Individual Details
Sir William Ferrers
(25 Apr 1372 - 18 May 1445)
Palmer, Charles Ferrers Raymund (1819-1900), The History of the Town and Castle of Tamworth, p. 364 (in footnote)
See below: Neither Margaret de Montagu nor Elizabeth Standish are mentioned by either Palmer or thePeerage.com as wives. But Philippa Clifford did die in 1405, 30 years before William's death.
Henry de Ferrers, 5th baron of Groby, b. Apr. 16th, 1357, summoned from Aug. 4th, 1377, to Dec. 17th. 1387. He m. Joan, dau. of lord Poynings ; by whom he had,
William Ferrers, 6th baron of Groby, 16 yrs. old at his father's death, summoned from Nov. 30th, 1386, to Dec. 3rd, 1441. He d. in 1444. By Philippa, dau. of Roger lord Clifford, he had,
i. Henry, who m. Isabell, 2nd dau. And coh. of Tho. Mobray, duke of Norfolk. He d. v. p. leaving an only dau., Elizabeth, of whom we shall immediately speak.
ii. Thomas, of whom presently.
ii. John; from whom descended the Ferrerses of Mercute, now extinct.
Elizabeth Ferrers, sole heiress of William, her grand-father, was m. to Edward Grey, son of Reginald, 3rd lord Grey of Ruthyn; who in her right, became baron Ferrers of Groby; and by that title he was summoned to parliament from Dec. 14th, 1446, to Jan. 2nd, 1448-9; and, as baron of Groby, from Sept. 23rd, 1449, to May 26th, 1455. The great-grand son of this Elizabeth, Henry Grey, marquis of Dorset and duke of Suffolk, was beheaded for treason in1554 ; and the barony of Groby then became extinct.
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thePeerage.com
William Ferrers, 5th Lord Ferrers (of Groby)1
M, #139976, b. 25 April 1372, d. 1445
Last Edited=26 Sep 2014
William Ferrers, 5th Lord Ferrers (of Groby) was born on 25 April 1372 at Luton, Bedfordshire, England.2 He was the son of Henry Ferrers, 4th Lord Ferrers (of Groby).2 He married Philippe de Clifford, daughter of Roger de Clifford, 5th Lord Clifford and Maud de Beauchamp, after 10 October 1388.3 He died in 1445.1
He succeeded to the title of 5th Lord Ferrers, of Groby [E., 1299] on 3 February 1388.4
Children of William Ferrers, 5th Lord Ferrers (of Groby)
Sir Henry Ferrers+1
Margaret Ferrers+5
Citations
[S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 137. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume V, page 354. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume V, page 355.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume V, page 351.
[S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 1665. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
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"History of the Family of Wrottesley of Wrottesley, Co. Stafford," George Wrottesley, (1903)
https://archive.org/stream/historyoffamilyo00wrot#page/n7/mode/2up
p. 184
John de Wrottesley came of age on the 29th September 1400... He had been married to his wife, Elizabeth Standish, when six years of age, and his eldest son Hugh was born just a fortnight before John attained his majority.
p. 191
... the manors of Wrottesley and Butterton had providentially been settled, by the deeds of 1401 and 1402 on Elizabeth, the widow of John de Wrottesley, and she was entitled to hold them for her life. ... [O]n the 26th of April 4 Henry IV (1403) the Prince [of Wales], with the assent of his council, granted to Robert de Standish, Kt., the custody of all the lands, tenements, rents and services which formerly belonged to John, son of Hugh de Wrotteslegh...
Within little more than three months from this date [2 April 1403], Elizabeth had married Sir William le Boteler... Elizabeth had, therefore, married a second husband as soon as nine months had elapsed after her first husband's death. Sir William le Boteler had succeeded his father John in 1400,- and at the date of his marriage with Elizabeth, was a widower with an infant son, a few weeks old.^ That a widower should re-marry three months after his wife's death, and a widow do the same nine months after her late husband's death is quite in accordance with the manners and customs of the day.
p. 196
... Amongst the victims [of Henry V's invasion of France in August 1415] was Sir William le Boteller, who died before Harfleur whilst in command of the Lancashire levies.
