William Ferrers story

Today I'm checking for more in the male lineage along the Ferrers.

William Ferrers (#17 great grandfather) moved from a birthplace in Bedfordshire to a place of death in Essex...(1372-1445).

His burial is in St. Mary's Priory in Ulvfrscroft, Charnwood Borough, Leicestershire, England.

Another Find a Grave entry gives a good biography of him:

5th Baron Ferrers of Groby.

5th Lord Ferrers of Groby, Knight of Groby, Leicestershire, vidame of Chartres.

Son of Sir Henry Ferres #18 and Joan de Poynings #18, grandson of Sir William de Ferrers #20 and Margaret de Ufford #20 , Sir Luke Poynings #20 and Isabel Saint John #20. Born at the manor house of Hoo and baptized at Luton, Bedfordshire 25 April 1372.

William #17 married Philippe Clifford #17, daughter of Sir Roger de Clifford, Lord Clifford #18 and Maud de Beauchamp #18. They married after 10 Oct 1388 and had four sons and three daughters:

* Sir Henry, married Isabel de Mowbray

* Thomas #16, married Elizabeth Greville #16

* John

* Edmund

* Margaret, wife of Sir Richard Grey & Sir Thomas Grey

* Elizabeth, wife of Sir William Culpepper

* Anne

Secondly, he married Margaret de Montagu, daughter of John, Earl of Salisbury and Maud Fraunceys, daughter of Sir Adam.

Thirdly, he married Elizabeth Standish, daughter of Sir William Standish and his wife, Iseult, widow of John de Wrottesley and Sir William Botiller.

Bio by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens

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William Ferrers #17's father was:

Sir Henry Ferrers #18(1355-1388)

Henry #18 was born in Tiltey Abbey, and died at Groby Old Hall, whose church served as the parish church of Groby. It was remodeled not long after Henry died, and its tower replaced with a structure of Groby granite, more or less identical in appearance, in the 19th century.

He was the 4th Baron Ferrers of Groby and a supporter of Richard II against the Lancastrians whose dynastic claim was soon to break out into the War of the Roses. He fought for the King in a lost cause to maintain his holdings in Brittany from 1377-1381, and was called to fight in Scotland in 1385.

Son of William de Ferrers #19 and his first wife, Margaret de Ufford #19, daughter of Robert de Ufford #20 and Margaret de Norwich #20. (Find a Grave information, but I've added the #...system for the number of greats of my grandparents.)

I've got a lot more grandparents to add to my tree, thanks to these "find a grave" bio's...of course they may not be correct, in which case, I'll be changing whatever I post as I learn differently.