William de Ferrers Lord Ferrers de Groby

• Preferred Name: William de Ferrers Lord Ferrers de Groby^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby
  
• Birth: 31 JAN 1272 in Yoxall, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.7669 LONG: E1.7908
  
• Burial: MAR 1325 in Saint Philip and Saint James Church, Groby, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, Leicestershire, England at LATI: N2.6592 LONG: E1.2236
  
• Death: 20 MAR 1325 in Groby, Leicestershire, England at LATI: N2.6592 LONG: E1.2236
  
• Christening: in Yoxall, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.7669 LONG: E1.7908 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• FSID: M74M-25G
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  1st Baron de Ferrers of Groby.
  1st Baron de Ferrers, William was an important commander in Edward I's wars in Scotland, and his arms are entered on the Falkirk Roll of 1298. He fought in Flanders in 1295 and helped mount the Siege of Carlaverock in 1300. He saw further service in Scotland in 1303, 1306, 1308 and 1311. He was summoned to many councils (parliaments) for diplomatic negotiations and ceremonial duties such as Edward II's coronation, and performed other such duties that the Barony was duly created for him. [Find A Grave Memorial# 71687296]
  
  William Ferrers (d 1325) Bio Sketch
  BIO: from Complete Peerage, v 5 p 343+
  Ferrers. Barony by Writ. I. 1299. Sir William de Ferrers, of Groby, etc., son and heir, by first wife, born 30 jan. 1271/2 at Yoxall, co. Stafford, and bap
  
  William Ferrers (d 1287) Bio Sketch
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#WilliamFerrersDerbydied1247B
  Sir WILLIAM Ferrers of Groby, Leicestershire ([1240]-before 20 Dec 1287). m firstly ANNE, d
  
  William de Ferrers (d 1254)
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#WilliamFerrersDerbydied1247B
  WILLIAM (-Evington, near Leicester 28 Mar 1254, bur Merevale Abbey). The Annales Londoniens
  
  === Sources: A. Roots 58, 74; AF. Roots: Wil ===
  Sources: A. Roots 58, 74; AF. Roots: William de Ferrers, of Groby.
  
  === r. Sir William Ferrers of Groby, b. Yoxa ===
  r. Sir William Ferrers of Groby, b. Yoxale, co. Stafford, 39 Jan. 1271/2, d. 20 Mar. 1324, m. Ellen (possibly dau. of Sir John de Savage). ["60 Colonists" by Weis, line 58-31, p. 69.]
  
  === 1. William Ferrers, of Groby, his succe ===
  1. William Ferrers, of Groby, his successor. William Ferrers did his homage and had livery of his lands in England, in the 21st year of Edward I., and in the 24th, of the lands which he inherited in Scotland. In the following year he was summoned to parliament as Baron Ferrers of Groby. He was engaged in the wars of Scotland in the reigns of King Edward I. and King Edward II. He married Margaret Segrave, daughter of John Segrave, 2nd Lord Segrave, and dying in 1325, left two sons and a daughter as follows:
  
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  === Source: Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna ===
  Source: Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 5th Ed., Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1999], 100-5 p. 131.
  
  === !Records of Annis Flake; AIC 20; Magna ===
  !Records of Annis Flake; AIC 20; Magna Charta Vol 1-2 p118
  
  === !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Editio ===
  !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Edition L 58-31
  
  === Lord Ferres of Groby Born: 30 JAN 1271, ===
  Lord Ferres of Groby Born: 30 JAN 1271, Yoxall, Staffordshire Baptized: Yoxall, Staffordshire Acceded: 1299 Died: 20 MAR 1324 Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp343-4.
  
  === Fought in Wars in Scotland for Edward I ===
  Fought in Wars in Scotland for Edward I & II
  
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  The Complete Peerage vol.V ===
  [160010.GED]
  
  The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp343-4.
  
  === Note: OCCUPATION: Was active in the wars ===
  Note: OCCUPATION: Was active in the wars of Scotland during the reigns of Edward I and Edward II.
  
  === !Weis. 58-31. Sir William Ferrers was ===
  !Weis. 58-31. Sir William Ferrers was of Groby.
  
  === M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 45 ===
  M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 45
  
  === !SOURCE: Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Ce ===
  !SOURCE: Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists p. 63.
  