Elizabeth [Standish, Wrottesley, le Boteller] was left a well endowed widow, for in addition to the Wrottesley estates, which she held for life, she would now obtain a considerable dower from the Warrington property. Under such circumstances she would not remain long a widow in the fifteenth century ; and by a writ of the 26th October, 4 Henry V (1416), the Escheator of co. Lancaster was ordered to assign to Sir William de Ferrers, of Groby, who had married Elizabeth, late wife of Sir William Botiller, Kt., reasonable dower for the said Elizabeth out of her late husband's lands, the said William de Ferrers having given a bond for payment of the Fine to be imposed upon her for marrying without the King's license.2
Sir William de Ferrers, the Baron of Groby, the third husband of Elizabeth, had succeeded his father, Henry, in 1388, at which date he was fifteen years of age; he would be, therefore, forty-three when he married Elizabeth. Assuming that the latter was nearly of the same age as her first husband, John de Wrottesley, she would be about thirty-five at the same date. William was lord of Tettenhall Regis and the Wergs, a manor adjoining Wrottesley, and a portion of the Wrottesley property was held of him as overlord.3
[fn 3] Elizabeth had two sons by her third husband, for by a Fine, levied in 10 Henry V, the manor and advowson of Lutterworth were settled on William de Ferrers and Elizabeth, his wife, and the heirs male of the body of William, and failing such on Thomas de Ferrers, son of William and Elizabeth, and the heirs male of his body, and failing such on John de Ferrers, the brother of Thomas, and the heirs male of his body, and failing such on the right heirs of William. (Leicester Fines.)
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The Complete Peerage, G.E. Cockyane, Vol 5 (1926)
p. 354 (PDF: 189)
6. William (de Ferrers), Lord Ferrers of Groby,(a) s. and h., b. in the manor house of Hoo, and bap. at Luton, Beds, 25 Apr. 1372.(b) The King took his homage and he had livery of his father’s lands, 16 May 1394, the escheator in cos. Warwick and Leicester being ordered to take his fealty.Q On 9 July following he had livery of the lands, knights’ fees, and advowsons, which Joan, his mother, had held for life in dower or otherwise of his inheritance.^ In Sep. 1394 he attended the King to Ireland.(d) He had livery of one-third of the manor of Bredfield, Suffolk, 14 Feb. 1395/6, and of one-third of the manor and advowson of Dalham in that county, 14 May following, his homage, on both occasions, being respited, and his fealty ordered to be taken by the escheator in co. Suffolk.(e) He was sum. to Pari, from 30 Nov. (1396) 20 Ric. II to 13 Jan. (1444/5) 23 Hen. VI, by writs directed Willehno de Ferrariis de Groby (latterly chivaler). As one of the Lords temporal, he swore on the altar of the shrine of St. Edward at Westm., 30 Sep. 1397, to maintain all the statutes, £5c., made in the preceding session of Pari.; gave his assent, in Parl., 23 Oct. 1399 to the secret imprisonment of Richard II; and sealed the exemplifications of the Acts settling the succession to the Crown, 7 June and 22 Dec. 1406.( )
p. 355
He m., 1stly, after 10 Oct. 1 388, (a) Philippe, da. of Sir Roger de Clifford, Lord of Westmorland, sometimes called Lord Clifford, by Maud, da. of Thomas (de Beauchamp), Earl of Warwick: she was living 4 July 1405.(b) He m., 2ndly, Margaret, da. of John (de Mountagu), Earl of Salisbury, by Maud, da. of Sir Adam Fraunceys, of London.(c) He m., 3rdly (without royal licence), before 26 Oct. 1416, (d) Elizabeth, da.of Sir Robert de Standisshe, of Ulnes-Walton, co. Lancaster, by Iseude, his wife.(e) She had m., istly, 10 Apr. 1385, John de Wrottesley, of Wrottesley, co. Stafford, who was b. 29 Sep. 1379, and d. 7 Sep. 1402:(f) and, 2ndly (settlement, 4 Apr. [1404] 5 Hen. IV), (g) Sir William Botiller, of Warrington and Layton, co. Lancaster, Cropwell Butler, Notts, etc., who d. at the siege of Harfleur,(h) 26 Sep. 1415(i) and was bur.
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[Footnotes to page 355]
(a) At which date his marriage was granted to Roger, Lord of Clyfford, kt. (Patent Roll, 12 Ric. II, p. I, m. 18).
(b) Cal. of Papal Letters, vol. vi, pp. 13, 16-18.
(c) By his charter, dated at Canford, 9 Aug. 4 Hen. V, Thomas de Mountagu, Earl of Salisbury, granted to Maud, Countess of Salisbury, his mother, William de Ferrers, Lord of Groby, his br., and others, his goods, chattels, lands, etc. {Ancient Deeds, D, no. 543).
