrers”[352]. The Annals of Burton record the death “V Kal Apr apud Eventonam” in 1254 of “Willelmus comes de Ferrariis comes Derbeiæ” and his burial “in capitulo de Mirevalle II Kal Apr”[353]. m firstly (before 14 May 1219) SIBYL Marshal, daughter of WILLIAM Marshal Earl of Pembroke & his wife Isabel Ctss of Pembroke (-before 1238). The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire records that "quarta filia…Willihelmi Marescalli…Sibilla" married "Willielmo de Ferrers comiti Derbiæ"[354]. m secondly (1238) MARGARET de Quincy, daughter of ROGER de Quincy Earl of Winchester & his first wife Helen of Galloway (-before 12 Mar 1281). The Annales Londonienses name "Margarete countesse de Ferreres et Eleyne la Zusche et la countesse de Bougham" as the three daughters of "Eleyn countesse de Wynton"[355]. A charter dated 3 Dec 1274 records the homage of "Margaret de Ferariis countess of Derby, eldest daughter and one of the heirs of Roger de Quency eael of Wynton" for her part of the lands "lately held in dower by Alianora de Vaux late countess of Wynton widow of the said Roger"[356]. Inquisitions after a writ "9 Edw I" following the death 15 Apr of "Margaret de Ferrariis countess of Derbeye" name her son “William de Ferrariis...”[357]. Earl William & his first wife had seven children:
Agnes
Isabella
Mathilda
Sibilla
Johannes
Alianora
Agatha
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McCliv. William de Ferrarii, Count of Derby, died v kal. April at Eventon near Leicester, and he was buried in the chapter house of Mirevalle II kal. April." [Annals of Burton, p. 317). "MccLiv. In the ninth cal. In April, William, son of William, Count de Ferrarii, a discreet man and expert in the laws of the land, died. Here, while his father suffered from a long-term infirmity of the feet called gout from his early years, as if it were hereditary, he was accustomed to be carried from place to place in a litter or cart. And while he was on his way one day, his charioteers carelessly controlled his vehicle and allowed it to fall over a certain bridge, that is to say at Saint Neotus. He who, although his limbs were crushed, had escaped death at that time, was never completely healthy: afterwards he entered the way of the whole flesh."
=== William was buried 31 March 1254; one ac ===
William was buried 31 March 1254; one account states that he died at Evington, near Leicester, and another that he died at St. Neots, County Huntingdon. His first wife is Sibyl Marshall (who died). Burke {"Dormant Peerages,"London,1883,p.197} states that "His lordship, who from his youth had been a martyr to the gout, and in consequence, obliged to be drawn from place to place in a chariot, lost his life by being thrown, through the heedlessness of his driver, over the bridge of St. Neots, co. Huntingdon, in 1254." By Margaret he also had Joan (m. Thomas, Lord Berkeley) and Agnes (m. Robert de Muscegros, Lord of Deerhurst). William, 5th Earl of Derby, accompanied the King to France in 1230 and was constable of Bolsover Castle 28 Feb 1235 to 3 July 1236.
=== !The Complete Peerage GS 942 D22 cok Vol ===
!The Complete Peerage GS 942 D22 cok Vol 4 p. 199 (Derby pedigree chart) Sorley Pedigrees Q929.242 SO 68s
=== In April 1230 William de Ferrers accompa ===
In April 1230 William de Ferrers accompanied the King to France. From 1234 to 1236 he was constable of Bolsover Castle and had livery of Chartley Castle in 1247. He was invested with the earldom at Westminster on February 2, 1248, and was present at the parliament of London in the same month. From his youth he suffered from gout and while passing over a bridge at St. Neots, in Huntingdonshire, he was accidentally thrown from the litter which he habitually used. He never recovered from the injuries he received.
=== !William De Ferrers, Earl of Derby was b ===
!William De Ferrers, Earl of Derby was buried 03-31-1254; one account states that he died at Evington, near Leicester, and another that he died at St. Neots, County Huntingdon. His first wife is Sibyl Marshall (who died). Burke ("Dormant Peerages, "London, 1883, p. 197) states that "His lordship, who from his youth had been a martyr to the gout, and in consequence, obliged to be drawn from place to place in a chariot, lost his life by being thrown, through the heedlessness of his driver, over the bridge of St. Neots, co. Huntingdon, in 1254." By Margaret.
=== Sources: A. Roots 59, 127, 143, 189, 194 ===
Sources: A. Roots 59, 127, 143, 189, 194, 261; Smallwood; Norr; AF. Norr: First in the Chartley main line. He was the fifth Earl of Derbyand Baron of Chartley. He died when accidentally dropped from his litter intoa river. Roots: William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, died 24 or 28 March 1254. Roots line 88 leaves out this generation but line 261 has it. Dateswork well by leaving it in. Prodigy member says named Baron of Chartley in 1247.