  === William Ferrers who, doing homage, had l ===
  William Ferrers who, doing homage, had livery of his lands in England in the 21st Edward I [1293], and in the 24th, of the lands which he inherited in Scotland. In the following year, he was summoned to parliament as Baron Ferrers, of Groby. His lordship was engaged in the wars of Scotland in the reigns of Edward I and Edward II. He m. Margaret, dau. of John, 2nd Lord Segrave, and dying in 1325, left two sons and a dau., Henry and Thomas, and Anne, m. to Edward le Despencer, who d. in 1342. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 198, Ferrers, Barons Ferrers, of Groby, co. Leicester]
  
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  SIR WILLIAM DE FERRERS, of Groby, &c., son and heir, by 1st wife, born 30 January 1271/2 at Yoxall, co. Stafford, and baptized there. The King took his homage, and he had livery of his father's lands, 17 March 1292/3. In August 1295 he was beyond seas with the Duke of Brabant. On 15 November 1296 the King took his homage for the lands which he held of the King in Scotland, and which by reason of the war there had been taken into the King's hand, and John, Earl of Warenne, Keeper of Scotland, was ordered to give him livery thereof. He was at the battle of Falkirk, 2Z July 1298, and at the siege of Carlaverock in July 1300. On 2 February 1300/1 the Keeper of Galloway was ordered to restore to him his lands in that district, which the King, when last in those parts, had caused to be taken into his hand. As Willelmus de Ferrariis dominus de Groby, he took part in the Barons' Letter to the Pope, 12 February 1300/1. He was in Scotland on the King's service in 1303, 1306, 1308, and 1311. On 1 November 13I7 he was appointed joint Constable of Somerton Castle, co. Lincoln. He was summoned for Military Service from 29 June 1294 to 1 May 1325, to attend the King at Salisbury, 26 January 1296/7, to attend the Coronation, 18 January 1307/8, to Councils from May 1324 to 20 February 1324/5, and to Parliament from 29 December 1299 to 24 September 1324, by writs directed Willelmo de Ferariis or de Ferrariis, whereby he is held to have become LORD FERRERS. On 14 February 1321/2 he was ordered to accompany the King against the contrariants. He married Ellen, who is said to have been daughter of Sir John DE SEGRAVE, of Chacombe, Northants [LORD SEGRAVE], by Christine, daughter of Sir Hugh DE PLESSY, of Hooknorton and Kidlington, Oxon. She was living, 9 February 1316/7. He died 20 March 1324/5, aged 53. [Complete Peerage V:618-19]
  
  === !Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charle ===
  !Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants Page 118 Plantagenet Royal Ancestry LDS Family History Library !Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists. The Descent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies before 1701 David Faris First Edition
  
  === Baron Ferrers of Groby was active in the ===
  Baron Ferrers of Groby was active in the wars with Scotland during the reigns of Edward I and Edward II. His grandmother was Margaret de Quincey, daughter of Roger de Quincy, the Earl of Winchester. William Ferrers took the arms of the de Quincy family.

• m. ABT 1303 in Groby, Leicestershire, England
• m. 1297 in Groby, Leicestershire, England

1. Henry de Ferrers II, b. 1303 in Groby, Leicestershire, England     d. 15 SEP 1343 in Groby, Leicestershire, England
2. Anne de Ferrers, b. ABT 1315 in Groby, Leicestershire, England     d. 8 AUG 1367 in Groby, Leicestershire, England

1. Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
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2. Title: Book - Ancestral Roots
   Author: Google Books
   Note: sir, William Ferrers, of Groby heir & s/o sir William Ferrers of Groby , 7th Earl of Derby & Ellen Segrave b- 20 Jan 1271-72 - Yoxall,Staffordhsire,England m- bef 20 Feb 1330 - Isabel Verdun d - 20 Mar 1324 0 Groby, Liecestershire,England bur - Ulverscroft Priory, Liecestershire,England
   
3. Title: Wikipedia, "William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby"
   Author: Wikipedia.org
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ferrers,_1st_Baron_Ferrers_of_Groby;
   Note: Biography.
   
