Henry (Ferrers) de Ferrers (1356 - 1388)

Born 16 Feb 1356 in Tilty Abbey, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Joan (Poynings) de Ferrers — married before 27 Apr 1371 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1388 at age 31 in England

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Biography

Henry de Ferrers, Knt., 4th Lord Ferrers of Groby, son and heir of William Ferrers, Knt., 3rd Lord Ferrers of Groby, and Margaret de Ufford, was born 16 February 1355/6 in the Abbey of Tilty, Essex, and was baptized at Stebbing, Essex.^[1][2][3]

He was a legatee in the 1368 will of his father, who left him his green bed "with my arms thereon".^[1] On 26 April 1377, the King took his fealty and homage and Henry had livery of his father's lands and those his step-mother Margaret had held in dower.^[3]

Henry married Joan de Poynings (or Ponynges), daughter of Sir Luke de Poynings, 4th Lord Saint John of Basing and Isabel de Saint John,^[4][5] before 27 April 1371.^[1][2] They had two sons and one daughter:

• William, Knt., 5th Lord Ferrers of Groby, baptized 25 April 1372, died 18 May 1445, married first Philippe Clifford, second Margaret Montagu and third Elizabeth Standish^[1]
• Henry^[1]
• Isabel, wife of Sir John Beauchamp, 2nd Lord Beauchamp of Kidderminster^[1][6]

Henry was summoned to Parliament from 4 August 1377 to 17 December 1387 by writs directed Henrico de Ferrariis (or de Ferrers) de Groby.^[1][3] In 1380 he accompanied Thomas of Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham, on his unsuccessful military expedition to Brittany. He was co-heir in 1382 to his uncle, William de Ufford, K.G., 2nd Earl of Suffolk.^[1]

In 1385 he accompanied King Richard II in his invasion of Scotland,^[1] being in the main body with the King.^[3] In 1387, Henry was involved in the negotiations for ransoming Jean de Blois.^[1]

Henry, his wife Joan, and their two sons, William and Henry, were members of the Trinity Guild of Coventry, Warwickshire.^[1] "Among the most important developments of this period was the foundation of the guilds, beginning with the merchant guild of St. Mary's in 1340 and culminating in the amalgamation of four guilds as Holy Trinity Guild by 1392. The corporate sense fostered by membership of the guilds found expression in the charter of 1345 which confirmed town government in the hands of the dominant merchant class".^[7]

Sir Henry Ferrers died on 3 February 1387/8 and his wife, Joan, died 30 May 1394.^[1][2][3]

Research Note

Wife's Identity

Complete Peerage has Henry marrying Joan, probable daughter of Sir Thomas de Hoo by Isabel de Saint Leger and argues against Joan being the daughter of Luke Poynings.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. II, page 299, GROBY 8, Henry de Ferrers.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. III, page 156, GROBY 12, Henry de Ferrers.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} George Edward Cokayne and Vicary Gibbs ed. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. V: Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat, 2nd edition. (London, 1926). Online at Archive.org, pages 351-353.
4. ↑ Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed., vol. III, page 307 PAULET 7.ii., Joan de Poynings.
5. ↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013), vol. IV, page 322 PAULET 10.ii, Joan de Poynings.
6. ↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013), vol. III, page 302 HOLT 13, John Beauchamp.
7. ↑ W.B. Stephens, ed. "The City of Coventry: Social History to 1700" in A History of the County of Warwick, Volume 8, pp. 208-221: the City of Coventry and Borough of Warwick. (London: Victoria County History, 1969). Online at British History Online.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Blanton, Virginia. Signs of Devotion: The Cult of St. Æthelthryth in Medieval England, 695-1615. (University Park, PA: Penn State Press, 2007). Online at Google Books, page 212: Ufford Pedigree.
• Faris, David. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996). Online at Ancestry.com.
• Weis, F.L., et al. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700. 8th ed. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004). Online at Google Books, page 15: Line 11, #33.
• Lewis, Marlyn. Sir Henry Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Groby entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins website, accessed 31 May 2020.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project 31 May 2020 by Thiessen-117.

Henry (Ferrers) de Ferrers appears in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project from Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy to the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Jeremy Clarke: re-reviewed in January 2023. This trail can be seen the the Magna Carta Trails section of William Clerke's profile. *Torrey Gateways (William and Samuel) (MCA II:376-380 HAVILAND): badged in May 2022. See this trail HERE.
• John Stockman (MCA IV:107-111 STOCKMAN): badged January 2023. The trail is outlined HERE.

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