(d) Mandates to the escheator in co. Lancaster to assign dower to Elizabeth, wife of William de Ferrers of Groby chr., from the lands of her late husband, William Botiller chr., the said William de Ferrers having engaged to pay the fine incurred by his marriage to Elizabeth without royal licence: 26 Oct. and 30 Jan. 4 Hen. V. (Duchy of Lancaster, Chancery Roll 6, nos. 29, 31).
(e) Duchy of Lancaster, Patent Roll 1, no. 96.
(f) (i) “Isabella que fuit uxor Hugonis de Wrotteslegh’ militis defnneta.” Writ of mandamus (from Henry, the King’s son) 16 Mar. 2 Hen. IV. Inq., co. Chester, Tuesday before Palm Sunday [22 Mar.] 1400/1. “ Et quod eadem Isabella obiit die Lune proximo post festum sancti Michaelis Archangeli anno regni Regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum quinto [30 Sep. 1381] Et quod quidam Johannes filius predictorum Hugonis et Isabelle est heres ejusdem Isabelle propinquior et fuit etatis viginti et unius anni die Mercurii in festo sancti Michaelis Archangeli proximo preterito. ... Et quod idem Johannes maritatus est per Abbatem de Evsham cuidam Elizabethe filie Roberti de Standysshe chivaler et quod idem Johannes earn duxit in uxorem die Lune proximo post Clausum Pasche anno regni Regis predicti Ricardi octavo.” (ii) “Johannes filius Hugonis de Wrottesley militis.” Writ of diem cl. ext. (from the same) 13 Oct. 4 Hen. IV. Inq., co. Chester, Thursday before SS. Simon and Jude [26 Oct.] 1402. “ Et quod idem Johannes obiit die Dominica [should be die Jovis] in vigilia Nativitatis beate Marie Virginis proximo preterita Et quod quidam Hugo est filius et heres ejus propinquior et fuit etatis duorum annorum die Jovis in festo Exaltacionis sancte Crucis anno predicto.” (Chester Inq. p. m., 2 Hen. IV, no. 11; 4 Hen. IV, no. 13).
(g) Beamont, The Lords of Warrington, p. 227. This must have been a post-nuptial settlement: cf. Wrottesley, The Wrottesley Family, pp. 191-2.
(h) In a document, copied in Harl. MSS., no. 782, giving the names of those with Henry V at Agincourt, mention is made (f. 84) of the retinue, 4 esquires, “ of Sir Wm Boteler, which died at Harflewe.” According to the M.I., he died on the vigil of St. Matthew [20 Sep.].
(i) “Willelmus Boteler [or Botiller de Weryngton’] chivaler.” Writs of diem cl.
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p. 356
in the Church of the Austin Friars at Warrington. M.I. She d. in Jan. or Feb. 1441/2.(a) He d, 18 May 1445, (b) aged 73. Will dated
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[Footnotes to p. 356]
(a) Duchy of Lancaster, Patent Roll 6, no. 1. By a fine, levied on the morrow of St. John the Baptist 10 Hen. V, William de Ferrers of Groby kt. and Elizabeth his wife conveyed the manor and advowson of Lutterworth to themselves and the heirs male of the body of William: if William died s.p.m. [sic], rem., after the deaths of William and Elizabeth, to Thomas de Ferrers, son of the said William, and ^Elizabeth his wife ( uxori), and the heirs male of the body of Thomas: if Thomas died s.p.m., rem., after the deaths of Thomas and Elizabeth his wife, to John de Ferrers, br. of Thomas, in tail male: rem. to the right heirs of the said William. (Feet of Fines, case 126, file 73, no. 36). Major-Gen. Wrottesley (Staff. Collections, vol. xvii, p. 68: The Wrottesley Family, p. 196) has misunderstood this fine to say that the elder Elizabeth was the mother of Thomas—who was over 40 in 1445.
