Robert Ferrers (1357 - 1413)

Born 31 Oct 1357 in Chartley Castle, Staffordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Despenser) Ferrers — married 1385 in Chartley Holme, Staffordshire, England

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1413 at age 55 in Merevale Abbey, Warwickshire, England

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Biography

Robert Ferrers, Knt, 5th Lord Ferrers of Chartley, etc., was the son of John de Ferrers and Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph stafford.^[1][2]

The Inquisition Post Mortem of Elizabeth, late the wife of Reynold de Cobham, knight, following a Writ of 15 September, 49 Edward III [1375]^[3] indicated that she had held lands jointly with John de Ferrers, formerly her husband. The heir was her son Robert de Ferrers, aged 17 or 18 years on 31 October last, suggesting he had been born on 31 Oct 1357 or 1358.

Robert de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley

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Robert de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (c. 1358 – 1413) was the son of John de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Elizabeth de Stafford, a daughter of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret de Audley.

He inherited the title of Baron Ferrers of Chartley upon his father's death at the Battle of Nájera on 3 April 1367 but was never summoned to parliament.

Robert married Margaret Le Despenser (born around 1360) a daughter of Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, KG, and Lady Elizabeth Burghersh.

The couple had one son Edmund, who became Edmund de Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley upon the death of his father around 1412, and one daughter Philippa, who married Sir Thomas Greene, Sheriff of Northamptonshire (10 February 1399 – 18 January 1462), by whom she was the mother of Sir Thomas Green. Philippa and Sir Thomas are ancestors to Queen consort Catherine Parr, the last wife of King Henry VIII.[1]

Robert de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley died sometime around 1413 and is buried at Merevale Abbey in Warwickshire

Sources

1. ↑ The Complete Peerage. Vol V. Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat. 1926, p315-316 [1].
2. ↑ Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol II, page 571.
3. ↑ A. E. Stamp, J. B. W. Chapman, Cyril Flower, M. C. B. Dawes and L. C. Hector, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 243', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 14, Edward III (London, 1952), pp. 99-115. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol14/pp99-115. Inquisition Post Mortem of Elizabeth, late the wife of Reynold de Cobham, knight. Item 105.

• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol II, page 571

ROBERT FERRERS, Knt, 5th Lord Ferrers of Chartley, etc., son and heir, born in Staffordshire 31 October 1357 or 1359. He married (1st) after 16 Sept. 1376 ELIZABETH ____. They had no issue. Her subsequent history is unknown. He married (2nd) before 14 July 1389 MARGARET LE DESPENSER, daughter of Edward le Despenser, K.G. 4th Lord le Despenser, by Elizabeth, daughter of Bartholomew de Burghersh, K.G., 4th Lord Burghersh. The had three sons, Edmund, Knt., Thomas, Esq., and Edward, and one daughter, Philippe. SIR ROBERT FERRERS died 12 (or 13). In 1413 his widow, Margaret, was granted the manor of Aldworth, Berkshire by her son, Edmund Ferrers. Margaret died 3 Nov 1415. Robert and Margaret were buried at Merevale abbey, Warwickshire.

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