Individual Details
William de Ferrers
(1172 - 20 Sep 1247)
Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England, Vol 3 (1890)
He was one of the four Peers who held the canopy at the second Coronation, 17 April 1194, of King Richard I, being also present at that of King John, who by charter 7 June 1199, confirmed him in the Earldom of Derby,(") granting him the 3d penny of that county. He also obtained the manors of Higham-Ferrers, Blisworth, and Newbottle, co. Northampton, &c. He was present at the Coronation of Hen. Ill ; was a Crusader 1218-20 ; Sheriff of co. Lancaster 1224-27, &c. He m., in 1192, Agnes one of the four sisters and coheirs of Randolph (De Blondeville), Earl or Chester, da. of Hugh (db Kevelioc), Earl of Chester, by Bertrada, da. of Simon, Count D'Evreux. By her he acquired the manor of Chartley, co. Stafford, and all the lands between the rivers Kibble and Mersey, &c. He d. 22 Sep. 1247.(°) His widow A. d. few weeks later in Oct 1247.
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Dugdale, William, The Baronage of England 1675
And for the health of the Soul of Agnes his Wife, and his Ancestors Souls, gaves to the Monkes of Tutbury, the Tithes of all his Paunage, Venison, Honey, and Rent, arising out of his Forest of Duffield... he departed this life, having been long afflicted with the Gout; his Countess dying also in the same Moneth; having been Man and Wife at least Seventy five years, if my Author mistaketh not; for he affirmeth...
This Earl William had a younger Brother called Robert, who served King John with five Knights (himself accounted) in that War with his Barons in 17 Ioh. For which respect he had a Grant of the Lands of Roger de Cressey, lying in the Counties of Buckingham, Norfolk, and Suffolk.
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From Wikipedia re William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby
William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby. (2016, March 30). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23:42, May 11, 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_de_Ferrers,_4th_Earl_of_Derby&oldid=712753518
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From FindAGrave
Birth: 1172
Tutbury, Staffordshire, England
Death: Sep. 20, 1247
Duffield, Derbyshire, England
William's death is erroneously said to have died in Chartley Castle, of the gout-- in fact his gout-related death was due to injury, as recounted in an anecdote in Burke's: "His lordship, who from his youth had been a martyr to the gout, and in consequence obliged to he drawn from place to place in a chariot, lost his life by being thrown through the heedlessness of his driver over the bridge at St. Neots, co. Huntingdon." He died in an inn enroute to Chartley, and Agnes his wife of 55 years died upon the arrival of his body-- so he was not conveyed to Merevale Abbey (as has been reported), and the two of them were given a joint funeral and burial at Chartley.
Son of William de Ferrers d 1190 and Sybil de Braose. Husband of Agnes of
Chester, and father of:
William de Ferrers
Sybil de Ferrers
Joane de Ferrers
Petronillan de Ferrers
Family links:
Parents:
William De Ferrers (1140 - 1190)
Spouse:
Agnes Kevelioc De Ferrers (1174 - 1247)
Children:
William Ferrers (1193 - 1254)*
Bertha de Ferrers-Furnival Bigod (1205 - 1279)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Chartley Castle, Stowe-by-Chartley, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England
Created by: Bill Velde
Record added: Jun 20, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 71693287
He was one of the four Peers who held the canopy at the second Coronation, 17 April 1194, of King Richard I, being also present at that of King John, who by charter 7 June 1199, confirmed him in the Earldom of Derby,(") granting him the 3d penny of that county. He also obtained the manors of Higham-Ferrers, Blisworth, and Newbottle, co. Northampton, &c. He was present at the Coronation of Hen. Ill ; was a Crusader 1218-20 ; Sheriff of co. Lancaster 1224-27, &c. He m., in 1192, Agnes one of the four sisters and coheirs of Randolph (De Blondeville), Earl or Chester, da. of Hugh (db Kevelioc), Earl of Chester, by Bertrada, da. of Simon, Count D'Evreux. By her he acquired the manor of Chartley, co. Stafford, and all the lands between the rivers Kibble and Mersey, &c. He d. 22 Sep. 1247.(°) His widow A. d. few weeks later in Oct 1247.
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Dugdale, William, The Baronage of England 1675
And for the health of the Soul of Agnes his Wife, and his Ancestors Souls, gaves to the Monkes of Tutbury, the Tithes of all his Paunage, Venison, Honey, and Rent, arising out of his Forest of Duffield... he departed this life, having been long afflicted with the Gout; his Countess dying also in the same Moneth; having been Man and Wife at least Seventy five years, if my Author mistaketh not; for he affirmeth...
This Earl William had a younger Brother called Robert, who served King John with five Knights (himself accounted) in that War with his Barons in 17 Ioh. For which respect he had a Grant of the Lands of Roger de Cressey, lying in the Counties of Buckingham, Norfolk, and Suffolk.
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From Wikipedia re William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby
William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby. (2016, March 30). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23:42, May 11, 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_de_Ferrers,_4th_Earl_of_Derby&oldid=712753518
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From FindAGrave
Birth: 1172
Tutbury, Staffordshire, England
Death: Sep. 20, 1247
Duffield, Derbyshire, England
William's death is erroneously said to have died in Chartley Castle, of the gout-- in fact his gout-related death was due to injury, as recounted in an anecdote in Burke's: "His lordship, who from his youth had been a martyr to the gout, and in consequence obliged to he drawn from place to place in a chariot, lost his life by being thrown through the heedlessness of his driver over the bridge at St. Neots, co. Huntingdon." He died in an inn enroute to Chartley, and Agnes his wife of 55 years died upon the arrival of his body-- so he was not conveyed to Merevale Abbey (as has been reported), and the two of them were given a joint funeral and burial at Chartley.
Son of William de Ferrers d 1190 and Sybil de Braose. Husband of Agnes of
Chester, and father of:
William de Ferrers
Sybil de Ferrers
Joane de Ferrers
Petronillan de Ferrers
Family links:
Parents:
William De Ferrers (1140 - 1190)
Spouse:
Agnes Kevelioc De Ferrers (1174 - 1247)
Children:
William Ferrers (1193 - 1254)*
Bertha de Ferrers-Furnival Bigod (1205 - 1279)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Chartley Castle, Stowe-by-Chartley, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England
Created by: Bill Velde
Record added: Jun 20, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 71693287
Events
| Birth | 1172 | Tutbury, Staffordshire, England | |||
| Title (Nobility) | 1194 | Sheriff of Nottingham for 7 weeks |  | ||
| Title (Nobility) | 1225 | Magna Carta Witness in 1225 | |||
| Death | 20 Sep 1247 | Duffield, Derbyshire, England | |||
| Alt name | William de Ferrariis | ||||
| Alt name | William de Ferreres | ||||
| Burial | Chartley Castle, Stowe-by-Chartley, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England | ||||
| Title (Nobility) | 4th Earl of Derby | ||||
| Title (Nobility) | Earl of Chartley |
Families
| Spouse | Agnes Kevelioc (1174 - 1247) |
| Child | William de Ferrers (1193 - 1254) |
| Child | Thomas de Ferrers ( - ) |
| Child | Hugh de Ferrers ( - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | William de Ferrariis (1140 - 1190) |
| Mother | Sybil de Braose (1157 - 1228) |
| Sibling | Walcheline de Ferrers ( - ) |
| Sibling | Robert de Ferrers ( - ) |
| Sibling | Milliscent de Ferrers ( - ) |
| Sibling | Agatha de Ferrers ( - ) |
| Sibling | Petronella de Ferrers ( - ) |
| Sibling | Henry de Ferrers (1190 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Wikipedia.