=== Biography ===
William III de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (about 1193 – 28 March 1254), was an English nobleman and major landowner, unable through illness to take much part in national affairs. From his two marriages, he left numerous children who married into noble and royal families of England, France, Scotland and Wales.
The son of William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby, and his wife Lady Agnes de Kevelioc, daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, and his wife Lady Bertrada de Montfort, he accompanied King Henry III to France in 1230 and attended Parliament in London in the same year.
Like his father, he suffered from gout from youth and after the 1230s took little part in public affairs, travelling always in a litter. He was accidentally thrown from his litter into the water while crossing a bridge at St Neots in Huntingdonshire and, although he escaped immediate death, never recovered from the effects of the accident.
Succeeding to the title of his father in 1247, he only lived another seven years and, dying on 28 March 1254, was buried in Merevale Abbey, Warwickshire.
He was succeeded by his son Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby, who in 1249 had been married to the King's niece and knighted. Being too young to inherit at his father's death, wardship of the heir's estates was granted to the King's eldest son, Edward I.
Family
He first married Lady Sibyl Marshal, daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and his wife Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke, having seven daughters:
1. Agnes (died 11 May 1290), married as his second wife William de Vesci.
2. Isabel (died before 26 November 1260), married (1) Gilbert Basset, of Wycombe, and (2) as his second wife Reginald II de Mohun, of Dunster, father-in-law of her sister Joan.
3. Maud (died 12 March 1298), married (1) Simon de Kyme (died 1248), (2) William de Vivonne (died 1259), and (3) Amaury IX, Viscount of Rochechouart.
4. Sibyl married, as his first wife, Frank de Bohun, of Midhurst, great-nephew of Savaric FitzGeldewin.
5. Joan (died 1267) married (1) Sir John de Mohun, of Dunster (died 1253) and (2) as his first wife Sir Robert Aguillon, of Addington.
6. Agatha (died May 1306), married Hugh Mortimer, younger son of Ralph de Mortimer.
7. Eleanor (died 16 October 1274) married (1) William de Vaux, (2) in about 1252 Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, and (3) in about 1265 Roger de Leybourne.
In 1238, he married Lady Margaret de Quincy (about 1218 - 12 March 1280), daughter of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, and his wife Lady Helen of Galloway. (When her father married her husband's daughter Eleanor, she became both stepmother and stepdaughter of Eleanor.)
With Margaret he had two sons and three daughters:
1. Robert, his successor. He married (1) Mary, daughter of Hugh XI of Lusignan, Count of Angoulême, and a niece of King Henry III, (2) in 1269 Eleanor, daughter of Sir Humphrey V de Bohun, of Kimbolton, and Eleanor de Braose.
2. William who, granted by his mother the manor of Groby in Leicestershire, assumed the arms of de Quincy. He married (1) Anne, possibly widow of Colbán, Earl of Fife and daughter of Alan Durward, their son being William de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby, and (2) Eleanor, daughter of Matthew de Lovaine, who after her husband's death was abducted by and married to William Douglas.
3. Joan (died 19 March 1309) married Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley.
4. Agnes married Sir Robert de Musgrove, of Kemerton, Boddington & Deerhurst.
5. Elizabeth married (1) William Marshal, killed at the Battle of Evesham in 1265 (2) Dafydd ap Gruffydd, a prince of Gwynedd.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Ferrers,_5th_Earl_of_Derby
=== Source: Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna ===
Source: Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 5th Ed., Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1999], 16A-2.
=== !The Dormant & Extinct Baronage of Engla ===
!The Dormant & Extinct Baronage of England GS 942 D22 ban pp. 461-3. The Complete Peerage GS 942 D22 cok Vol 11.