4. Title: Proof of age for William son and heir of William de Ferariis
   Author: 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 66', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 3, Edward I, ed. J.E.E.S. Sharp and A.E. Stamp (London, 1912), pp. 79-99. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol3/pp79-99 [accessed 22 January 2020].
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   Note: 149. WILLIAM SON AND HEIR OF WILLIAM DE FERARIIS. Writ [to the escheator] to take the proof of age of the said William, warning Nicholas de Segrave, who has the wardship by the king’s grant, to be present, 1 March, 21 Edw. I [1293]. Mandate of venire facias to the sheriff of Leicester to provide jurors, 5 March, 21 Edw. I [1293]. LEICESTER. Proof of age, made at Groby on Sunday, 8 March, 21 Edw. I. Robert, prior of Ulviscroft, says that the said William was born at the manor of Yoxhale, co. Stafford, which was of the countesss of Ferars, on the eve of St. Bridget, 56 Hen. III [31 January 1272], and was 21 on that feast last past, and he remembers it because at the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary following the said William’s birth he assumed the habit of religion in that priory, which will be 21 years ago at the said feast next coming. William de Brunton agrees, and remembers it because King Henry died at the feast of St. Edmund next following the said birth, and he himself baptized the said William in the church of Yoxhale. Robert le Waleys, knight, agrees. John le Fauconer, knight, agrees, adding that at Christmas before the said William’s birth, Anne his mother was pregnant with him at Groby, with whom Sir William Mautravers was at dinner (in prandio) there, and she retired to Yoxhale where she bore the said William. William le Waleys, knight, agrees, adding that he gave an over tunic (supertunicam) to the messenger bringing news (nova) of the said birth in Lent following. Robert de Belegrave agrees, adding that he had reports of the said birth within eight days following, and thanked God, but gave nothing to the messenger. William Bate agrees, for on the eve of St. Bridget before the said William’s birth, a son William was born to him, who was 22 at the feast of St. Bridget last past. Richard Nowel agrees, adding that from the time the said William was 3 years old he has been with him until now, instructing him, which is 18 years and more. Robert son of John de Groby, agrees and recollects it because on Monday before Christmas next after the death of King Henry a son John was born to him, and then the said William was 1 year 7 weeks and 3 days old. Alan le Parker agrees, for on Friday after the Purification last 18 years ago, he married Alice his wife, and then the said William was 3 years of age. Richard Fraunceys agrees, for at the time of the said William’s birth he was chamberlain of Anne his mother, and when she was in labour Sir William de Ferariis her husband came to the door of the said lady’s chamber, and the said Richard opened it that his lord might come in to speak with her. Master Adam de Leyc[estre] agrees, and recollects because at the time of the birth he impleaded one Walter de Snyrston concerning the church of Walton before the justices of the Bench of King Henry, which king died at the feast of St. Edmund following. Nicholas de Segrave the younger, in whose wardship the said William was, came not nor sent any one for him; which was signified by the escheator to the chancellor in a schedule included in the said proof (of age). E. Enrolments of Inq. p.m. &c. No. 4. m. 3.
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5. Title: William De Ferrers, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV28-25Y1 : 10 September 2021), William de Ferrers, ; Burial, Groby, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, Leicestershire, England, St. Philip and St. James Churchyard; citing record ID 71687296, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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6. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for William de Ferariis
   Author: 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 50', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 2, Edward I, ed. J E E S Sharp (London, 1906), pp. 404-416. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol2/pp404-416 [accessed 22 January 2020].
   Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol2/pp404-416;
   Note: 680. William de Ferariis. Writ, 20 Dec. 16 Edw. I [1287]. [Northampton.] Extent, 14 March, 16 Edw, I. Neubotle. The manor with its members (extent given) held of the king in chief by socage. The advowson of the church of Brunton pertains to this manor. Farndon. The manor (extent given). William his son, aged 18 at the feast of the Purification in the said year, is his next heir. Essex. Extent, 25 Feb. 16 Edw. I. Wodeham. The manor (extent given) held, with other lands in the county, of the earl of Ferrars by service of 5 knights' fees. The said William was patron (advocator) of the church of Wodeham. Heir as above. Essex. Extent, Sunday after St. Matthias the Apostle, 16 Edw. I. Stibbingg. The manor (extent given) held of the earl of Ferrars as abovesaid. Fayrsted. The manor (extent given) held as abovesaid. Heir as above. [Leicester.] Extent, 20 March, 