Individual Details
William Ferris
(Ca 1549 - 26 Sep 1625)
"The Visitation of the County of Gloucester in the Year 1623," Chitty and Phillpot (1885), p. 59-60, shows Roger Ferrers and Margerett Badger having 4 sons. The first was John who married Ellenor (daughter of Edward Ferrers of Badesley Clinton) and who was 76 in 1623 and therefore born in 1547. The second son was William, the third Roger and the fourth John of London. No explanation is given the Visitation for the naming of the fourth son as John, if the first son John was still living.
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Baddesley Clinton, its manor, church, and hall, Rev. Henry Norris (1887), p. 120 (footnote):
It is uncertain from what family this branch of the Ferrers descended. William Ferrers of Fiddington died February 26, 1625, and was buried in Allhallows church in Lombard Street, London; but a monument was erected to his memory in the church at Ashchurch, co. Gloucester, in which parish he was born. His arms on his tomb are given as Or, on a bend, gules, three horseshoes of the field. These arms appear to have an affinity with those of Ferrers of Trelowarren and Bere Ferrers, which were Or, on a bend, sable, three horseshoes argent.
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"The Visitation of the County of Gloucester in the Year 1623," Chitty and Phillpot (1885), p. 59
* Will of John Ferrers, Clerk, Rector of Minchinhampton, proved at Gloucester, 10 June 1717, by Martha Ferrers his daughter.
At Ash Church, co. Gloucester, is a monument against the south wall on which are the effigies of an old man, at half-length, habited as a Citizen of London in a livery gown, and holding in his right hand a pair of gloves, and under his left is a human skull, with the following motto surrounding it:
Live well and die never,
Die well and live for ever,
Over the image are the following arms, viz., On a bend cotised three horse-shoes, a crescent for a difference. Crest: An ostrich, in the beak a horse-shoe.
Memoriae Sacrum,
William Ferrers, Citisen of London, second sonn of
Roger Ferrers of Fiddington, Gent., had 3 wives, with
whom he lived 50 years most lovingly, and by whom
hee saw himself a happy father and Grandfather; all
his Children died before him. Hee preferred many of
his Brothers, of his Kindred, and of his countrymen, and left
behinde him several Workes of Piety; as to the Poore
of this Place where he was borne £10 per annum.
To a Preacher in this Parish, and to the mending of the
Highways about Fiddington, To every one £5
yearly for ever. Moreover he gave £30 yearly for
ever towards a free school in Tewkbery, and £5
per annum to the Poore of that place, with several
Guiftes to the Poore, and other pius uses in and about
London. Hee likewise gave large Legacies both
in Lands and Monyes to his 3 Grandchildren,
Brothers and Kindred. Hee departed this Life the
26 Day of September 1625, and lies buried in Allhallows
Church in Lombard Street, London.
Thomas Ferrers, his Brother, and part Executor,
with love and care built this small Monument.
This monument doubtless commemorates William, the second son of Roger Ferrers described as of Corsham in the above pedigree.
In the Herald's Visitation of London, 1634, two pedigrees of Ferrers are recorded. To one of those families the same arms as on the monument are allowed, differenced with a martlet. The pedigree commences with Roger Ferrers of Hidington, co. Glouc. (doubtless Fiddington, the error arising from a mis-reading of the double “f”). This Roger was probably the same as Roger described as third son of Roger said in this pedigree to be of Corsham, and brother of William.
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Third Virginia Charter: http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1600-1650/the-third-virginia-charter-1612.php
When the Third Virgina Charter was issued by King James in 1612, one of the named grantees in that charter was William Ferrers.
"The Records of the Virginia Company of London, Vol III," Kingsbury, Susan Myra (ed.), 1933. https://archive.org/details/recordsofvirgini03virg
"The Records of the Virginia Company of London" also mention William Ferrers in 1620 and 1621. In June 1620, the amount adventured by William Ferrers was noted as 37 pounds and 10 schillings at page 324. William Ferrers is mentioned again in a letter dated 15 December 1621 from P. Arondelle in Virginia to Sir Edwin Sandys in London at page 534. Apparently, William Ferrers had promised help with some provisions.
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British History Online (no series) The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 Chronological list of aldermen: 1601-1650
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp47-75#highlight-first
1622, May 2 (7)
(fn. 12) William Ferrers, Mercer
Aldgate, 1622
vice Pennyfather
Committee E.I.C. 1602. Died 1625; Will [P.C.C. 90 Clark] proved September 8, 1625.
