Individual Details

John Ferrers

(1629 - 1680)

The History of the Town and Castle of Tamworth, in the Counties of Stafford and Warwick, by Charles Ferrers Raymund Palmer (1819-1900), 1845, p.372

Sir Humphry Ferrers, knt., m- one of the daughters of sir John Packington. He was bur. here Nov. 2nd, 1633. He had one son, and three daughters.

John Ferrers, esq., b. 1629, m, about 1648, Dorothy, dau- and coh. of sir Dudley Carleton, knt. He d, in 1680 : and was bur. at Tamworth, Sept. 3rd. His children were,
i-ii. TWO INFANTS, bur. Aug. 6th, 1649.
iii. Ann, bur. May 25th, 1651.
iv. Dorothy, who, in 1670, was m. to Rich. Butler, earl of Arran. Lady Dorothy, then "countess-dowager of Arran in Ireland, and baroness of Wesson, in Huntingdonshire," was bur. at Tamworth, Dec. 8th, 1716; being the last of the family of Ferrers of Tamworth-Castle.
v. Humphry, A. 1653. He was knighted : and m. Elizabeth, dau. of Gervase Pigot. She survived her husband, resided latterly at Bramcote-hall, co. of Warw., and was bur. here, Aug.20th, 1703. He was drowned in 1678, and bur. Sept. 25th. He left an only dau.,

Ann Ferrers, who, in 1680, succeeded her grand-father in the possession of the Castle and Honour of Tamworth. These, in 1688, she conveyed in marriage to Robert Shirley.

Events

Birth1629
MarriageCa 1648Dorothy Carleton
Death1680

Families

SpouseDorothy Carleton ( - )
Child2 Infants Ferrers ( - 1649)
ChildAnn Ferrers ( - 1651)
ChildDorothy Ferrers ( - )
ChildHumphrey Ferrers (1653 - 1678)
FatherHumphrey Ferrers (1600 - 1634)
MotherAnn Packington ( - )
SiblingHF Daughters 1-3 Ferrers ( - )