Thomas Ferrers Esq. (abt. 1395 - 1459)

Born about 1395 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Freville) Ferrers — married before 1418 in England

Descendants

Died 6 Jan 1459 at about age 64 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Thomas was the second son of William Ferrers^[1][2] and Philippa Clifford.^[3][4] His parents had lands in several counties^[5][6] and his birthplace is not known. He was said to be 40 and more at his father's death in 1445 and 50 and more in 1452, pointing to a birth date of between 1392 and 1402.^[3][4]

Marriage and Children

Before 1418 Thomas married Elizabeth Freville,^[2] daughter of Baldwin Freville^[1] and Maud le Scrope.^[3][4] They had at least two children:

• Thomas^[1][2][3][4]
• Henry^[1][2][3][4]

Lands

Thomas held lands in Derbyshire, Essex, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and elsewhere.^[3][4][7] His marriage brought Tamworth Castle (Tamworth is on the borders of Staffordshire and Warwickshire)^[2] on the death of her father in 1418 and other property in Warwickshire and Wiltshire.^[3][4][8][9] He paid homage for his wife's inheritance before 27 November 1423.^[10]

Death

Thomas died on 6 January 1458/9.^[2][3][4]

Research Notes

The Appendix to the 1911 Harleian Society edition of the wrongly names Thomas's older son as John, husband of Maud Stanley.^[11] This is a confusion with Thomas's grandson John.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} John Fetherston (ed.). The Visitation of Warwick in the year 1619, Harleian Society, 1877, pp. 5 and 7, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} G E Cokayne. Complete Peerage, revised edition, Vol. V, St Catherine Press, 1926, pp. 333, Internet Archive, and 357 (footnote a), Internet Archive
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. I, pp. 480-481, CLARKE 10, Google Books
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. II, pp. 212-213, CLARKE 14
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. II, pp. 299-301, GROBY 9, Google Books
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, pp. 156-158, GROBY 13
7. ↑ Calendar of the Close Rolls, Henry VI, A.D. 1454-1461, HM SO, 1947, pp. 324-325, Hathi Trust
8. ↑ Mapping the Medieval Countryside, website of University of Winchester and King's College, London, In questions Post Mortem for Baldwin Frevill, Knight, son of Baldwin Frevill, Knight
9. ↑ 'Yatesbury', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 17, Calne, ed. D A Crowley (London, 2002), pp. 172-181, British History Online, accessed 15 January 2023
10. ↑ Calendar of the Close Rolls, Henry VI, A.D. 1422-1429, HMSO, 1933, pp.81-82, [ Hathi Trust]
11. ↑ W Henry Rylands. The Visitation of the County of Warwick, 1682, Harleian Society, 1911, p. 165, Internet Archive

See Also:

• Faris, David. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996, p. 64
• Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 8th edition, Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, p. 16, line 11/35

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 15 January 2023.

Thomas Ferrers Esq. appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Jeremy Clarke to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. I, pages 480-483 CLARKE). This trail was project-approved/badged in April 2016 by a Magna Carta Project member. The trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of William Clerke's profile.

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".