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Robert Ferrers



Preferred Parents:
Father: Robert Ferrers, b. 1341 in Chartley, Staffordshire, England   d. DEC 1380 in Shropshire, England
Mother: Elizabeth Boteler, b. 1345 in Wem, Shropshire, England   d. 19 JUN 1411 in Wemme, Shropshire, England

Family 1: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmorland,    b. 29 JAN 1379 in Kettlethorpe, Lincolnshire, England    d. 13 NOV 1440 in Howden, Humberside, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
  1. Elizabeth Ferrers, b. 1393 in Warwickshire, England     d. 1434 in York, Yorkshire, England
Sources:
  1. Title: Find a Grave: Sir Robert de Ferrers
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51976666;
    Note: Sir Robert de Ferrers BIRTH 1350 Stowe-by-Chartley, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England DEATH Dec 1380 (aged 29–30) Wem, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England BURIAL Merevale Abbey Merevale, North Warwickshire Borough, Warwickshire, England MEMORIAL ID 51976666 Knight of Willisham, Suffolk, and in right of his wife, of Wem, Hinstock and Loppingotn, Shropshire, of Tyrley, Staffordshire, of Oversley, Warwickshire. Younger son of Sir Robert de Ferrers 1309-1350 and his second wife Joan de la Mote. Grandson of Sir John de Ferrers and Hawise de Muscegros. Husband of Elizabeth de Boteler, daughter and heiress of Sir William Boteler and Elizabeth de Handsacre. They were married by licence dated 27 Sept 1369 at Acton Burnell, Shropshire, and had one son, Sir Robert, Lord Ferrers of Wem. Sir Robert died 24 or 31 Dec, 1380. His widow would marry Sir John Say and Sir Thomas Molington, and be buried at the Church of the Crutched Friars next to the Tower of London. Family Members Spouse Elizabeth de Boteler Molington unknown–1411 Children Robert de Ferrers 1373–1396
  2. Title: Robert de Ferrers, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-SLZ8 : 10 August 2022), Robert de Ferrers, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 143702218, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-SLZ8;
  3. Title: Robert de Ferrers, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKJ-Y5QB : 30 May 2020), Robert de Ferrers, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKJ-Y5QB;
  4. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/18977086;
  5. Title: Robert Ferrers, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6NDP-KXCR : 20 October 2022), Robert Ferrers, ; Burial, London, City of London, Greater London, England, Church of the Crutched Friars; citing record ID 240482546, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6NDP-KXCR;
  6. Title: Peerage, The
    Author: Darryl Lundy, The Peerage, a genealogical survey of teh Peerage of Britian as well as the royal families of Europe(http://thepeerage.com : accessed 23 Jul 2019), Robert Ferrers;
    Note: Robert Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers (of Wem) was born circa 1341 at Chartley, Staffordshire, EnglandG.1 He was the son of Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers (of Chartley) and Joan de la Mote.2,3 He and Elizabeth le Botiler, Baroness le Botiller obtained a marriage license on 27 September 1369.4,3 He died between 24 December 1380 and 31 December 1380.3 He gained the title of 2nd Lord Ferrers, of Wem.Child of Robert Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers (of Wem) and Elizabeth le Botiler, Baroness le Botiller Robert de Ferrers, 3rd Lord Ferrers (of Wem)+ b. c 1373, d. b 29 Nov 1396Citations [S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online , Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume V, page 312. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. [S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 101. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 232.
  7. Title: Wikiwand: Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Chartley
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Ferrers,_2nd_Baron_Ferrers_of_Chartley;
    Note: Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Chartley (Chartley, Staffordshire, 25 March 1309 – 28 August 1350), was the son of John de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Hawise de Muscegros, a daughter of Robert de Muscegros. He inherited the title Baron Ferrers of Chartley upon his father's death from poisoning in Gascony in 1312 and was summoned to parliament on 25 February 1342. Robert served frequently in the Scottish and French wars of Edward III as well as participating the victory at Cressy. Before 20 October 1333, he married a woman named Margaret. They had one son, John who succeeded his father as John de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley. After the death of Margaret, Robert remarried to Joan de la Mote before 1350. They had one son, Sir Robert Ferrers, summoned to parliament as the 4th Baron Boteler of Wem Jure uxoris through his marriage to Elizabeth Boteler, 4th Baroness Boteler of Wem, by whom he had Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem. Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Chartley, died on the 28th of August 1350.
  8. Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
    Author: Source number: 3159.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LJV
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7836&h=405196&indiv=try;
  9. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: ROBERT Ferrers of Willisham ([1373]-before 29 Nov 1396)
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#RobertFerrersdied1396;
    Note: ROBERT Ferrers of Willisham ([1373]-before 29 Nov 1396). m (before 30 Sep 1394) as her first husband, JOAN Beaufort, daughter of JOHN "of Gaunt" Duke of Lancaster & his third wife Katharine Swynford née de Roët ([1379]-Howden, Yorkshire 13 Nov 1440, bur Lincoln Cathedral). A manuscript pedigree dated to [1500] names "Joan, wife firstly of Ferrers Baron of Ousley, and secondly of Ralph Earl of Westmoreland" as daughter of "John Duke of Lancaster" and mother (by her first husband) of "Baroness of Greystoke" and (by her second husband of "Cecily Duchess of York." She married secondly (before 29 Nov 1396) as his second wife, Ralph Neville Lord Neville, who was created Earl of Westmoreland in 1397. Robert & his wife had two children: (a) ELIZABETH ([1393]-after 10 Jul 1434, bur York Church of the Black Friars). A manuscript pedigree dated to [1500] names "Joan, wife firstly of Ferrers Baron of Ousley, and secondly of Ralph Earl of Westmoreland" as daughter of "John Duke of Lancaster" and mother (by her first husband) of "Baroness of Greystoke" (together with two generations of her descendants) and (by her second husband of "Cecily Duchess of York.". Lady of Wem. The will of "John Lord Greystock," dated 10 Jul 1434, bequeathed property to “Ralph my son and heir...Elizabeth my wife...my other sons Thomas, Richard and William...”. m (contract 28 Oct 1407) JOHN de Greystoke, son of RALPH de Greystoke Lord Greystoke & his wife Katherine de Clifford ([1388/89]-8 Aug 1436). He succeeded his father in 1418 as Lord Greystoke. (b) MARY ([1394]-1458). Lady of Oversley. m RALPH Neville, son of RALPH Neville Lord Neville [later Earl of Westmoreland] & his first wife Margaret Stafford (-1458).

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