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Henry "The Antiquary" Ferrers
(1549 - 1633)
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Henry Ferrers (antiquary)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Ferrers (1549–1633) was an English antiquary and MP.
Life
Ferrers was the son and heir of Edward Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, by Bridget, daughter and heiress of William, lord Windsor, and was born in that county on 26 January 1549. He became a student at Oxford, probably as a member of Hart Hall, in the beginning of Queen Elizabeth's reign, but it is not known whether he took a degree. Afterwards he retired to his patrimony, and devoted himself to the study of heraldry, genealogy, and antiquities. Ferrers was apparently the M.P. for Callington in 1597, and was a Catholic (Charles Dodd, Church Hist. iii.74). He died on 10 October 1633, and was buried in the church of Baddesley Clinton.[1]
Works
He was the earliest collector of materials for the history of his county, with the exception of John Rous, and he intended to publish a Perambulation of Warwickshire on the model of William Lambarde's Perambulation of Kent, but did not carry out the plan. William Camden says that he was "a man both for parentage and for knowledge of antiquity, very commendable and my special friend; who … hath at all times courteously shewed me the right way when I was out, and from his candle, as it were, hath lighted mine".[2] William Dugdale, who in writing the Antiquities of Warwickshire made extensive use of Ferrers's manuscript collections, describes him as an eminent antiquary and "a man of distinguished worth, reflecting lustre on the ancient and noble family to which he belonged". John Guillim described Ferrers as "a man very judicious in matters of honour". Some of his manuscripts are preserved at the College of Arms, others in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and the British Museum.[3] "He had also in his younger days", says Anthony Wood, "a good faculty in poetry, some of which I have seen scattered in divers books printed in the reign of qu. Elizabeth" (Athenæ Oxon. ed. Bliss, ii.572; see Ferrers, George).[1]
Family
He married, in October 1582, Jane, daughter and coheiress of Henry White, esq., of South Warnborough, Hampshire, son of Sir Thomas White, knight, and by her (who died 7 September 1586, aged 23) he had a son Edward and a daughter Mary.[4]
References
Cooper 1889, pp. 385,386.
Cooper 1889, p. 386 Cites: Britannia, ed. Gough, ii.331
Cooper 1889, p. 386 Cites: Lansd. MS. 860 a and b; cf. Frederick Leigh Colvile, Worthies of Warwickshire, p. 282
Cooper 1889, p. 386.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cooper, Thompson (1889). "Ferrers, Henry (1549-1633)". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography 18. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 385,386.
Sources referred to by Cooper:
Dugdale's Warwickshire, p. 710;
Dugdale's Life and Diary (Hamper), p. 265;
Burke's Landed Gentry, 1868, p. 470;
Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men of England, p. 261; Harl. MSS. 374, art. 17, 539, art. 3, 2161, p. 228;
Gillow's Bibl. Dict.;
Hannett's Forest of Arden, pp. 144, 145, 204, 209, 212;
Ashmol. MSS. 789 f. 113 b, 799 f. 32, 1107 f. 219;
Macray's Cat. of the Rawlinson MSS. ii. 698;
Camden's Visitation of Warwickshire in 1619 (Harl. Soc.), p. 5;
Hunter's MS. Chorus Vatum v., in Brit. Mus. Addit. MS. 23491, p. 421.
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Baddesley Clinton, its manor, church, and hall, Rev. Henry Norris (1887), p. 121
It may be interesting to observe here that Shakespear was born April 23, 1564, and died April 23, 1616; so that the whole period of Shakespear's life was included within the lifetime of Henry Ferrers. And it may be of greater interest still to add that the Shakespear family (in all probability the poet's ancestors) held lands within the manor of Baddesley as early as November 28, 1389 (13 Ric. II.), so that it is more than probable that the Shakespear family had its rise in Baddesley Clinton and Temple Balsall.
A note on this subject from the pen of the present writer appeared in Notes and Queries (8th S. vol. viii. p. 501), the transcription of which may prove of interest here.
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Middle Temple Records. Vol. 1, 1501-1603, C.H. Hopwood ed. (1904), p. 185
6 Feb. Henry Ferrers of Badsley, Warwickshire, esq., son and heir of Edward Ferrers, esq., deceased, specially ; fine, 51.