=== William; accompanied his father to Franc ===
William; accompanied his father to France April 1230, witnessed treaty between Henry III and Alexander II (of Scotland) 1237, accompanied Henry III to France 1242 and 1253-54 and captured seven French prisoners in a skirmish at Saintes 22 July 1242; fought for Henry III at Battle of Lewes 1264; married 1st Sibyl (died in or after Oct 1250), daughter(?) of John Marshal, of Lenton; married 2nd, as her 1st husband, Mary (married 2nd by May 1273 Robert de Ufford, ancestor of the Earls of Suffolk of the March 1336/7 creation, and died by 12 Feb 1271/2. [Burke's Peerage]
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William de Say III (by 1st wife), Lord of West Greenwich, of age 1230, d. by 12 Feb 1271/2; m. (1) Sibyl, liv. Oct 1250, said (without evidence) to be daughter of John Marshal of Lenton; m. (2) Mary who survived him and m. (2) Robert de Ufford. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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WILLIAM DE SAY III, son and heir by 1st wife, had sailed with his father to France, and on 26 August 1230 was at Lucon, where the King took his homage for all the lands which his father had held in chief. On 10 February 1232 he was forbidden to go to a tournament at Blyth, because of business to be done in the march of Wales. On 8 August 1233 he was given by the King two bucks in the forest of Essex (l). On 20 March 1235 he was at Chippenham, where he and Geoffrey de Say, presumably his brother, witnessed a charter of Maud de Mandeville, Countess of Hereford and Essex. In 1235 his lands in Kent were taken into the King's hand because the King had been informed that he had taken part in a tournament at Cambridge; but he proved that at the time he was before the Justices in Eyre in Sussex, and his lands were restored. On 20 December 1235 the Constable of Dover was ordered to permit him to postpone the building of his house in Dover Castle until the following Lent. He witnessed the agreement between Henry III and Alexander of Scotland at York in 1237. On 28 May 1238 he was granted protection so long as he should be on pilgrimage beyond seas: and again in 1242 so long as he should be beyond seas with the King. On this expedition he distinguished himself in a skirmish at Saintes on 22 July 1242, capturing the Frenchman John des Barres and 6 knights. He returned to England with Earl Roger Bigod and many others in October. On 22 March 1245 he obtained a grant to him and his heirs of free warren in the demesne lands of his manors of Sawbridgeworth and Edmonton. In 1245 he was granted protection so long as he should be in Wales on the King's service, and the scutage for his fees in Norfolk for the army of Deganwy was paid to him. In May 1246 he was granted a weekly market and a yearly fair at his manor at Linton, and in July, a weekly fair at his manor of Bertre. Shortly after Easter 1247, he was party to a fine whereby the manor of Saddlescombe (Sussex) was given to the Knights Templars in exchange for the manor of West Greenwich, which his grandfather Geoffrey had given them. At the same time, he was settling a dispute with William, Earl de Warenne, about the fishery and hunting at Hamsey. On 19 March 1252 he was granted for life the right freely to hunt the wolf, hare, fox, cat, and otter without nets in the river, in all the King's forests this side Trent, if he take none of the King's deer.
On 6 August 1252 he was summoned to be at Westminster in the quinzaine of St. Michael with horses and arms ready to cross the sea with the King to Gascony. In December 1253 he, with 2 of his knights, was given robes for the coming Christmas festival, and on 20 December he was at Bazas with the King. In 1254, indignant at an attack by the Poitevins on Welsh raiders, he with very many others left the army with the King's leave, and returned to England. In 1260 he was summoned to be in London in 3 weeks after Easter, with the service due to the King, and on 19 May was appointed to keep the castle of Rochester. On 11 August he was summoned to join the army of Wales at Shrewsbury with horses and arms and the service due from him, on 17 February 1261 he received orders in connection with his summons to join the King; and on 18 October he was summoned to London with horses and arms (g). On 17 October 1263 he was ordered to come to the King at Windsor with the horses and arms which he brought to London, to treat of certain matters touching the realm: and in 1264 summoned to be at Oxford in mid-Lent with horses and arms on affairs in Wales. On 9 and again on 11 May 1264 the King summoned him to attend with arms and horses, and he was at the battle of Lewes on 14 May on the King's side (h). The Earl of Gloucester seized some of his manors; but the King, on 11 August 1264, directed Gloucester, whose bailiffs had occupied the manors during the recent disturbance, to hand over to Mary, William de Say's wife, the manors of Birling, Burham, Cudham and Bertre, because she had no means of maintaining herself and her family, and "it was improper and shameful that for lack of sustenance she should be compelled to beg." On 8 August 1265 he was commanded to deliver the County of Kent to Roger de Leyburn. He was certainly completely restored to favour from 1266 onwards, receiving frequent gifts, and obtaining pardons for various offenders.
He married, 1stly, Sibyl, and, 2ndly, Mary. He died before 12 February 1271/2. Mary survived him and married, in or before May 1273, Robert DE UFFORD, Justiciary of Ireland 1276-81, and ancestor of the UFFORD EARLS OF SUFFOLK. [Complete Peerage XI:470-3, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
(l) These gifts with other marks of favour recur frequently throughout his life. Occasionally he was given live bucks and does to place in his park at Sawbridgeworth.
(g) Yet on 12 May his tenants in the manors of Birling and Burham were notified that the King had granted the lands to his son, because William was with the King's enemies at the taking of Rochester and siege of the castle.
(h) He fled to Tonbridge, where he told the garrison that the Londoners, routed by Prince Edward at the beginning of the battle, would probably seek shelter at Croydon, and, before setting out for Bristol, the garrison fell upon the fugitives and slew many of them in defiance of the royal order to cease hotisilities.