(b) “Willelmus de Ferrariis de Groby miles.” Writs of diem cl. ext. 20 May 23 Hen. VI. Inq., cos. Leicester, Bucks, Northants, Stafford, Warwick, Salop, Derby, Oxon, Essex, 12, 14, 14 June, Wednesday after St. Barnabas [16 June], 20, 21 June, Saturday and Monday after the Nativity of St. John the Baptist [26, 28 June], and I July 1445. He held the manor and advowson of Stoke-upon-Tern, the manors of Gyngeyberdlaundry [Buttsbury] and Marks, one-third of the manor of Crendon, the hamlet of Wootton, and the advowsons of the priories of Ulvescroft and Charley, fife., in fee simple: the manor and advowson of Lutterworth, in tail male, by a fine levied in 10 Hen. V [this fine was nugatory, as appears below]: the manors of Groby and Newbottle, and the advowson of Brington, in tail general, by the grant of Margaret, sometime Countess of Derby, to William de Ferrers her son, whose heir he was: the manors of Woodham Ferris, ChicheridelV [St. Osyth], and Fairsted, in tail general, by the grant of William, sometime Earl of Derby, to the same William de Ferrers, whose heir he was: the hundred and bailiwick of Bradford, the manors and advowsons of Tettenhall and Walton-on-Trent, and the manor of Claverley, in tail male, by the grant of Edward III to Henry de Ferrers, whose heir he was: but he had conveyed the manors of Buttsbury, Marks, Fairsted, and St. Osyth, to Henry his son and Elizabeth [sic] wife of Henry, for life. By charter, dated 20 Jan. 20 Hen. VI, his feoffees had conveyed the manors of Hethe, Flecknoe, and Champeyns in Woodham Ferris, to him for life; rem. to Thomas his son, rem. to John br. of Thomas, in successive tail male; rem. to his own right heirs.
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p. 357
at his manor of Woodham Ferris, 17 May 1445, pr. at Lambeth, 2 June 1445.
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From FindAGrave
Birth: Apr. 25, 1372
Luton, Luton Borough
Bedfordshire, England
Death: May 18, 1445
Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford Borough
Essex, England
5th Baron Ferrers of Groby.
5th Lord Ferrers of Groby, Knight of Groby, Leicestershire, Vidame of Chartres.
[Vidame, a French term descended from mediaeval Latin vicedominus ('vice-lord', which may mean 'vice-count', depending on the feudal status of the territory), was a feudal title in France.].
Son of Sir Henry Ferres and Joan de Poynings, grandson of Sir William de Ferrers and Margaret de Ufford, Sir Luke Poynings and Isabel Saint John. Born at the manor house of Hoo and baptized at Luton, Bedfordshire 25 April 1372.
William married Philippe Clifford, daughter of Sir Roger de Clifford, Lord Clifford and Maud de Beauchamp. They married after 10 Oct 1388 and had four sons and three daughters:
* Sir Henry, married Isabel de Mowbray
* Thomas, married Elizabeth Freville
* John
* Edmund
* Margaret, wife of Sir Richard Grey & Sir Thomas Grey
* Elizabeth, wife of Sir William Culpeper
* 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)
Family links:
Parents:
Henry Ferrers (1355 - 1388)
Joan De Poynings Ferrers (1356 - 1394)
Spouse: Philippa Clifford Ferrers (1374 - 1405)*
Children:
Elizabeth de Ferrers Culpeper (1392 - 1460)*
Thomas Ferrers (1395 - 1459)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Ulverscroft Priory
Ulverscroft, Charnwood Borough
Leicestershire, England
Created by: Bill Velde
Record added: Jun 19, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 71633583
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From Wikipedia re Groby
History
Groby was mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086, when it was described as having "land for 4 ploughs, 10 villagers with 1 Freeman and 5 smallholders have 3 ploughs...the value was 20s; now 60s." Ulf is shown as the lord of Markfield, Groby Blaby and Ratby in the hundred of Guthlaxton in Leicestershire in 1066.[5] By 1086, the lord was Hugh of Grandmesnil who was also associated with the hundreds of Goscote, Guthlaxton and Gartree in Leicestershire.[5][6][7] The estate was held by the Ferrers family until 1445 when it passed to the Grey family. By 1800 the village had expanded with the population reaching 250, and by 1920 it had reached 1,000.[6] Employment in the village was largely in the local granite quarries and in farming.
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Also see Visitations Hertfordshire, R. Cooke 1572, Sir R. St. George 1634, p. 141
See below: Neither Margaret de Montagu nor Elizabeth Standish are mentioned by either Palmer or thePeerage.com as wives. But Philippa Clifford did die in 1405, 30 years before William's death.