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Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Vol. 1, John Burke (1847), p. 410
HENRY FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, b. 26 Jan. 1549, whom Dugdale styles an eminent antiquarian, and describes as “a man of distinguished worth, reflecting lustre on the ancient and noble family to which he belonged.” Camden likewise bears testimony to his exalted character, and to the extent of his knowledge, particularly in antiquities. He m. in Oct. 1582, Jane, dau. and co-heir of Henry White, Esq. of South Warnborn, in Hampshire, son of Sir Thomas White, Knt., and by her, who d. 7th Sept. 1586, aged 23, left at his decease, 10 Oct. 1633, a dau, Mary, and a son and successor,
EDWARD FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, b. 1 Nov. 1585, Sheriff of Warwickshire in the 17th CHARLES I. This gentleman m. 24 Feb. 1611, Anne, eldest dau. of William Peyto, Esq. of Chesterton, and by that lady, who d. 12 Sept. 1618, aged 33, had one son and two daus, namely, HENRY, his heir: Eleanor, and Catharine. Mr. Ferrers d. 22 March, 1650-1, and was s. by his son,
HENRY FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, b. 6 Dec. 1616, Sheriff of Warwickshire 16 CHARLES II., who, upon the death of John Ferrers, of Tamworth Castle, in 1680, became heir male of the family. He m. in April, 1638, Bridget, dau. of Edward Willoughby, Esq. of Causell, Notts, and had a numerous family. He d. in 1682, and was s. by his eldest son,
GEORGE FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, b. in 1647, who d. 11 Aug. 1712, leaving, by Elizabeth his wife, only dau. of William Kempson, Esq. of Ardens Grafton, in Warwickshire, a dau, Mary-Magdalen, and a son,
EDWARD FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, b. in 1678. This gentleman m. 26 Feb. 1712, Teresa, dau. of Sir Isaac Gibson, of Worcester, and by her, who d. in 1734, had one son and one dau., viz., THOMAS, his heir, and Mary, m. to — Berkeley, Esq. Mr. Ferrers was s. at his decease, in 1729, by his son,
THOMAS FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, b. 4 April, 1713, who m. 10th June, 1737, Margaret, dau. of John Kempson, Esq. of Henley, in Arden, and had two sons and five daus., viz., I. Edward, his heir; II. Henry; 1. Mary; II. Teresa; III. Frances; iv. Anne; and, v. Elizabeth. The elder son,
EDWARD FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, inherited the estates upon the demise of his father, in 1760. He m. in 1763, Hester, dau. of Christopher Bird, Esq. of London, and by her, who d. in 1822, had two sons and seven daus, viz.
i. EDWARD, his heir.
ii. Thomas, a Major in the army, who served during the whole of the Peninsular war, and was killed by a fall from the ramparts of a fortress in France, in 1817.
i. Hester, d. unm.
ii. Lucy, was the third wife of Robert Willoughby, Esq. of Cliff, by whom she left a dau, Madeline, m. 26 May, 1820, to Richard-Thomas Bateman, Esq. of Hartington Hall, co. Derby.
iii. Frances, d. unm.
iv. Maria, m. to Court Granville, Esq. of Calwich Abbey, co. Stafford.
v. Catherine, m. to — Edwards, Esq.
vi. Elizabeth, m. in 1803, to John Gerard, Esq. of Windle Hall, in Lancashire, and was mother of the present Sir John Gerard, Bart. of Bryn.
vii. Anne-Teresa. m. 1st, to Henry Clifford, Esq., Barrister at-law, brother to Sir Thomas-Hugh Clifford-Constable, Bart., and grandson of Hugh, iv. Lord Clifford ; and 2ndly, to Edward Hebden, Esq., who d. 30 Jan. 1843.