=== MAGNA CHARTA SURETIES, 1215, by F. L. We ===
MAGNA CHARTA SURETIES, 1215, by F. L. Weis, 4th Ed., Line 88 #3, pg. 90: m. in or bef. 1238, as his 2nd wife Margaret de3 Quincy, d. sh. bef. 12 Mar 1280/1 (CP IV, 196). Line 127 #30, pg. 115: b. c1193, bur. 31 Mar 1254, 5th Earl of Derby; m. (1) by 14 May 1219, Sibyl, 3rd dau. Wm. Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, by Isable de Clare (66-27), d.s.p.m.; m. (2) c1238, Margaret de Quincy (57-29), d. shortly bef. 12 Mar 1280/1. (Generations 28-30: CP IV 192-198, chart p. 199, V 320 chart, VII 677; SP III 142).
=== https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Ferrers,_5th_Earl_of_Derby ===
Maddicott, J. R. (2004), "Ferrers, Robert de, sixth earl of Derby (c.1239–1279)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, retrieved 30 May 2017
Jump up^ The Sibyl de Ferrers who married John de Vipont, Lord of Appleby, was her aunt.
Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands Project on William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,[self-published source][better source needed]
=== Our royal, titled, noble and commoner an ===
Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23
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M, #11064, b. circa 1193, d. 24 March 1254
Father Sir William de Ferrers, 4th Earl Derby & Earl Ferriers, Earl of Chester, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, & Lancashire24 b. c 1168, d. 22 Sep 1247
Mother Agnes of Chester24 b. c 1174, d. 2 Nov 1247
Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle was born circa 1193 at of Tutbury, Staffordshire, England.2,11 He married Sybil Marshal, daughter of Sir William Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, Marshal of England, Sheriff of Gloucestershire & Sussex, Constable of Lillebonne and Isabel de Clare, before 14 May 1219; They had 7 daughters (Agnes, wife of Sir William de Vescy; Isabel, wife of Gilbert Basset, & of Reynold de Mohun; Maud, wife of Simon de Kyme, of Sir, William de Forz, & of Amaury, Vicomte de Rochechouart; Sibyl, wife of Frank de Bohun;, Joan, wife of John de Mohun, & of Robert Aguillon; Agatha, wife of Hugh de Mortimer; & Eleanor, wife of William de Vaux, of Sir Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, & of Roger de Leybourne).2,3,6,11,14,15,16,17,18,19,22
Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle married Margaret de Quincy, daughter of Sir Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, Constable of Scotland and Ellen of Galloway, circa 1238; They had 2 sons (Sir Robert, 6th Earl Derby; & Sir William) & 3 daughters (Elizabeth, wife of William le Mareschal, & of David ap Gruffydd, Prince of North Wales; Joan, wife of Sir Thomas, 1st Lord Berkeley; & Agnes, wife of Sir Robert de Muscegros).2,4,5,8,25,11,13,20,21 Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle died on 24 March 1254 at Evington, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; Buried at Merevale Abbey, Leicestershire.2,11
Family 1
Sybil Marshal d. b 1238
Children
Eleanor de Ferrers6,11,22 d. 16 Oct 1274
Agnes de Ferrers+7,10,11,14 b. c 1222, d. 11 May 1290
Isabel de Ferrers+11,19 b. c 1224, d. 26 Nov 1260
Sybil de Ferrers+26,11,17 b. c 1226
Maud de Ferrers+3,11,12,15,23 b. c 1230, d. 12 Mar 1299
Joan de Ferrers+9,11,18 b. c 1230, d. b Oct 1267
Agatha Ferrers b. c 1232, d. 1306
Family 2
Margaret de Quincy d. c 12 Mar 1281
Children
Joan de Ferrers+27,28,2,8,25 d. 19 Mar 1310
Elizabeth de Ferrers11,13 d. a 1297
Sir Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl Derby+29,2,11 b. c 1239, d. c 27 Apr 1279
Sir William de Ferrers, Constable of Scotland+2,11,30 b. c 1240, d. c 20 Dec 1287
Agnes de Ferrers2,4,20 b. c 1253, d. bt 17 Apr 1287 - 1297
WILLIAM (-Evington, near Leicester 28 Mar 1254, bur Merevale Abbey). The Annales Londonienses name "Willelmum juniorem qui fuit comes de Ferrariis" as the son of "Willelmo seniore" & his wife[351]. He succeeded his father in 1247 as Earl of Derby. The Annals of Tewkesbury record the death in 1254 of “comes de Ferrers”[352]. The Annals of Burton record the death “V Kal Apr apud Eventonam” in 1254 of “Willelmus comes de Ferrariis comes Derbeiæ” and his burial “in capitulo de Mirevalle II Kal Apr”[353]. m firstly (before 14 May 1219) SIBYL Marshal, daughter of WILLIAM Marshal Earl of Pembroke & his wife Isabel Ctss of Pembroke (-before 1238). The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire records that "quarta filia…Willihelmi Marescalli…Sibilla" married "Willielmo de Ferrers comiti Derbiæ"[354]. m secondly (1238) MARGARET de Quincy, daughter of ROGER de Quincy Earl of Winchester & his first wife Helen of Galloway (-before 12 Mar 1281). The Annales Londonienses name "Margarete countesse de Ferreres et Eleyne la Zusche et la countesse de Bougham" as the three daughters of "Eleyn countesse de Wynton"[355]. A charter dated 3 Dec 1274 records the homage of "Margaret de Ferariis countess of Derby, eldest daughter and one of the heirs of Roger de Quency eael of Wynton" for her part of the lands "lately held in dower by Alianora de Vaux late countess of Wynton widow of the said Roger"[356]. Inquisitions after a writ "9 Edw I" following the death 15 Apr of "Margaret de Ferrariis countess of Derbeye" name her son “William de Ferrariis...”[357]. Earl William & his first wife had seven children:
Agnes
Isabella
Mathilda
Sibilla
Johannes
Alianora
Agatha
In April 1230 William de Ferrers accompanied the King to France. From 1234 to 1236 he was constable of Bolsover Castle and had livery of Chartley Castle in 1247. He was invested with the earldom at Westminster on February 2, 1248, and was present at the parliament of London in the same month. From his youth he suffered from gout and while passing over a bridge at St. Neots, in Huntingdonshire, he was accidentally thrown from the litter which he habitually used. He never recovered from the injuries he received.
SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO.68) P.35, 41;
!The Dormant & Extinct Baronage of England GS 942 D22 ban pp. 461-3. The Complete Peerage GS 942 D22 cok Vol 11.
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William; accompanied his father to France April 1230, witnessed treaty between Henry III and Alexander II (of Scotland) 1237, accompanied Henry III to France 1242 and 1253-54 and captured seven French prisoners in a skirmish at Saintes 22 July 1242; fought for Henry III at Battle of Lewes 1264; married 1st Sibyl (died in or after Oct 1250), daughter(?) of John Marshal, of Lenton; married 2nd, as her 1st husband, Mary (married 2nd by May 1273 Robert de Ufford, ancestor of the Earls of Suffolk of the March 1336/7 creation, and died by 12 Feb 1271/2. [Burke's Peerage]
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William de Say III (by 1st wife), Lord of West Greenwich, of age 1230, d. by 12 Feb 1271/2; m. (1) Sibyl, liv. Oct 1250, said (without evidence) to be daughter of John Marshal of Lenton; m. (2) Mary who survived him and m. (2) Robert de Ufford. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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WILLIAM DE SAY III, son and heir by 1st wife, had sailed with his father to France, and on 26 August 1230 was at Lucon, where the King took his homage for all the lands which his father had held in chief. On 10 February 1232 he was forbidden to go to a tournament at Blyth, because of business to be done in the march of Wales. On 8 August 1233 he was given by the King two bucks in the forest of Essex (l). On 20 March 1235 he was at Chippenham, where he and Geoffrey de Say, presumably his brother, witnessed a charter of Maud de Mandeville, Countess of Hereford and Essex. In 1235 his lands in Kent were taken into the King's hand because the King had been informed that he had taken part in a tournament at Cambridge; but he proved that at the time he was before the Justices in Eyre in Sussex, and his lands were restored. On 20 December 1235 the Constable of Dover was ordered to permit him to postpone the building of his house in Dover Castle until the following Lent. He witnessed the agreement between Henry III and Alexander of Scotland at York in 1237. On 28 May 1238 he was granted protection so long as he should be on pilgrimage beyond seas: and again in 1242 so long as he should be beyond seas with the King. On this expedition he distinguished himself in a skirmish at Saintes on 22 July 1242, capturing the Frenchman John des Barres and 6 knights. He returned to England with Earl Roger Bigod and many others in October. On 22 March 1245 he obtained a grant to him and his heirs of free warren in the demesne lands of his manors of Sawbridgeworth and Edmonton. In 1245 he was granted protection so long as he should be in Wales on the King's service, and the scutage for his fees in Norfolk for the army of Deganwy was paid to him. In May 1246 he was granted a weekly market and a yearly fair at his manor at Linton, and in July, a weekly fair at his manor of Bertre. Shortly after Easter 1247, he was party to a fine whereby the manor of Saddlescombe (Sussex) was given to the Knights Templars in exchange for the manor of West Greenwich, which his grandfather Geoffrey had given them. At the same time, he was settling a dispute with William, Earl de Warenne, about the fishery and hunting at Hamsey. On 19 March 1252 he was granted for life the right freely to hunt the wolf, hare, fox, cat, and otter without nets in the river, in all the King's forests this side Trent, if he take none of the King's deer.