16 Edw. I. Groby. The manor (full extent given) including the gardens of Groby and Roteby, 4a. arable at Burg a member of Groby, a plot of meadow called Leyfeld, a park at Bradgat, a foreign wood and rents from assarts in the forest of Charnewode, a dozen nodules of chalcedony, 6 dozen arrow-heads (ferr' sagitt'), 17a. arable in Middelham, and pleas &c. of the courts (cur') of Groby and Leicester which were of the pourparty of the said William to the value of 8l., held of the king in chief by service of ½ knight's fee. William his son, aged 18 on the eve of the Purification, 16 Edw. I, is his next heir. Writ, 24 Jan. 16 Edw. I. [Lancaster.] Inq. Friday after St. Scholastica, 16 Edw. I. Boulton. The manor (extent given), held of Sir Edmund the king's brother by service of doing suit at the wapentake of Salford and the county (court) of Lancaster. William his son, aged 18, is his next heir. [Lancaster.] Inq. Thursday after St. Scholastica, 16 Edw. I. Layland. The liberty of the wapentake held of the said Sir Edmund by reason of the lands of the earl of Ferrars, service unknown. He held nothing of the king in chief in the escheator's bailiwick. Much Hole. A certain part held of the said William by Master Adam de Waleton by service of 2s. yearly for all service except servants' food (putur' servientum). Schevinton, held by Adam Banastre by homage and service of 8s. yearly, and he shall find (food) for servants. Standische, with the advowson of the church, held by Jordan de Standische by homage and service of 5s. 8d. yearly. Langetre, held by Henry de Langetre by homage and service of 5s. 8d. Adlington. A moiety held by Hugh de Adlington by homage and service of 2s. 9d., suit at the wapentake of Layl(and), and ½lb. cummin; and the other moiety held by Adam de Dokesburi by homage and service of 2s. 9d. Dokesburi. A third part held by the said Adam by homage and service of 14d. yearly, and a third part held by Roger de Boulton, and a third part by Elias de Tong, by the like services. Hetchernok. A third part held by Thomas Banaster by service of 21d. yearly; and two parts held by William son of Hugh Gogard by homage and service of 3s. 9d. yearly. Chernok Ricard. A moiety held by Henry del Lee by homage and service of 5s.; and the other moiety held by Henry de Chernok by homage and service of 2s. yearly. Walschewythull, held by Robert de Schonk by homage and service of 7s. 8d. yearly. All the aforesaid tenants shall find food for servants. Thorp. The hamlet, held by William de Thorp by homage and service of 10s. yearly, and suit at the wapentake of Ecleston. Bispeham, held by Ameria de Bispeham by homage and service of 40d. Moudesley. 2 bovates land held by John Banaster by homage and 40d. yearly, and he shall find food for servants as the others. John de Clayton renders 12d. yearly for the guard of the castle, and the town of Bretherton renders 2s. 3½d. for the same. Chorley (extent given with names of tenants) including 90 burgages, Knolhale, and pleas &c. of the wapentake worth 40s. yearly, held by the said William de Ferariis of the heir of William de Mara by homage and service of 20s. yearly. Heir as above. Extent or summary of the above manors (undated), in which the wapentake of Laylond, and Boulton are stated to be in co. York, whereof the lady ought to be dowered of a third part. Dower of the wife. The manors of Stibbing and Little Wodeham, co. Essex; and the wife has remitted the residue of her dower for the sake of having the said manors together. Writ of plenius certiorari de feodis &c. to Thomas de Normanvile, escheator, 28 Jan. 16 Edw. I. Extent (missing). C. Edw. I. File 50. (27.)
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7. Title: Wikipedia, "Baron Ferrers of Groby"
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8. Title: Legacy NFS Source: William De Ferrers - birth:
   Author: The Royal Ancestry Bible, Michel L. Call, Copyright 2006
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9. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for William de Ferariis
   Author: J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 90', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 6, Edward II (London, 1910), pp. 373-385. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp373-385 [accessed 22 January 2020].
   Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp373-385;
   Note: 603. WILLIAM DE FERARIIS. Writ, 26 March, 18 Edward II [1325]. NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 13 April, 18 Edward II [1325]. Neubotle. The manor (extent given), including rents in Flore, Herleston and Bryngton, held of the heir of John de Ferariis, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of a sore sparrowhawk or 2s. yearly. Henry his son, aged 22 and more, is his next heir. Writ, 26 March, 18 Edward II. LEICESTER. Inq. Thursday after Palm Sunday, 18 Edward II. (defaced.) Groby. The manor (extent given), including …… in the common of Charnewode, two parks, two fishponds, and rents &c. in Roteby, Neuton, and Cropston, and the perquisites of a third part of the court of the honour of Winchester, held of the king in chief by service of 1/2 knight’s fee. Heir as above. C. Edw. II. File 90. (8.) E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 14.
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