Mr. Ferrers d. 25 Feb. 1794, and was s. by his son,
Edward FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, b. 17 April, 1765, who m. 18 Aug. 1788, Helena, dau. and heiress of George Alexander, Esq. of Stirtloe, co. Huntingdon, and by her, who d. 29 Jan. 1840, had issue,
i. EDWARD, his heir.
ii. George-Thomas, b. 21 Dec. 1791, who m. 8 Sept. 1817, Mary, eldest dau. of George Gillow, Esq. of Hammer smith, Middlesex, and had five sons and two daus. viz.,
1. George-Joseph, b. in 1819; 2. Thomas-John, b. in 1821;
3. Richard-Vincent, b. in 1823; 4. Edmund, b. in 1824:
5. Bernard, b. in 1829; 1. Mary; and 2. Sarah.
i. Mary, m. to John-Bruno Bowdon, Esq. of Southgate House, co. Derby. (See that name.)
ii. Magdalen, m. to George Pickering, Esq.
111. Caroline.
Mr. Ferrers d. 25 Sept. 1795, and was s. by his son,
EDWARD FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, b. 31 Jan. 1790, a Magistrate and Deputy-lieutenant for the county of Warwick, who m. 11 March, 1813, the Lady Harriet-Anne-Ferrers Townshend, second dau. of George. Marquess Townshend, and xvi. Baron Ferrers of Chartley, and had issue,
i. MARMION-EDWARD, his heir.
ii. Charles, b. 2 Sept. 1814.
iii. Groby-Thomas, b. 19 July, 1816, d. 23 Sept. 1831.
iv. Compton-Gerard, b. 12 May, 1818.
v. Tamworth-George, b. 22 Sept. 1827.
i. Henrietta-Elizabeth, d. 14 Aug. 1838.
ii. Margaret-Anne.
iii. Constance-Charlotte.
Mr. Ferrers d. 10 Aug. 1830, and was s. by his eldest son, the present MARMION-EDWARD FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton.
Henry Ferrers (antiquary)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Ferrers (1549–1633) was an English antiquary and MP.
Life
Ferrers was the son and heir of Edward Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, by Bridget, daughter and heiress of William, lord Windsor, and was born in that county on 26 January 1549. He became a student at Oxford, probably as a member of Hart Hall, in the beginning of Queen Elizabeth's reign, but it is not known whether he took a degree. Afterwards he retired to his patrimony, and devoted himself to the study of heraldry, genealogy, and antiquities. Ferrers was apparently the M.P. for Callington in 1597, and was a Catholic (Charles Dodd, Church Hist. iii.74). He died on 10 October 1633, and was buried in the church of Baddesley Clinton.[1]
Works
He was the earliest collector of materials for the history of his county, with the exception of John Rous, and he intended to publish a Perambulation of Warwickshire on the model of William Lambarde's Perambulation of Kent, but did not carry out the plan. William Camden says that he was "a man both for parentage and for knowledge of antiquity, very commendable and my special friend; who … hath at all times courteously shewed me the right way when I was out, and from his candle, as it were, hath lighted mine".[2] William Dugdale, who in writing the Antiquities of Warwickshire made extensive use of Ferrers's manuscript collections, describes him as an eminent antiquary and "a man of distinguished worth, reflecting lustre on the ancient and noble family to which he belonged". John Guillim described Ferrers as "a man very judicious in matters of honour". Some of his manuscripts are preserved at the College of Arms, others in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and the British Museum.[3] "He had also in his younger days", says Anthony Wood, "a good faculty in poetry, some of which I have seen scattered in divers books printed in the reign of qu. Elizabeth" (Athenæ Oxon. ed. Bliss, ii.572; see Ferrers, George).[1]
Family
He married, in October 1582, Jane, daughter and coheiress of Henry White, esq., of South Warnborough, Hampshire, son of Sir Thomas White, knight, and by her (who died 7 September 1586, aged 23) he had a son Edward and a daughter Mary.[4]
References
Cooper 1889, pp. 385,386.
Cooper 1889, p. 386 Cites: Britannia, ed. Gough, ii.331
Cooper 1889, p. 386 Cites: Lansd. MS. 860 a and b; cf. Frederick Leigh Colvile, Worthies of Warwickshire, p. 282
Cooper 1889, p. 386.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cooper, Thompson (1889). "Ferrers, Henry (1549-1633)". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography 18. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 385,386.