[fn] 12. The name appears in the Repertory as 'Ferris' and 'Ferrys,' but the above is the correct form.
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From THE FASCINATIONS OF HALLIDAY, OR THE PERILS OF IGNORING OLD RESEARCH
https://ashkej.wordpress.com/2016/07/06/leonard-halliday/
Leonard’s only surviving son, John, married Alice Ferrers, daughter of William Ferrers, a London mercer. Upon John’s death in 1610 Alice remarried to Sir Arthur Ingram. His History of Parliament biography states of Arthur: “In 1613 he defeated ‘an army of suitors’ to capture a wealthy City widow.” How much of Alice’s wealth was due to her father, that of her husband or the considerable estate left by her father-in-law isn’t known …
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William Ferrers was Master of the Mercers Company in 1620. See Wikipedia article listing Master of the Mercers Company. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_the_Mercers%27_Company
Also see Wikipedia article re "Worshipful Company of Mercers."
The Worshipful Company of Mercers is the premier Livery Company of the City of London and ranks first in the order of precedence of the Companies...
Although of even older origin, the Company was incorporated under a Royal Charter in 1394, the Company's earliest extant Charter. The Company's aim was to act as a trade association for general merchants, and especially for exporters of wool and importers of velvet, silk and other luxurious fabrics (mercers). By the 16th century many members of the Company had lost any connection with the original trade. Today, the Company exists primarily as a charitable institution, supporting a variety of causes...
Membership
Children whose father or mother was a member of the Company at the time of their birth have an automatic right to become Mercers by 'patrimony'.
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British History Online (no series)
Aldermen of the City of London: Aldgate Ward
Pages 9-15
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp9-15
September 26, 1588
Richard Saltonstall, Skinner
S. 1588–9.
[Sworn same day] (fn. 43)
[Nominated: Thomas Bracy, R. Guniey, W. Cokayne]
May 2, 1622
William Ferris (or Ferrers), Mercer
[Sworn May 7] (fn. 58)
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Bromley Saint Leonard
Tudor House, Lower Manor
From: "The Copartnership Herald", Vol. IV, no. 46 (December 1934)
http://www.mernick.org.uk/thhol/bromley4.html
Bromley Hall is the Manor House of the Lower Manor, and stands upon the site of the principal mansion in the original Manor of Brambeley where Lady Ida Triket held her customary Court in the reign of Richard I, to which reference has already been made.
The manor having passed into the possession of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, the lands comprised therein were afterwards let on lease, the last being granted for the term of thirty years, from Midsummer 1509, to John Blount, esquire, of ''the manor and farm of Bramlegh, with all lands, meadows, &c. (except a tenement with garden and orchard in the tenure of John Chyrchman.)' The profits arising out of the manorial rights were reserved by the lessors. Before the lease ran out, however, the monastic property had beem seized by the Crown; and subsequently the Commissioners, acting on its behalf from time to time, granted fresh leases. On reversion to the Crown in 1606 the manor, then described as the Lower Manor, was sold outright. William Ferrers died in 1625 possessed of it, and in Bromley Church there is an interesting monument of this gentleman, of his wife and infant son. It is composed of alabaster, with panels of black marble. Under arches supported by pillars are the demi-figures, coloured and gilt, of William and Jane Ferrers. In a panel over the effigies there is this motto:-
Liue well, and dye neuer,
Dye well, and live eauer.
Beneath is a niche containing the figure of a sleeping child, who lies with his head on a golden tasselled pillow, and a rose in his hand. On either side on the panels below are these words
As nurses strive
theire Babes in bed to lay
When they too ly-berally
the wantons play.
Soe to prevente
his farther growinge crimes,
Nature his nurse,
gott him to bed betimes.
The inscription beneath is as follows:-
'Here lyes ye body of William Ferrers ye only son and heyre of Will Ferrers Esquire Citizen & Mercer of London, who tooke to wyfe Iane one of ye daught' of Sr. Peter Van-Lore, of London Knight by whom he had one childe, His Wyfe & childe dyed both before him and he departed this lyfe a month before his Father. He was a gentleman of religious sovle towardes God and a sweet behaviour towardes Menn and his death was by his kindred and generally mvch lamented. He dyed the 25th. of August 1625 and left his Vncle Thomas Ferrers his Executor who to the memory of him hath erected this monument.'
In this most pure and blessed shade
(Such by the sacred ashes made,
That here inhabit must) does lye
The man whose virtues cannot dye.