On 6 August 1252 he was summoned to be at Westminster in the quinzaine of St. Michael with horses and arms ready to cross the sea with the King to Gascony. In December 1253 he, with 2 of his knights, was given robes for the coming Christmas festival, and on 20 December he was at Bazas with the King. In 1254, indignant at an attack by the Poitevins on Welsh raiders, he with very many others left the army with the King's leave, and returned to England. In 1260 he was summoned to be in London in 3 weeks after Easter, with the service due to the King, and on 19 May was appointed to keep the castle of Rochester. On 11 August he was summoned to join the army of Wales at Shrewsbury with horses and arms and the service due from him, on 17 February 1261 he received orders in connection with his summons to join the King; and on 18 October he was summoned to London with horses and arms (g). On 17 October 1263 he was ordered to come to the King at Windsor with the horses and arms which he brought to London, to treat of certain matters touching the realm: and in 1264 summoned to be at Oxford in mid-Lent with horses and arms on affairs in Wales. On 9 and again on 11 May 1264 the King summoned him to attend with arms and horses, and he was at the battle of Lewes on 14 May on the King's side (h). The Earl of Gloucester seized some of his manors; but the King, on 11 August 1264, directed Gloucester, whose bailiffs had occupied the manors during the recent disturbance, to h
=== !The Dormant & Extinct Baronage of Engla ===
!The Dormant & Extinct Baronage of England 942 D22 ban Vol 2 pp. 461-3 The Complete Peerage GS 942 D22 cok Vol 11 pp. 470-3. In 1260 William was constituted Governor of Rochester Castle.
=== !Brown book #5, chart 668. Governor of R ===
!Brown book #5, chart 668. Governor of Rochester. Crispin's: Ealaise Roll: 1938, p50. Burke's: Dormant Baronage. Hasted's (or Halsted's) Hist of Kent. Gen #20-Croke: V2.
=== SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO.68) P.35, 41;
Preferred Parents:
Father: William de Ferrieres, b. ABT 1169 d. 22 SEP 1247 in Derby, Derbyshire, England
Mother: Agnes de Meschines, b. 1174 in Chester, Cheshire, England d. 2 NOV 1247 in Stowe-By-Chartley, Staffordshire, England
Family 1: Sibyl Marshal, b. 20 DEC 1201 in Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 27 APR 1245 in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England
- m. BEF 14 MAY 1219 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- Sibyl de Ferrers, b. 1231 in England d. AFT 9 OCT 1273
- Joan Ferrers, b. 1232 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom d. 19 MAR 1310 in Addington, Surrey, England
- Eleanor de Ferrers - Countess of Winchester, b. 1236 in Derbyshire, England d. 2 NOV 1274 in Elham, Kent, England
- Maud de Ferrers, b. 1228 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom d. 12 MAR 1299 in Evington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
- Joan de Ferrers, b. ABT 1232 d. ABT OCT 1267
- Isabel de Ferrers, b. ABT 1224 in Derby, Derbyshire, England d. 26 NOV 1260 in Tormohun, Devon, England
- Agnes de Ferrers 'The Elder', b. 1222 in Tutbury, Staffordshire, England d. 11 MAY 1290 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
- Agatha de Ferrers, b. 1234 in Ferrers, Derby, Derbyshire, England d. 22 MAY 1306 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
Family 2: Margaret de Quincy Countess of Derby, b. 1198 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d. 12 MAR 1244 in Clerkenwell, London, England, United Kingdom
- William de Ferrers Constable of Scotland, b. ABT 1240 in Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England d. 20 DEC 1287 in Groby Manor, Leicestershire, England
- Elizabeth de Ferrers, b. 1240 in Derby, Derbyshire, England d. JUN 1297 in North Wales
- Joane de Ferrers, b. ABT 1248 in Ilfracombe, Devon, England d. 19 MAR 1309 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
- Robert de Ferrers Earl of Derby, b. 1239 in Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England d. APR 1279 in Staffordshire, England
- Robert de Ferrers 6th Earl of Derby, b. 1239 in Tutbury, Staffordshire, England d. APR 1279 in Chartley Castle, Stowe-by-Chartley, , Staffordshire, England
Sources:
- Title: Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
Author: Citations [S2863] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 196-198; The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, p. 400. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 150-152. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 101-102. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 220. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 415. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 412-413. [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 215. [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 246. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 251-252. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 306. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 561-562. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 622-623. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 285-286.