Henry de Ferrers, 5th baron of Groby, b. Apr. 16th, 1357, summoned from Aug. 4th, 1377, to Dec. 17th. 1387. He m. Joan, dau. of lord Poynings ; by whom he had,
William Ferrers, 6th baron of Groby, 16 yrs. old at his father's death, summoned from Nov. 30th, 1386, to Dec. 3rd, 1441. He d. in 1444. By Philippa, dau. of Roger lord Clifford, he had,
i. Henry, who m. Isabell, 2nd dau. And coh. of Tho. Mobray, duke of Norfolk. He d. v. p. leaving an only dau., Elizabeth, of whom we shall immediately speak.
ii. Thomas, of whom presently.
ii. John; from whom descended the Ferrerses of Mercute, now extinct.
Elizabeth Ferrers, sole heiress of William, her grand-father, was m. to Edward Grey, son of Reginald, 3rd lord Grey of Ruthyn; who in her right, became baron Ferrers of Groby; and by that title he was summoned to parliament from Dec. 14th, 1446, to Jan. 2nd, 1448-9; and, as baron of Groby, from Sept. 23rd, 1449, to May 26th, 1455. The great-grand son of this Elizabeth, Henry Grey, marquis of Dorset and duke of Suffolk, was beheaded for treason in1554 ; and the barony of Groby then became extinct.
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thePeerage.com
William Ferrers, 5th Lord Ferrers (of Groby)1
M, #139976, b. 25 April 1372, d. 1445
Last Edited=26 Sep 2014
William Ferrers, 5th Lord Ferrers (of Groby) was born on 25 April 1372 at Luton, Bedfordshire, England.2 He was the son of Henry Ferrers, 4th Lord Ferrers (of Groby).2 He married Philippe de Clifford, daughter of Roger de Clifford, 5th Lord Clifford and Maud de Beauchamp, after 10 October 1388.3 He died in 1445.1
He succeeded to the title of 5th Lord Ferrers, of Groby [E., 1299] on 3 February 1388.4
Children of William Ferrers, 5th Lord Ferrers (of Groby)
Sir Henry Ferrers+1
Margaret Ferrers+5
Citations
[S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 137. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume V, page 354. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume V, page 355.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume V, page 351.
[S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 1665. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
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"History of the Family of Wrottesley of Wrottesley, Co. Stafford," George Wrottesley, (1903)
https://archive.org/stream/historyoffamilyo00wrot#page/n7/mode/2up
p. 184
John de Wrottesley came of age on the 29th September 1400... He had been married to his wife, Elizabeth Standish, when six years of age, and his eldest son Hugh was born just a fortnight before John attained his majority.
p. 191
... the manors of Wrottesley and Butterton had providentially been settled, by the deeds of 1401 and 1402 on Elizabeth, the widow of John de Wrottesley, and she was entitled to hold them for her life. ... [O]n the 26th of April 4 Henry IV (1403) the Prince [of Wales], with the assent of his council, granted to Robert de Standish, Kt., the custody of all the lands, tenements, rents and services which formerly belonged to John, son of Hugh de Wrotteslegh...
Within little more than three months from this date [2 April 1403], Elizabeth had married Sir William le Boteler... Elizabeth had, therefore, married a second husband as soon as nine months had elapsed after her first husband's death. Sir William le Boteler had succeeded his father John in 1400,- and at the date of his marriage with Elizabeth, was a widower with an infant son, a few weeks old.^ That a widower should re-marry three months after his wife's death, and a widow do the same nine months after her late husband's death is quite in accordance with the manners and customs of the day.
p. 196
... Amongst the victims [of Henry V's invasion of France in August 1415] was Sir William le Boteller, who died before Harfleur whilst in command of the Lancashire levies.
Elizabeth [Standish, Wrottesley, le Boteller] was left a well endowed widow, for in addition to the Wrottesley estates, which she held for life, she would now obtain a considerable dower from the Warrington property. Under such circumstances she would not remain long a widow in the fifteenth century ; and by a writ of the 26th October, 4 Henry V (1416), the Escheator of co. Lancaster was ordered to assign to Sir William de Ferrers, of Groby, who had married Elizabeth, late wife of Sir William Botiller, Kt., reasonable dower for the said Elizabeth out of her late husband's lands, the said William de Ferrers having given a bond for payment of the Fine to be imposed upon her for marrying without the King's license.2
Sir William de Ferrers, the Baron of Groby, the third husband of Elizabeth, had succeeded his father, Henry, in 1388, at which date he was fifteen years of age; he would be, therefore, forty-three when he married Elizabeth. Assuming that the latter was nearly of the same age as her first husband, John de Wrottesley, she would be about thirty-five at the same date. William was lord of Tettenhall Regis and the Wergs, a manor adjoining Wrottesley, and a portion of the Wrottesley property was held of him as overlord.3
[fn 3] Elizabeth had two sons by her third husband, for by a Fine, levied in 10 Henry V, the manor and advowson of Lutterworth were settled on William de Ferrers and Elizabeth, his wife, and the heirs male of the body of William, and failing such on Thomas de Ferrers, son of William and Elizabeth, and the heirs male of his body, and failing such on John de Ferrers, the brother of Thomas, and the heirs male of his body, and failing such on the right heirs of William. (Leicester Fines.)
