Sir
William
"3rd Lord Ferrers of Groby"
de Ferrers
formerly Ferrers
Born in Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire, England
Ancestors 
Husband of
Margaret (Ufford) Ferrers
— married
before 25 Apr 1344 in England [uncertain]
[uncertain] Husband of
Margaret (Percy) Ferrers
— married
before 25 May 1368 in England
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 37
in Stebbing, Essex, England
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Biography
William de Ferrers, Knt., 3rd Lord Ferrers of Groby, son and heir of Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Groby, and Isabel de Verdun, was born and baptized 28 February 1332/3 at Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire.[1][2][3]
William's father died in September 1343 and his mother died in July 1349. On 17 January 1344/5, William was granted £50 annually during his minority. On 22 October 1349, he was given the manors of Stoke upon Tern, Wootton and Hethe to hold instead of receiving the annual £50. William was a knight by the time the Queen granted him all his father's lands that she had in her custody on 6 May 1351. The King took his homage and granted him livery of his parents lands in England and Ireland on 17 March 1353/4.[3]
William held lands in Groby and Thurnby, Leicestershire; Marks, Stebbing, Woodham Ferrers, Essex; Newbottle, Northamptonshire; Ludlow and Stoke upon Tern, Shropshire, etc.[1]
In 1355, William accompanied the Prince of Wales to Gascony, was at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356, was with the king in the invasion of France from October 1359 to 1360[1] and was with the Duke of Lancaster in his raids on Picardy and Caux in July 1369.[3]
William was summoned to Parliament from 15 March 1353/4 to 6 April 1369, by writs directed Willelmo de Ferariis.[1][3]
Marriages and Children
William married first before 25 April 1344 Margaret de Ufford, third daughter of Robert de Ufford, K.G., 1st Earl of Suffolk, Lord Ufford, by Margaret de Norwich.[1][3] They had one son and two daughters:
- Henry,[4] Knt., 4th Lord Ferrers of Groby, born 16 February 1355/6, died 3 February 1387/8, married Joan de Poynings and had issue[1][3]
- Elizabeth, a nun[1][4]
- Margaret,[4] wife of Sir Thomas Beauchamp, K.G., 12th Earl of Warwick;[1] she left a will dated 28 November 1406[5] and died 22 January 1406/7[6]
He married second Margaret de Percy, widow of Sir Robert de Umfreville and daughter of Sir Henry de Percy, 2nd Lord Percy, and Idoine de Clifford,[7] before 25 May 1368.[1][3]
Death
Sir William Ferrers left a will on 1 June 1368 requesting burial at the conventual church at Ulverscroft, Leicestershire.[4]
He died on 8 January 1370/1[8] at Stebbing, Essex. His heir was his son Henry.[8]
His will was proved 19 August 1372.[4] His widow, Margaret died testate 2 September 1375 at Gyng, Essex.[1][3]
Research Note
Disputed Son
- Richardson does not list a son named William by either of William's wives. The unsourced profile of William Ferrers was detached as William's son on 1 June 2020.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 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, pages 297-298, GROBY 7, William de Ferrers.
- ↑ 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, pages 154-155, GROBY 11, William de Ferrers.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 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, revised edition, St Catherine Press, 1926, pp. 348-351, Internet Archive
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Nicolas, Nicholas Harris. Testamenta Vetusta vol. 1 (London: 1826) HathiTrust p. 76
- ↑ Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edition, vol. I, pages 145-146 BEAUCHAMP 7, Thomas Beauchamp.
- ↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013), vol. I, pages 296-297 BEAUCHAMP 12, Thomas Beauchamp.
- ↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013) vol. IV, page 351 PERCY 9.vi., Margaret de Percy.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A. E. Stamp, J. B. W. Chapman, M. C. B. Dawes and D. B. Wardle, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 219', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 13, Edward III (London, 1954), pp. 65-71. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol13/pp65-71 [accessed 26 January 2022].
- 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:
- Lewis, Marlyn. Sir William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins website, accessed 31 May 2020.
- Birmingham Archaeological Society. Transactions and Proceedings, Volumes 14-17. Online at Google Books, page 90.
Acknowledgements
Magna Carta Project
- This profile was re-reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project 1 June 2020 by Thiessen-117.
- William (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 January 2023. This trail can be seen the the Magna Carta Trails section of William Clerke's profile.
- John Stockman (MCA IV:107-111 STOCKMAN): badged January 2023. The trail is outlined HERE.
- Torrey Gateways (William and Samuel) (MCA II:376-380 HAVILAND): badged in May 2022. See this trail HERE.
- See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".
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