His alms, his prayers, his pyety,
Have sent his sowle abpve the sky.
Nature full well had taught his wyfe,
To sow her powers in pius lyfe
To God, to friend, to poore, to all,
Shee was as good as we dare call
Frail flesh: good passenger give prayse
To them who made such happy dayes.
Some readers may find it necessary to read the inscription more than once. They will be rewarded for their pains.
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Also see British History Online re Bromley St Leonard's
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol2/pp59-69
Mentions a number of familiar names, e.g. Ingram and Vanlore.
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UK National Archives
Surrey History Centre
Reference: LM/349/52/9
Title: Articles of agreement 1) Sir George More of Loseley 2) William Ferrers of London, mercer, Jeffrey Kirby of London, grocer, Edward Ferrers of London, mercer, and William Toppesfeild of London, gent. Concerning suit to be brought against Robert Garton and others about 38,000 cords of wood in East Dean, Sussex.
Date: 12 Mar 1623
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"A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools England and Wales," Vol I, Nocholas Carlisle (1918)
https://books.google.com/books?id=ogxfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA461&lpg=PA461&dq=%22William+Ferrers%22+London+mercer&source=bl&ots=gq1wffYkQ-&sig=ALX3FjR0L6U7Z367I2PXudJm3vM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjni-H73qDYAhXExFQKHVp2BPUQ6AEIKjAB#v=onepage&q=%22William%20Ferrers%22%20London%20mercer&f=false
[Note that Tewkesbury is not far from Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire. It became a Ferrers property when Edward Ferrers (1468-1535) married Constance Brome. In the family until 1940.]
p. 461
TEWKESBURY.
THE FREE GRAMMAR School in TEwkEsBURY was founded by WILLIAM FERRERs, Citizen and Mercer of London, and a native of this place, in 1625; and endowed by him with £20 per annum out of his estate at Shillingthorpe, in the County of Lincoln. In the Charter of King WILLIAM the Third granted to the Town and Borough of Tewkesbury, in 1701, there is a special clause, which directs, that,
“For the better education and instruction of boys and youth within the same Borough, Liberty and Precinct thereof, in good arts, learning, virtue and education, perpetually to be educated and informed,” from henceforth there shall be within the Borough aforesaid, Liberty and Precinct of the same, one Grammar School, to be called “THE FREE GRAMMAR School of WILLIAM FERRERs, Citizen and Mercer of London, in TEwkesbury, in the County of Gloucester;” to consist of one Master, and one Usher, and Scholars in the same School :—
And that it's Possessions and Revenues might be the better managed, His Majesty ordained, that the Bailiffs, Justices of the Peace, Chamberlain of the Borough, and the Town Clerk in Tewkesbury, and their Successors, “henceforth for ever, shall be, and be called Gover Norts of the Goods, Possessions, and REVENUEs of the aforesaid Free Grammar School of WILLIAM FERRERs, in Tewkesbury, in the County of Gloucester;" constituting them one Body Corporate and Politick; with liberty to have a Common Seal ; to plead and be impleaded; to elect and appoint “one honest man, learned and fearing God,” to be Master of the School, and “one other man discreet, and fit,” to be Usher of the same, who shall continue in their offices, “during the good pleasure of those the Governors, and their Successors, for the time being :”—
The Governors were further empowered to make fit and wholesome Statutes in writing, for the government of the same; and to receive and possess any other Revenues, not exceeding in the whole the clear yearly value of £30.
Richard Estood RT, well known both as an Actor and a Writer, was educated here.
No information can be procured either from the Head Master, or the Town Clerk.
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From The History of Parliament Online
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/ferrers-edward-1573-1639
FERRERS, Edward (c.1573-1639), of Lombard Street, London; later of Barnes, Surr.
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Although Ferrers’ eldest brother married into the ancient family of the same name, seated for centuries at Baddesley Clinton, consanguinity cannot be proved.11 His ancestors came from Wiltshire,12 one of them serving as MP for Cricklade in two Yorkist Parliaments; but his father, a younger son, migrated to Gloucestershire on his marriage to the first cousin of Sir Thomas Bagehott* and raised a large family at Ashchurch, two miles from Tewkesbury.13 Ferrers was apprenticed to his brother William, who eventually became master of the London Mercers’ Company.14
14. Mercers’ Hall, London, Acts of Court 1595-1629, f. 208v.
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Baddesley Clinton, its manor, church, and hall, Rev. Henry Norris (1887), p. 120 (footnote):
It is uncertain from what family this branch of the Ferrers descended. William
Ferrers of Fiddington died February 26, 1625, and was buried in Allhallows church in Lombard Street, London ; but a monument was erected to his memory in the church at Ashchurch, co. Gloucester, in which parish he was born. His arms on his tomb are given as Or, on a bend, gules, three horseshoes of the field. These arms appear to have an affinity with those of Ferrers of Trelowarren and Bere Ferrers, which were Or, on a bend, sable, three horseshoes argent.