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The Complete Peerage, G.E. Cockyane, Vol 5 (1926)
p. 354 (PDF: 189)
6. William (de Ferrers), Lord Ferrers of Groby,(a) s. and h., b. in the manor house of Hoo, and bap. at Luton, Beds, 25 Apr. 1372.(b) The King took his homage and he had livery of his father’s lands, 16 May 1394, the escheator in cos. Warwick and Leicester being ordered to take his fealty.Q On 9 July following he had livery of the lands, knights’ fees, and advowsons, which Joan, his mother, had held for life in dower or otherwise of his inheritance.^ In Sep. 1394 he attended the King to Ireland.(d) He had livery of one-third of the manor of Bredfield, Suffolk, 14 Feb. 1395/6, and of one-third of the manor and advowson of Dalham in that county, 14 May following, his homage, on both occasions, being respited, and his fealty ordered to be taken by the escheator in co. Suffolk.(e) He was sum. to Pari, from 30 Nov. (1396) 20 Ric. II to 13 Jan. (1444/5) 23 Hen. VI, by writs directed Willehno de Ferrariis de Groby (latterly chivaler). As one of the Lords temporal, he swore on the altar of the shrine of St. Edward at Westm., 30 Sep. 1397, to maintain all the statutes, £5c., made in the preceding session of Pari.; gave his assent, in Parl., 23 Oct. 1399 to the secret imprisonment of Richard II; and sealed the exemplifications of the Acts settling the succession to the Crown, 7 June and 22 Dec. 1406.( )
p. 355
He m., 1stly, after 10 Oct. 1 388, (a) Philippe, da. of Sir Roger de Clifford, Lord of Westmorland, sometimes called Lord Clifford, by Maud, da. of Thomas (de Beauchamp), Earl of Warwick: she was living 4 July 1405.(b) He m., 2ndly, Margaret, da. of John (de Mountagu), Earl of Salisbury, by Maud, da. of Sir Adam Fraunceys, of London.(c) He m., 3rdly (without royal licence), before 26 Oct. 1416, (d) Elizabeth, da.of Sir Robert de Standisshe, of Ulnes-Walton, co. Lancaster, by Iseude, his wife.(e) She had m., istly, 10 Apr. 1385, John de Wrottesley, of Wrottesley, co. Stafford, who was b. 29 Sep. 1379, and d. 7 Sep. 1402:(f) and, 2ndly (settlement, 4 Apr. [1404] 5 Hen. IV), (g) Sir William Botiller, of Warrington and Layton, co. Lancaster, Cropwell Butler, Notts, etc., who d. at the siege of Harfleur,(h) 26 Sep. 1415(i) and was bur.
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[Footnotes to page 355]
(a) At which date his marriage was granted to Roger, Lord of Clyfford, kt. (Patent Roll, 12 Ric. II, p. I, m. 18).
(b) Cal. of Papal Letters, vol. vi, pp. 13, 16-18.
(c) By his charter, dated at Canford, 9 Aug. 4 Hen. V, Thomas de Mountagu, Earl of Salisbury, granted to Maud, Countess of Salisbury, his mother, William de Ferrers, Lord of Groby, his br., and others, his goods, chattels, lands, etc. {Ancient Deeds, D, no. 543).
(d) Mandates to the escheator in co. Lancaster to assign dower to Elizabeth, wife of William de Ferrers of Groby chr., from the lands of her late husband, William Botiller chr., the said William de Ferrers having engaged to pay the fine incurred by his marriage to Elizabeth without royal licence: 26 Oct. and 30 Jan. 4 Hen. V. (Duchy of Lancaster, Chancery Roll 6, nos. 29, 31).
(e) Duchy of Lancaster, Patent Roll 1, no. 96.