Sources referred to by Cooper:
Dugdale's Warwickshire, p. 710;
Dugdale's Life and Diary (Hamper), p. 265;
Burke's Landed Gentry, 1868, p. 470;
Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men of England, p. 261; Harl. MSS. 374, art. 17, 539, art. 3, 2161, p. 228;
Gillow's Bibl. Dict.;
Hannett's Forest of Arden, pp. 144, 145, 204, 209, 212;
Ashmol. MSS. 789 f. 113 b, 799 f. 32, 1107 f. 219;
Macray's Cat. of the Rawlinson MSS. ii. 698;
Camden's Visitation of Warwickshire in 1619 (Harl. Soc.), p. 5;
Hunter's MS. Chorus Vatum v., in Brit. Mus. Addit. MS. 23491, p. 421.
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Baddesley Clinton, its manor, church, and hall, Rev. Henry Norris (1887), p. 121
It may be interesting to observe here that Shakespear was born April 23, 1564, and died April 23, 1616; so that the whole period of Shakespear's life was included within the lifetime of Henry Ferrers. And it may be of greater interest still to add that the Shakespear family (in all probability the poet's ancestors) held lands within the manor of Baddesley as early as November 28, 1389 (13 Ric. II.), so that it is more than probable that the Shakespear family had its rise in Baddesley Clinton and Temple Balsall.
A note on this subject from the pen of the present writer appeared in Notes and Queries (8th S. vol. viii. p. 501), the transcription of which may prove of interest here.
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Middle Temple Records. Vol. 1, 1501-1603, C.H. Hopwood ed. (1904), p. 185
6 Feb. Henry Ferrers of Badsley, Warwickshire, esq., son and heir of Edward Ferrers, esq., deceased, specially ; fine, 51.
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Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Vol. 1, John Burke (1847), p. 410
HENRY FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, b. 26 Jan. 1549, whom Dugdale styles an eminent antiquarian, and describes as “a man of distinguished worth, reflecting lustre on the ancient and noble family to which he belonged.” Camden likewise bears testimony to his exalted character, and to the extent of his knowledge, particularly in antiquities. He m. in Oct. 1582, Jane, dau. and co-heir of Henry White, Esq. of South Warnborn, in Hampshire, son of Sir Thomas White, Knt., and by her, who d. 7th Sept. 1586, aged 23, left at his decease, 10 Oct. 1633, a dau, Mary, and a son and successor,
EDWARD FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, b. 1 Nov. 1585, Sheriff of Warwickshire in the 17th CHARLES I. This gentleman m. 24 Feb. 1611, Anne, eldest dau. of William Peyto, Esq. of Chesterton, and by that lady, who d. 12 Sept. 1618, aged 33, had one son and two daus, namely, HENRY, his heir: Eleanor, and Catharine. Mr. Ferrers d. 22 March, 1650-1, and was s. by his son,
HENRY FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, b. 6 Dec. 1616, Sheriff of Warwickshire 16 CHARLES II., who, upon the death of John Ferrers, of Tamworth Castle, in 1680, became heir male of the family. He m. in April, 1638, Bridget, dau. of Edward Willoughby, Esq. of Causell, Notts, and had a numerous family. He d. in 1682, and was s. by his eldest son,
GEORGE FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, b. in 1647, who d. 11 Aug. 1712, leaving, by Elizabeth his wife, only dau. of William Kempson, Esq. of Ardens Grafton, in Warwickshire, a dau, Mary-Magdalen, and a son,
EDWARD FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, b. in 1678. This gentleman m. 26 Feb. 1712, Teresa, dau. of Sir Isaac Gibson, of Worcester, and by her, who d. in 1734, had one son and one dau., viz., THOMAS, his heir, and Mary, m. to — Berkeley, Esq. Mr. Ferrers was s. at his decease, in 1729, by his son,
THOMAS FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, b. 4 April, 1713, who m. 10th June, 1737, Margaret, dau. of John Kempson, Esq. of Henley, in Arden, and had two sons and five daus., viz., I. Edward, his heir; II. Henry; 1. Mary; II. Teresa; III. Frances; iv. Anne; and, v. Elizabeth. The elder son,
EDWARD FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, inherited the estates upon the demise of his father, in 1760. He m. in 1763, Hester, dau. of Christopher Bird, Esq. of London, and by her, who d. in 1822, had two sons and seven daus, viz.