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Could this be the same William Ferrers described as a “citizen of London” who received from King James' Exchequer in 1606 the repayment of a sizable loan Ferrers and another had made to the late Queen Elizabeth.
See Issues of the Exchequer; Being Payments Made Out of His Majesty’s Revenue During the Reign of King James I, Frederick Devon (1836).
https://books.google.com/books?id=eCSdrBlFVfYC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
1606, p. 53
Sir Richard Smith, Knight 31st of December.—-By order, the last of December, 1606. To Sir RICHARD SMITH, Knight, Receiver General of the revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall, the sum of 10,000l., in prest, towards the payment of 20,000l. to be by him paid upon the 3rd day of this month of January, unto John Eldred and William Ferrers, citizens of London, authorized for receipt thereof to the use of themselves and other citizens of the same city, lenders of the sum of 60,000l. to the late Queen Elizabeth upon mortgage of lands, according to an agreement made with them in that behalf. By writ, dated 14th of August, 1606
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William Ferrers-Ferris (d.1625) is also listed in the "Receipts of Account" for All Hallows church (£5 per annum) on Lombard Street near Aldgate in London. "The History and Survey of London," Vol II, William Maitland, (1756), p. 1056.
"All Hallows Lombard Street was a parish church in the City of London. It stood in Lombard Street near the corner with Gracechurch Street, in Langbourn Ward. The west end faced into Ball Alley. Of medieval origin, it was rebuilt following the Great Fire of London. It was demolished in 1937..." Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Hallows_Lombard_Street
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From FindMyPast
Warminster is in southwest Wiltshire
First name(s) William
Last name Ferris
Name note -
Marriage year 1562
Marriage date 1562
Marriage place Warminster
Spouse's first name(s) Agnes
Spouse's last name Smith
Residence Warminster, Wiltshire, England
County Wiltshire
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from England, United Kingdom
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Baddesley Clinton, its manor, church, and hall, Rev. Henry Norris (1887), p. 120 (footnote):
It is uncertain from what family this branch of the Ferrers descended. William Ferrers of Fiddington died February 26, 1625, and was buried in Allhallows church in Lombard Street, London; but a monument was erected to his memory in the church at Ashchurch, co. Gloucester, in which parish he was born. His arms on his tomb are given as Or, on a bend, gules, three horseshoes of the field. These arms appear to have an affinity with those of Ferrers of Trelowarren and Bere Ferrers, which were Or, on a bend, sable, three horseshoes argent.
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"The Visitation of the County of Gloucester in the Year 1623," Chitty and Phillpot (1885), p. 59
* Will of John Ferrers, Clerk, Rector of Minchinhampton, proved at Gloucester, 10 June 1717, by Martha Ferrers his daughter.
At Ash Church, co. Gloucester, is a monument against the south wall on which are the effigies of an old man, at half-length, habited as a Citizen of London in a livery gown, and holding in his right hand a pair of gloves, and under his left is a human skull, with the following motto surrounding it:
Live well and die never,
Die well and live for ever,
Over the image are the following arms, viz., On a bend cotised three horse-shoes, a crescent for a difference. Crest: An ostrich, in the beak a horse-shoe.
Memoriae Sacrum,
William Ferrers, Citisen of London, second sonn of
Roger Ferrers of Fiddington, Gent., had 3 wives, with
whom he lived 50 years most lovingly, and by whom
hee saw himself a happy father and Grandfather; all
his Children died before him. Hee preferred many of
his Brothers, of his Kindred, and of his countrymen, and left
behinde him several Workes of Piety; as to the Poore
of this Place where he was borne £10 per annum.
To a Preacher in this Parish, and to the mending of the
Highways about Fiddington, To every one £5
yearly for ever. Moreover he gave £30 yearly for
ever towards a free school in Tewkbery, and £5
per annum to the Poore of that place, with several
Guiftes to the Poore, and other pius uses in and about
London. Hee likewise gave large Legacies both
in Lands and Monyes to his 3 Grandchildren,
Brothers and Kindred. Hee departed this Life the
26 Day of September 1625, and lies buried in Allhallows
Church in Lombard Street, London.