(f) (i) “Isabella que fuit uxor Hugonis de Wrotteslegh’ militis defnneta.” Writ of mandamus (from Henry, the King’s son) 16 Mar. 2 Hen. IV. Inq., co. Chester, Tuesday before Palm Sunday [22 Mar.] 1400/1. “ Et quod eadem Isabella obiit die Lune proximo post festum sancti Michaelis Archangeli anno regni Regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum quinto [30 Sep. 1381] Et quod quidam Johannes filius predictorum Hugonis et Isabelle est heres ejusdem Isabelle propinquior et fuit etatis viginti et unius anni die Mercurii in festo sancti Michaelis Archangeli proximo preterito. ... Et quod idem Johannes maritatus est per Abbatem de Evsham cuidam Elizabethe filie Roberti de Standysshe chivaler et quod idem Johannes earn duxit in uxorem die Lune proximo post Clausum Pasche anno regni Regis predicti Ricardi octavo.” (ii) “Johannes filius Hugonis de Wrottesley militis.” Writ of diem cl. ext. (from the same) 13 Oct. 4 Hen. IV. Inq., co. Chester, Thursday before SS. Simon and Jude [26 Oct.] 1402. “ Et quod idem Johannes obiit die Dominica [should be die Jovis] in vigilia Nativitatis beate Marie Virginis proximo preterita Et quod quidam Hugo est filius et heres ejus propinquior et fuit etatis duorum annorum die Jovis in festo Exaltacionis sancte Crucis anno predicto.” (Chester Inq. p. m., 2 Hen. IV, no. 11; 4 Hen. IV, no. 13).
(g) Beamont, The Lords of Warrington, p. 227. This must have been a post-nuptial settlement: cf. Wrottesley, The Wrottesley Family, pp. 191-2.
(h) In a document, copied in Harl. MSS., no. 782, giving the names of those with Henry V at Agincourt, mention is made (f. 84) of the retinue, 4 esquires, “ of Sir Wm Boteler, which died at Harflewe.” According to the M.I., he died on the vigil of St. Matthew [20 Sep.].
(i) “Willelmus Boteler [or Botiller de Weryngton’] chivaler.” Writs of diem cl.
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in the Church of the Austin Friars at Warrington. M.I. She d. in Jan. or Feb. 1441/2.(a) He d, 18 May 1445, (b) aged 73. Will dated
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(a) Duchy of Lancaster, Patent Roll 6, no. 1. By a fine, levied on the morrow of St. John the Baptist 10 Hen. V, William de Ferrers of Groby kt. and Elizabeth his wife conveyed the manor and advowson of Lutterworth to themselves and the heirs male of the body of William: if William died s.p.m. [sic], rem., after the deaths of William and Elizabeth, to Thomas de Ferrers, son of the said William, and ^Elizabeth his wife ( uxori), and the heirs male of the body of Thomas: if Thomas died s.p.m., rem., after the deaths of Thomas and Elizabeth his wife, to John de Ferrers, br. of Thomas, in tail male: rem. to the right heirs of the said William. (Feet of Fines, case 126, file 73, no. 36). Major-Gen. Wrottesley (Staff. Collections, vol. xvii, p. 68: The Wrottesley Family, p. 196) has misunderstood this fine to say that the elder Elizabeth was the mother of Thomas—who was over 40 in 1445.
(b) “Willelmus de Ferrariis de Groby miles.” Writs of diem cl. ext. 20 May 23 Hen. VI. Inq., cos. Leicester, Bucks, Northants, Stafford, Warwick, Salop, Derby, Oxon, Essex, 12, 14, 14 June, Wednesday after St. Barnabas [16 June], 20, 21 June, Saturday and Monday after the Nativity of St. John the Baptist [26, 28 June], and I July 1445. He held the manor and advowson of Stoke-upon-Tern, the manors of Gyngeyberdlaundry [Buttsbury] and Marks, one-third of the manor of Crendon, the hamlet of Wootton, and the advowsons of the priories of Ulvescroft and Charley, fife., in fee simple: the manor and advowson of Lutterworth, in tail male, by a fine levied in 10 Hen. V [this fine was nugatory, as appears below]: the manors of Groby and Newbottle, and the advowson of Brington, in tail general, by the grant of Margaret, sometime Countess of Derby, to William de Ferrers her son, whose heir he was: the manors of Woodham Ferris, ChicheridelV [St. Osyth], and Fairsted, in tail general, by the grant of William, sometime Earl of Derby, to the same William de Ferrers, whose heir he was: the hundred and bailiwick of Bradford, the manors and advowsons of Tettenhall and Walton-on-Trent, and the manor of Claverley, in tail male, by the grant of Edward III to Henry de Ferrers, whose heir he was: but he had conveyed the manors of Buttsbury, Marks, Fairsted, and St. Osyth, to Henry his son and Elizabeth [sic] wife of Henry, for life. By charter, dated 20 Jan. 20 Hen. VI, his feoffees had conveyed the manors of Hethe, Flecknoe, and Champeyns in Woodham Ferris, to him for life; rem. to Thomas his son, rem. to John br. of Thomas, in successive tail male; rem. to his own right heirs.