i. EDWARD, his heir.
ii. Thomas, a Major in the army, who served during the whole of the Peninsular war, and was killed by a fall from the ramparts of a fortress in France, in 1817.
i. Hester, d. unm.
ii. Lucy, was the third wife of Robert Willoughby, Esq. of Cliff, by whom she left a dau, Madeline, m. 26 May, 1820, to Richard-Thomas Bateman, Esq. of Hartington Hall, co. Derby.
iii. Frances, d. unm.
iv. Maria, m. to Court Granville, Esq. of Calwich Abbey, co. Stafford.
v. Catherine, m. to — Edwards, Esq.
vi. Elizabeth, m. in 1803, to John Gerard, Esq. of Windle Hall, in Lancashire, and was mother of the present Sir John Gerard, Bart. of Bryn.
vii. Anne-Teresa. m. 1st, to Henry Clifford, Esq., Barrister at-law, brother to Sir Thomas-Hugh Clifford-Constable, Bart., and grandson of Hugh, iv. Lord Clifford ; and 2ndly, to Edward Hebden, Esq., who d. 30 Jan. 1843.
Mr. Ferrers d. 25 Feb. 1794, and was s. by his son,
Edward FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, b. 17 April, 1765, who m. 18 Aug. 1788, Helena, dau. and heiress of George Alexander, Esq. of Stirtloe, co. Huntingdon, and by her, who d. 29 Jan. 1840, had issue,
i. EDWARD, his heir.
ii. George-Thomas, b. 21 Dec. 1791, who m. 8 Sept. 1817, Mary, eldest dau. of George Gillow, Esq. of Hammer smith, Middlesex, and had five sons and two daus. viz.,
1. George-Joseph, b. in 1819; 2. Thomas-John, b. in 1821;
3. Richard-Vincent, b. in 1823; 4. Edmund, b. in 1824:
5. Bernard, b. in 1829; 1. Mary; and 2. Sarah.
i. Mary, m. to John-Bruno Bowdon, Esq. of Southgate House, co. Derby. (See that name.)
ii. Magdalen, m. to George Pickering, Esq.
111. Caroline.
Mr. Ferrers d. 25 Sept. 1795, and was s. by his son,
EDWARD FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton, b. 31 Jan. 1790, a Magistrate and Deputy-lieutenant for the county of Warwick, who m. 11 March, 1813, the Lady Harriet-Anne-Ferrers Townshend, second dau. of George. Marquess Townshend, and xvi. Baron Ferrers of Chartley, and had issue,
i. MARMION-EDWARD, his heir.
ii. Charles, b. 2 Sept. 1814.
iii. Groby-Thomas, b. 19 July, 1816, d. 23 Sept. 1831.
iv. Compton-Gerard, b. 12 May, 1818.
v. Tamworth-George, b. 22 Sept. 1827.
i. Henrietta-Elizabeth, d. 14 Aug. 1838.
ii. Margaret-Anne.
iii. Constance-Charlotte.
Mr. Ferrers d. 10 Aug. 1830, and was s. by his eldest son, the present MARMION-EDWARD FERRERS, Esq. of Baddesley Clinton.
Events
| Birth | 1549 | ||||
| Occupation | 6 Feb 1571 | Barrister, Admitted to Middle Temple (Inns of Court) - Middle Temple, London, England | |||
| Marriage | Oct 1582 | Jane White | |||
| Death | 1633 |
Families
| Spouse | Jane White ( - 1586) |
| Child | Joane Ferrers ( - 1583) |
| Child | Edward Ferrers (1585 - 1650) |
| Child | Mary Ferrers ( - ) |
| Father | Edward Ferrers (1524 - 1564) |
| Mother | Bridget Windsor ( - ) |
| Sibling | Eleanor Ferrers (1555 - 1640) |
| Sibling | Catherine Ferrers (1553 - ) |
| Sibling | Ferdinando Ferrers ( - ) |
| Sibling | Edward Ferrers ( - ) |
| Sibling | William Ferrers ( - ) |
| Sibling | Joane Ferrers ( - ) |
| Sibling | Andrew Ferrers Sr. ( - ) |
| Sibling | Andrew Ferrers Jr. ( - ) |