Thomas Ferrers, his Brother, and part Executor,
with love and care built this small Monument.
This monument doubtless commemorates William, the second son of Roger Ferrers described as of Corsham in the above pedigree.
In the Herald's Visitation of London, 1634, two pedigrees of Ferrers are recorded. To one of those families the same arms as on the monument are allowed, differenced with a martlet. The pedigree commences with Roger Ferrers of Hidington, co. Glouc. (doubtless Fiddington, the error arising from a mis-reading of the double “f”). This Roger was probably the same as Roger described as third son of Roger said in this pedigree to be of Corsham, and brother of William.
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Third Virginia Charter: http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1600-1650/the-third-virginia-charter-1612.php
When the Third Virgina Charter was issued by King James in 1612, one of the named grantees in that charter was William Ferrers.
"The Records of the Virginia Company of London, Vol III," Kingsbury, Susan Myra (ed.), 1933. https://archive.org/details/recordsofvirgini03virg
"The Records of the Virginia Company of London" also mention William Ferrers in 1620 and 1621. In June 1620, the amount adventured by William Ferrers was noted as 37 pounds and 10 schillings at page 324. William Ferrers is mentioned again in a letter dated 15 December 1621 from P. Arondelle in Virginia to Sir Edwin Sandys in London at page 534. Apparently, William Ferrers had promised help with some provisions.
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British History Online (no series) The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 Chronological list of aldermen: 1601-1650
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp47-75#highlight-first
1622, May 2 (7)
(fn. 12) William Ferrers, Mercer
Aldgate, 1622
vice Pennyfather
Committee E.I.C. 1602. Died 1625; Will [P.C.C. 90 Clark] proved September 8, 1625.
[fn] 12. The name appears in the Repertory as 'Ferris' and 'Ferrys,' but the above is the correct form.
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From THE FASCINATIONS OF HALLIDAY, OR THE PERILS OF IGNORING OLD RESEARCH
https://ashkej.wordpress.com/2016/07/06/leonard-halliday/
Leonard’s only surviving son, John, married Alice Ferrers, daughter of William Ferrers, a London mercer. Upon John’s death in 1610 Alice remarried to Sir Arthur Ingram. His History of Parliament biography states of Arthur: “In 1613 he defeated ‘an army of suitors’ to capture a wealthy City widow.” How much of Alice’s wealth was due to her father, that of her husband or the considerable estate left by her father-in-law isn’t known …
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William Ferrers was Master of the Mercers Company in 1620. See Wikipedia article listing Master of the Mercers Company. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_the_Mercers%27_Company
Also see Wikipedia article re "Worshipful Company of Mercers."
The Worshipful Company of Mercers is the premier Livery Company of the City of London and ranks first in the order of precedence of the Companies...
Although of even older origin, the Company was incorporated under a Royal Charter in 1394, the Company's earliest extant Charter. The Company's aim was to act as a trade association for general merchants, and especially for exporters of wool and importers of velvet, silk and other luxurious fabrics (mercers). By the 16th century many members of the Company had lost any connection with the original trade. Today, the Company exists primarily as a charitable institution, supporting a variety of causes...
Membership
Children whose father or mother was a member of the Company at the time of their birth have an automatic right to become Mercers by 'patrimony'.
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British History Online (no series)
Aldermen of the City of London: Aldgate Ward
Pages 9-15
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp9-15
September 26, 1588
Richard Saltonstall, Skinner
S. 1588–9.
[Sworn same day] (fn. 43)
[Nominated: Thomas Bracy, R. Guniey, W. Cokayne]
May 2, 1622
William Ferris (or Ferrers), Mercer
[Sworn May 7] (fn. 58)
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Bromley Saint Leonard
Tudor House, Lower Manor
From: "The Copartnership Herald", Vol. IV, no. 46 (December 1934)
http://www.mernick.org.uk/thhol/bromley4.html
Bromley Hall is the Manor House of the Lower Manor, and stands upon the site of the principal mansion in the original Manor of Brambeley where Lady Ida Triket held her customary Court in the reign of Richard I, to which reference has already been made.