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at his manor of Woodham Ferris, 17 May 1445, pr. at Lambeth, 2 June 1445.
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From FindAGrave
Birth: Apr. 25, 1372
Luton, Luton Borough
Bedfordshire, England
Death: May 18, 1445
Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford Borough
Essex, England
5th Baron Ferrers of Groby.
5th Lord Ferrers of Groby, Knight of Groby, Leicestershire, Vidame of Chartres.
[Vidame, a French term descended from mediaeval Latin vicedominus ('vice-lord', which may mean 'vice-count', depending on the feudal status of the territory), was a feudal title in France.].
Son of Sir Henry Ferres and Joan de Poynings, grandson of Sir William de Ferrers and Margaret de Ufford, Sir Luke Poynings and Isabel Saint John. Born at the manor house of Hoo and baptized at Luton, Bedfordshire 25 April 1372.
William married Philippe Clifford, daughter of Sir Roger de Clifford, Lord Clifford and Maud de Beauchamp. They married after 10 Oct 1388 and had four sons and three daughters:
* Sir Henry, married Isabel de Mowbray
* Thomas, married Elizabeth Freville
* John
* Edmund
* Margaret, wife of Sir Richard Grey & Sir Thomas Grey
* Elizabeth, wife of Sir William Culpeper
* 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)
Family links:
Parents:
Henry Ferrers (1355 - 1388)
Joan De Poynings Ferrers (1356 - 1394)
Spouse: Philippa Clifford Ferrers (1374 - 1405)*
Children:
Elizabeth de Ferrers Culpeper (1392 - 1460)*
Thomas Ferrers (1395 - 1459)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Ulverscroft Priory
Ulverscroft, Charnwood Borough
Leicestershire, England
Created by: Bill Velde
Record added: Jun 19, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 71633583
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From Wikipedia re Groby
History
Groby was mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086, when it was described as having "land for 4 ploughs, 10 villagers with 1 Freeman and 5 smallholders have 3 ploughs...the value was 20s; now 60s." Ulf is shown as the lord of Markfield, Groby Blaby and Ratby in the hundred of Guthlaxton in Leicestershire in 1066.[5] By 1086, the lord was Hugh of Grandmesnil who was also associated with the hundreds of Goscote, Guthlaxton and Gartree in Leicestershire.[5][6][7] The estate was held by the Ferrers family until 1445 when it passed to the Grey family. By 1800 the village had expanded with the population reaching 250, and by 1920 it had reached 1,000.[6] Employment in the village was largely in the local granite quarries and in farming.
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Also see Visitations Hertfordshire, R. Cooke 1572, Sir R. St. George 1634, p. 141
Events
| Birth | 25 Apr 1372 | Luton, Luton Borough, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Title (Nobility) | 3 Feb 1388 | 5th Lord Ferrers of Groby, Knight of Groby, Leicestershire, Vidame of Chartres | |||
| Marriage | Aft 1405 | Margaret de Montagu | |||
| Marriage | Bef 26 Oct 1416 | Elizabeth Standish | |||
| Burial | 1445 | Ulverscroft Priory, Ulverscroft, Charnwood Borough, Leicestershire, England | |||
| Death | 18 May 1445 | Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford Borough, Essex, England | |||
| Marriage | Philippa Clifford | ||||
| Title (Nobility) | 6th Baron of Groby [Palmer] |
Families
| Spouse | Philippa Clifford (1374 - 1405) |
| Child | Henry Ferrers (1390 - 1419) |
| Child | Sir Thomas Ferrers (1392 - 1459) |
| Child | John Ferrers Senior (1394 - ) |
| Child | Edmund Ferrers (1398 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Ferrers (1401 - ) |
| Child | Margaret Ferrers (1403 - 1452) |
| Spouse | Margaret de Montagu (1376 - 1416) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Standish (1381 - 1442) |
| Father | Henry Ferrers (1355 - 1388) |
| Mother | Joan De Poynings (1356 - 1394) |
| Sibling | Isabel Ferrers ( - ) |