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Note: Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23
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M, #11064, b. circa 1193, d. 24 March 1254
Father Sir William de Ferrers, 4th Earl Derby & Earl Ferriers, Earl of Chester, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, & Lancashire24 b. c 1168, d. 22 Sep 1247
Mother Agnes of Chester24 b. c 1174, d. 2 Nov 1247
Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle was born circa 1193 at of Tutbury, Staffordshire, England.2,11 He married Sybil Marshal, daughter of Sir William Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, Marshal of England, Sheriff of Gloucestershire & Sussex, Constable of Lillebonne and Isabel de Clare, before 14 May 1219; They had 7 daughters (Agnes, wife of Sir William de Vescy; Isabel, wife of Gilbert Basset, & of Reynold de Mohun; Maud, wife of Simon de Kyme, of Sir, William de Forz, & of Amaury, Vicomte de Rochechouart; Sibyl, wife of Frank de Bohun;, Joan, wife of John de Mohun, & of Robert Aguillon; Agatha, wife of Hugh de Mortimer; & Eleanor, wife of William de Vaux, of Sir Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, & of Roger de Leybourne).2,3,6,11,14,15,16,17,18,19,22 Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle married Margaret de Quincy, daughter of Sir Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, Constable of Scotland and Ellen of Galloway, circa 1238; They had 2 sons (Sir Robert, 6th Earl Derby; & Sir William) & 3 daughters (Elizabeth, wife of William le Mareschal, & of David ap Gruffydd, Prince of North Wales; Joan, wife of Sir Thomas, 1st Lord Berkeley; & Agnes, wife of Sir Robert de Muscegros).2,4,5,8,25,11,13,20,21 Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl Derby, Constable of Bolsover Castle died on 24 March 1254 at Evington, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; Buried at Merevale Abbey, Leicestershire.2,11
Family 1
Sybil Marshal d. b 1238
Children
Eleanor de Ferrers6,11,22 d. 16 Oct 1274
Agnes de Ferrers+7,10,11,14 b. c 1222, d. 11 May 1290
Isabel de Ferrers+11,19 b. c 1224, d. 26 Nov 1260
Sybil de Ferrers+26,11,17 b. c 1226
Maud de Ferrers+3,11,12,15,23 b. c 1230, d. 12 Mar 1299
Joan de Ferrers+9,11,18 b. c 1230, d. b Oct 1267
Agatha Ferrers b. c 1232, d. 1306
Family 2
Margaret de Quincy d. c 12 Mar 1281
Children
Joan de Ferrers+27,28,2,8,25 d. 19 Mar 1310
Elizabeth de Ferrers11,13 d. a 1297
Sir Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl Derby+29,2,11 b. c 1239, d. c 27 Apr 1279
Sir William de Ferrers, Constable of Scotland+2,11,30 b. c 1240, d. c 20 Dec 1287
Agnes de Ferrers2,4,20 b. c 1253, d. bt 17 Apr 1287 - 1297
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Author: The Peerage
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Note: William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby was born circa 1200 at Derby, Derbyshire, EnglandG. He was the son of William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby and Alice of Chester. He married Sibyl Marshal, daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabella de Clare, Countess of Pembroke. He married Margaret de Quincy, daughter of Roger de Quency, 2nd Earl of Winchester and Helen de Galloway, in 1238. He died on 24 March 1254 at Evington, Leicestershire, EnglandG.
He succeeded as the 5th Earl of Derby in 1247.
Children of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby and Sibyl Marshal
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
Children of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby and Margaret de Quincy
Joan de Ferrers d. 19 Mar 1309/10
Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby b. c 1239, d. c 27 Apr 1279
William de Ferrers b. c 1240, d. b 24 Jan 1298/99
- Title: Wikipedia - William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby
Author: Cokayne, G. E.; Gibbs, Vicary & Doubleday, H. A., eds. (1926). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat). 5 (2nd ed.). London, p.340, note (d) Maddicott, J. R. (2004), "Ferrers, Robert de, sixth earl of Derby (c.1239–1279)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, retrieved 30 May 2017 The Sibyl de Ferrers who married John de Vipont, Lord of Appleby, was her aunt. G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., vol.5, pp.340-2 G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., vol.5, p.343, note (c) 5) Cokayne, G. E. (1926). Gibbs, Vicary & Doubleday, H. A. (eds.). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat). 5 (2nd ed.). London: The St. Catherine Press. Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent, 1086-1327, 1960 Weis, Frederick. T
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Note: William III de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (c. 1193 – 28 March 1254) of Chartley Castle in Staffordshire, was an English nobleman and major landowner, unable through illness to take much part in national affairs. From his two marriages, he left numerous children who married into noble and royal families of England, France, Scotland and Wales.
Origins
He was the son and heir of William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby (c. 1168 – c. 1247), by his wife Agnes de Kevelioc, a daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester (by his wife Bertrada de Montfort).
Career
In 1230 he accompanied King Henry III to France and attended Parliament in London in the same year. Like his father, he suffered from gout from youth and after the 1230s took little part in public affairs, travelling always in a litter. He was accidentally thrown from his litter into the River Great Ouse while crossing a bridge at St Neots in Huntingdonshire and, although he escaped death, never recovered from the effects of the accident. He succeeded to the title of his father in 1247, but only lived another seven years, dying on 28 March 1254.