The manor having passed into the possession of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, the lands comprised therein were afterwards let on lease, the last being granted for the term of thirty years, from Midsummer 1509, to John Blount, esquire, of ''the manor and farm of Bramlegh, with all lands, meadows, &c. (except a tenement with garden and orchard in the tenure of John Chyrchman.)' The profits arising out of the manorial rights were reserved by the lessors. Before the lease ran out, however, the monastic property had beem seized by the Crown; and subsequently the Commissioners, acting on its behalf from time to time, granted fresh leases. On reversion to the Crown in 1606 the manor, then described as the Lower Manor, was sold outright. William Ferrers died in 1625 possessed of it, and in Bromley Church there is an interesting monument of this gentleman, of his wife and infant son. It is composed of alabaster, with panels of black marble. Under arches supported by pillars are the demi-figures, coloured and gilt, of William and Jane Ferrers. In a panel over the effigies there is this motto:-
Liue well, and dye neuer,
Dye well, and live eauer.
Beneath is a niche containing the figure of a sleeping child, who lies with his head on a golden tasselled pillow, and a rose in his hand. On either side on the panels below are these words
As nurses strive
theire Babes in bed to lay
When they too ly-berally
the wantons play.
Soe to prevente
his farther growinge crimes,
Nature his nurse,
gott him to bed betimes.
The inscription beneath is as follows:-
'Here lyes ye body of William Ferrers ye only son and heyre of Will Ferrers Esquire Citizen & Mercer of London, who tooke to wyfe Iane one of ye daught' of Sr. Peter Van-Lore, of London Knight by whom he had one childe, His Wyfe & childe dyed both before him and he departed this lyfe a month before his Father. He was a gentleman of religious sovle towardes God and a sweet behaviour towardes Menn and his death was by his kindred and generally mvch lamented. He dyed the 25th. of August 1625 and left his Vncle Thomas Ferrers his Executor who to the memory of him hath erected this monument.'
In this most pure and blessed shade
(Such by the sacred ashes made,
That here inhabit must) does lye
The man whose virtues cannot dye.
His alms, his prayers, his pyety,
Have sent his sowle abpve the sky.
Nature full well had taught his wyfe,
To sow her powers in pius lyfe
To God, to friend, to poore, to all,
Shee was as good as we dare call
Frail flesh: good passenger give prayse
To them who made such happy dayes.
Some readers may find it necessary to read the inscription more than once. They will be rewarded for their pains.
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Also see British History Online re Bromley St Leonard's
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol2/pp59-69
Mentions a number of familiar names, e.g. Ingram and Vanlore.
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UK National Archives
Surrey History Centre
Reference: LM/349/52/9
Title: Articles of agreement 1) Sir George More of Loseley 2) William Ferrers of London, mercer, Jeffrey Kirby of London, grocer, Edward Ferrers of London, mercer, and William Toppesfeild of London, gent. Concerning suit to be brought against Robert Garton and others about 38,000 cords of wood in East Dean, Sussex.
Date: 12 Mar 1623
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"A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools England and Wales," Vol I, Nocholas Carlisle (1918)
https://books.google.com/books?id=ogxfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA461&lpg=PA461&dq=%22William+Ferrers%22+London+mercer&source=bl&ots=gq1wffYkQ-&sig=ALX3FjR0L6U7Z367I2PXudJm3vM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjni-H73qDYAhXExFQKHVp2BPUQ6AEIKjAB#v=onepage&q=%22William%20Ferrers%22%20London%20mercer&f=false
[Note that Tewkesbury is not far from Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire. It became a Ferrers property when Edward Ferrers (1468-1535) married Constance Brome. In the family until 1940.]
p. 461
TEWKESBURY.
THE FREE GRAMMAR School in TEwkEsBURY was founded by WILLIAM FERRERs, Citizen and Mercer of London, and a native of this place, in 1625; and endowed by him with £20 per annum out of his estate at Shillingthorpe, in the County of Lincoln. In the Charter of King WILLIAM the Third granted to the Town and Borough of Tewkesbury, in 1701, there is a special clause, which directs, that,
“For the better education and instruction of boys and youth within the same Borough, Liberty and Precinct thereof, in good arts, learning, virtue and education, perpetually to be educated and informed,” from henceforth there shall be within the Borough aforesaid, Liberty and Precinct of the same, one Grammar School, to be called “THE FREE GRAMMAR School of WILLIAM FERRERs, Citizen and Mercer of London, in TEwkesbury, in the County of Gloucester;” to consist of one Master, and one Usher, and Scholars in the same School :—
And that it's Possessions and Revenues might be the better managed, His Majesty ordained, that the Bailiffs, Justices of the Peace, Chamberlain of the Borough, and the Town Clerk in Tewkesbury, and their Successors, “henceforth for ever, shall be, and be called Gover Norts of the Goods, Possessions, and REVENUEs of the aforesaid Free Grammar School of WILLIAM FERRERs, in Tewkesbury, in the County of Gloucester;" constituting them one Body Corporate and Politick; with liberty to have a Common Seal ; to plead and be impleaded; to elect and appoint “one honest man, learned and fearing God,” to be Master of the School, and “one other man discreet, and fit,” to be Usher of the same, who shall continue in their offices, “during the good pleasure of those the Governors, and their Successors, for the time being :”—
The Governors were further empowered to make fit and wholesome Statutes in writing, for the government of the same; and to receive and possess any other Revenues, not exceeding in the whole the clear yearly value of £30.
Richard Estood RT, well known both as an Actor and a Writer, was educated here.
No information can be procured either from the Head Master, or the Town Clerk.
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From The History of Parliament Online
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/ferrers-edward-1573-1639
FERRERS, Edward (c.1573-1639), of Lombard Street, London; later of Barnes, Surr.
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Although Ferrers’ eldest brother married into the ancient family of the same name, seated for centuries at Baddesley Clinton, consanguinity cannot be proved.11 His ancestors came from Wiltshire,12 one of them serving as MP for Cricklade in two Yorkist Parliaments; but his father, a younger son, migrated to Gloucestershire on his marriage to the first cousin of Sir Thomas Bagehott* and raised a large family at Ashchurch, two miles from Tewkesbury.13 Ferrers was apprenticed to his brother William, who eventually became master of the London Mercers’ Company.14
14. Mercers’ Hall, London, Acts of Court 1595-1629, f. 208v.
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Baddesley Clinton, its manor, church, and hall, Rev. Henry Norris (1887), p. 120 (footnote):
It is uncertain from what family this branch of the Ferrers descended. William
Ferrers of Fiddington died February 26, 1625, and was buried in Allhallows church in Lombard Street, London ; but a monument was erected to his memory in the church at Ashchurch, co. Gloucester, in which parish he was born. His arms on his tomb are given as Or, on a bend, gules, three horseshoes of the field. These arms appear to have an affinity with those of Ferrers of Trelowarren and Bere Ferrers, which were Or, on a bend, sable, three horseshoes argent.
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Could this be the same William Ferrers described as a “citizen of London” who received from King James' Exchequer in 1606 the repayment of a sizable loan Ferrers and another had made to the late Queen Elizabeth.
See Issues of the Exchequer; Being Payments Made Out of His Majesty’s Revenue During the Reign of King James I, Frederick Devon (1836).
https://books.google.com/books?id=eCSdrBlFVfYC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
1606, p. 53
Sir Richard Smith, Knight 31st of December.—-By order, the last of December, 1606. To Sir RICHARD SMITH, Knight, Receiver General of the revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall, the sum of 10,000l., in prest, towards the payment of 20,000l. to be by him paid upon the 3rd day of this month of January, unto John Eldred and William Ferrers, citizens of London, authorized for receipt thereof to the use of themselves and other citizens of the same city, lenders of the sum of 60,000l. to the late Queen Elizabeth upon mortgage of lands, according to an agreement made with them in that behalf. By writ, dated 14th of August, 1606
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William Ferrers-Ferris (d.1625) is also listed in the "Receipts of Account" for All Hallows church (£5 per annum) on Lombard Street near Aldgate in London. "The History and Survey of London," Vol II, William Maitland, (1756), p. 1056.