Landholdings
Unable to play any part at court or at war, he followed his father in managing the family's landholdings. Their original lands were centred on Tutbury Castle, stretching beyond Staffordshire into the south of Derbyshire and the west of Nottinghamshire. The death in 1232 of his uncle Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, brought him vast new estates, including Chartley Castle in Staffordshire, much of Lancashire between the Rivers Ribble and Mersey and many manors in Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire. He continued the policy of encouraging the growth of towns and markets, exploiting the forests of Needwood and Duffield Frith, and taking advantage of rising prices in commodities and land values. By the time of his death his income placed him among the top six English nobles, but he also left his son considerable debts.[2]
Marriages & issue
He married twice:
To Sybil Marshal
He married firstly Sibyl Marshal, a daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, by his wife Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke, by whom he had seven daughters:
Agnes de Ferrers (d. 11 May 1290), who married (as his second wife) William de Vesci (d.1253);
Isabel de Ferrers (died before 26 November 1260), who married (1) Gilbert Basset, of Wycombe, and (2) (as his second wife) Reginald II de Mohun, feudal barony of Dunster in Somerset, father-in-law of her sister Joan.
Maud de Ferrers (died 12 March 1298), who married (1) Simon de Kyme (died 1248), (2) William de Vivonne (died 1259), and (3) Amaury IX, Viscount of Rochechouart.
Sibyl de Ferrers, who married (as his first wife) Frank de Bohun, of Midhurst, great-nephew of Savaric FitzGeldewin;[3]
Joan de Ferrers (died 1267) married (1) Sir John de Mohun, feudal baron of Dunster (died 1253) and (2) (as his first wife) Sir Robert II Aguillon of Addington;
Agatha de Ferrers (died May 1306), married Hugh Mortimer, younger son of Ralph de Mortimer;
Eleanor de Ferrers (died 16 October 1274) married (1) William de Vaux, (2) in about 1252 (as his 3rd wife) Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, and (3) in about 1265 Roger de Leybourne.
To Margaret de Quincy
Arms of de Quincy: Gules, seven mascles or conjoined 3:3:1. These arms were adopted by the descendants of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby and his wife Margaret de Quincy (see Baron Ferrers of Groby), in lieu of their paternal arms of Vairy or and gules
In 1238 he married secondly to Margaret de Quincy (c. 1218 - 12 March 1280), daughter and heiress of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, by his wife Helen of Galloway. When Margaret's father married (as his 3rd wife) Eleanor de Ferrers (d.1274), she became both step-mother and step-daughter of Eleanor. By Margaret de Quincy he had two sons and three daughters:
Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby (1239–1279), eldest son and heir, who married firstly (aged 10) Mary de Lusignan, a daughter of Hugh XI de Lusignan, Count of Angoulême, and a niece of King Henry III; secondly in 1269 he married Eleanor de Bohun, a daughter of Sir Humphrey V de Bohun, of Kimbolton Castle, by his wife Eleanor de Braose.[2]
William de Ferrers (1240–1287),[4] of Groby in Leicestershire, younger son, who having been granted by his mother Groby Castle, founded the junior line of Ferrers of Groby. He married firstly Anne Durward, possibly the widow of Colbán, Earl of Fife and a daughter of Alan Durward, by whom he had issue:
William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (1272–1325), who assumed the arms of de Quincy (Gules, seven mascles or conjoined 3:3:1) in lieu of his paternal arms;[5]
Secondly he married Eleanor de Lovaine, a daughter of Matthew de Lovaine, who after her husband's death was abducted by and married to William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas.
Joan de Ferrers (died 19 March 1309), who married Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire;
Agnes de Ferrers, who married (1) Sir Robert de Musgrove, of Kemerton, Boddington & Deerhurst (2) John FitzReginald.
Elizabeth de Ferrers, who married (1) William Marshal, killed at the Battle of Evesham in 1265 (2) Dafydd ap Gruffydd, a prince of Gwynedd.
Death, burial & succession
He died on 28 March 1254 and was buried in Merevale Abbey, Warwickshire. He was succeeded by his 15-year-old eldest son Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby (1239–1279), still a minor, who in 1249 aged 10 had been married to Mary de Lusignan, a niece of King Henry III, and knighted. His wardship was granted to the King's eldest son, the future King Edward I.
- Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Author: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
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- Title: Royal Ancestry a Study in Colonial and Medieval Families
Author: Douglas Richardson
Note: “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). They had seven daughters, 1. Agnes, 2. Isabel, 3. Maud, 4. Sibyl, 5. Joan, 6. Agatha (wife of Hugh de Mortimer), and 7. 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. They had two sons, 1. Robert, Knt. [6th Earl of Derby], and 2. William, Knt., and three daughters, 3. Elizabeth, 4. Joan, and 5. 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.
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