"All Hallows Lombard Street was a parish church in the City of London. It stood in Lombard Street near the corner with Gracechurch Street, in Langbourn Ward. The west end faced into Ball Alley. Of medieval origin, it was rebuilt following the Great Fire of London. It was demolished in 1937..." Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Hallows_Lombard_Street
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From FindMyPast
Warminster is in southwest Wiltshire
First name(s) William
Last name Ferris
Name note -
Marriage year 1562
Marriage date 1562
Marriage place Warminster
Spouse's first name(s) Agnes
Spouse's last name Smith
Residence Warminster, Wiltshire, England
County Wiltshire
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from England, United Kingdom
Events
| Birth | Ca 1549 | Fiddington, Gloucestershire, England | |||
| Marriage | 1562 | Warminster, Wiltshire, England - Agnes Smith | |||
| Residence | Aft 1606 | Bromley Hall, London, England | |||
| Miscellaneous | 12 Mar 1612 | 3rd Virginia Charter Grantee | |||
| Occupation | 1620 | Master of the London Mercers’ Company, London, England | |||
| Election | 2 May 1622 | Alderman - Aldgate, London, England | |||
| Miscellaneous | 12 Mar 1623 | William Toppesfeild of London Agreement | |||
| Miscellaneous | 1625 | Endowed Tewkesbury Grammar School - Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England |  |  | |
| Death | 26 Sep 1625 | London, England | | ||
| Alt name | William Ferrers | ||||
| Alt name | William Ferrys | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 3 wives over 50 years | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 3 of his grandchildren survived him |
Families
| Spouse | Agnes Smith ( - ) |
| Child | Alice Ferrers (1586 - 1614) |
| Child | William Ferrers (1586 - 1625) |
| Father | Roger Ferris (1516 - 1579) |
| Mother | Margaret Badger ( - ) |
| Sibling | John Ferris (1547 - 1622) |
| Sibling | Roger Ferris (1551 - ) |
| Sibling | John Ferris (1554 - 1587) |
| Sibling | Ann Ferries (1555 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Ferries (1558 - ) |
| Sibling | Katherine Feries (1560 - ) |
| Sibling | Walter Ferres (1564 - ) |
| Sibling | Rychard Ferryes (1566 - ) |
| Sibling | Margett Farris (1568 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Ferries (1571 - ) |
| Sibling | Edwarde Ferries (1573 - 1639) |
| Sibling | Thomas Ferries (1576 - ) |
| Sibling | Jhoane Ferries (1579 - ) |
Notes
Miscellaneous
[Note that Tewkesbury is not far from Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire. It became a Ferrers property when Edward Ferrers (1468-1535) married Constance Brome. In the family until 1940.]"A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools England and Wales," Vol I, Nocholas Carlisle (1918)
https://books.google.com/books?id=ogxfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA461&lpg=PA461&dq=%22William+Ferrers%22+London+mercer&source=bl&ots=gq1wffYkQ-&sig=ALX3FjR0L6U7Z367I2PXudJm3vM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjni-H73qDYAhXExFQKHVp2BPUQ6AEIKjAB#v=onepage&q=%22William%20Ferrers%22%20London%20mercer&f=false
p. 461
TEWKESBURY.
THE FREE GRAMMAR School in TEwkEsBURY was founded by WILLIAM FERRERs, Citizen and Mercer of London, and a native of this place, in 1625; and endowed by him with £20 per annum out of his estate at Shillingthorpe, in the County of Lincoln. In the Charter of King WILLIAM the Third granted to the Town and Borough of Tewkesbury, in 1701, there is a special clause, which directs, that,
“For the better education and instruction of boys and youth within the same Borough, Liberty and Precinct thereof, in good arts, learning, virtue and education, perpetually to be educated and informed,” from henceforth there shall be within the Borough aforesaid, Liberty and Precinct of the same, one Grammar School, to be called “THE FREE GRAMMAR School of WILLIAM FERRERs, Citizen and Mercer of London, in TEwkesbury, in the County of Gloucester;” to consist of one Master, and one Usher, and Scholars in the same School :—
And that it's Possessions and Revenues might be the better managed, His Majesty ordained, that the Bailiffs, Justices of the Peace, Chamberlain of the Borough, and the Town Clerk in Tewkesbury, and their Successors, “henceforth for ever, shall be, and be called Gover Norts of the Goods, Possessions, and REVENUEs of the aforesaid Free Grammar School of WILLIAM FERRERs, in Tewkesbury, in the County of Gloucester;" constituting them one Body Corporate and Politick; with liberty to have a Common Seal ; to plead and be impleaded; to elect and appoint “one honest man, learned and fearing God,” to be Master of the School, and “one other man discreet, and fit,” to be Usher of the same, who shall continue in their offices, “during the good pleasure of those the Governors, and their Successors, for the time being :”—
The Governors were further empowered to make fit and wholesome Statutes in writing, for the government of the same; and to receive and possess any other Revenues, not exceeding in the whole the clear yearly value of £30.
Richard Estood RT, well known both as an Actor and a Writer, was educated here.
No information can be procured either from the Head Master, or the Town Clerk.
Endnotes
1. "A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools England and Wales," Vol I, Nocholas Carlisle (1918), p. 461.
2. The Visitation of the County of Gloucester in the Year 1623, Chitty and Phillpot (1885), p. 59 https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00inchit.