Individual Details
Sheriff John Ferris Junior
(Ca 1418 - after 1486/7)
John Ferris of Blunsdon, Sheriff of Wiltshire
This John Ferris of Blunsdon St. Andrew was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire on 7 Nov. 1459. He acquired the Manor of Blunsdon St. Andrew in 1459, as well. The Blunsdon Manor had been owned by Robert Hungerford in 1321. John Ferris was listed as a “noble” or “gentry” in the time of Henry VII. He was not attained by Henry VI. Only Walter Devereux was attained after his death at Bosworth in 1485..
John Ferris's birth date is uncertain, but is likely before 1438. He was appointed Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1459 and one would expect he was at least 21 years old at that time. Plus, his wife, Margaret Hungerford was likely born circa 1444-48. I have found no other John Ferrises that would appear to match Sheriff John Ferris. Average age of marriage at this time was about 26 or 27 which would put his birth at about 1433.
John Ferris was also an MP for Cricklade Borough, Wiltshire in 1467 and 1478. He is listed as "Johannes Ferys, armiger." (Armiger essentially means squire.) The 1467 listing also includes Edward Hungerford, brother of Margaret, as an MP from Clicklade (1 or 2 miles from Blounsdon, Ashton Keynes and Down Ampney.)
“Members of Parliament, Part I, Parliaments of England, 1213-1702” (1879).
https://books.google.com/books?id=1g85AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Sir John Ferrers (1440-1484?) of Tamworth married Maud Stanley and had six children who do not match the recorded children of Sheriff John Ferris, except the first son John born in 1463 who died in 1512. This Sir John Ferrers did have brothers Leonard, Roger, Ralph (possibly the one at St Albans around 1500??) and William but their children do not appear in any of the written histories of the Ferrers-Ferris family. Sheriff John Ferris could be a son of one of those brothers. The repetition of the name Roger in subsequent generations suggests there may be a connection to the Sir John Ferrers (1440-1484) of Tamworth family.
Sheriff John Ferris married Margaret Hungerford who was born in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire circa 1444-48. Margaret was the daughter of Edmund de Hungerford (c.1409-1484) and Margaret Burnell. Margaret was the sixth of ten children. She was the granddaughter of Walter de Hungerford (1378-1449) who had been a Sheriff of Wiltshire and Speaker of the House of Commons. She was also the great granddaughter of Thomas de Hungerford (d.1397) who had been a Sheriff of Wiltshire and the first recorded Speaker of the House of Commons.
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Elizabeth Ferrers (1419-1483) who married Edward Grey (1415-1457) had a daughter Ann (1456-1507). Therefore, Ann was the great granddaughter of Sir William Ferrers (1372-1445), the 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby. Sheriff John Ferris (c.1418-aft.1478) was the grandson of Sir William Ferrers (1372-1445), the 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby. Ann Grey and Sheriff John Ferris were 1st cousins once removed.
Sheriff John Ferris (c.1418-aft.1478) married Margaret Hungerford. Ann Grey (1456-1507) married Edward Hungerford (1454-1507). The Hungerford family was largely based around Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.
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"The Topographer for the Year 1790, Vol II" (1790).
https://books.google.com/books?id=S_YxAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=john+ferrys+sheriff+wiltshire&source=bl&ots=qOrrQdjDId&sig=jmG9QdGJYD_RzFPanoDgY7yCOJo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiytNGpvvLbAhXIGjQIHZG9CdoQ6AEILzAB#v=onepage&q=john%20ferrys%20sheriff%20wiltshire&f=false
Page 103:
"XIV. John Feiris, Esq. was Sheriff 38 Hen. VI. [1460] John Ferrys of Blounsdon was father of John Ferris of the same, whose son, George Ferrys of Ashton Keynes, had issue by Ann, daughter to Richard Cole, Edward, George, Anthony and Bartholomew.
Ferrers of Blunsdon was attainted, as a partizan of Richard III, at the accession of Henry VII, and this manor granted to Giles Bridges, Esq. father of John, Lord Chandos, from which time that family made it their occasional residence. See Top. Vol. I p. 47."
Page 96-97 (confirming this branch of Ferrises was considered "Nobles" or "Gentry":
"Art. VI. Nobles and Gentry of Wiltshire, in the time of Henry VII. From a MS. in the Cotton Library.
Till a county history can be given, perhaps nothing so comprehensive can be offered in a small compass, as lists like these (with historical notes) of the leading Nobles and Gentry, at a period neither too early, nor too late, which will contain all who have a moderate claim to antiquity, and yet begin ere the old families of long standing have expired.
I. The Lord Brooke, Steward of the King's Household.
II. The Lord St. Amand.
III. Sir John Cheyne.
IV. Sir Walter Hungerford.
...
XIV. Feres of Blounsdon."
XV.
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“List of sheriffs for England and Wales,from the earliest times to A.D. 1831,” Public Records Office (1963)
https://archive.org/stream/listofsheriffsfo00newy#page/152/mode/2up
P. 153
7 Nov. 1459 John Ferrys, esq.
Also see “The Occupants of The Ancient office of High Sheriff of Wiltshire From 1067 to 1612”
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/sheriffs_of_wiltshire.htm
1459-60 John Ferris of Blunsdon St. Andrews
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Will of William Victor, 7 Mar 1486/7.
"St Albans Wills," p.176, 2AR51v. Copy sent by Carole Preston of the National Trust, Baddesley Clinton
William Victor m. Grace Ferrers. Requests burial near Grace's brother, Edward at St. Peter's in St. Albans. Appoints Grace and "John Ferrers, junior" his executors. Mentions Thomas Ferrers as brother of "John Ferrers, junior."
This will shows "John Ferrers, junior" as the brother of an Edward who died before 1486/7. It also adds a Thomas Ferrers as a brother in this family.
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"Wiltshire. The Topographical Collections of John Aubrey, 1659-70," Corr. and enl. by John Edward Jackson, (1862), p. 151
https://archive.org/stream/wiltshiretopogra00aubr#page/150/mode/2up
p. 151
HIGHWORTH, CRICKLADE and STAPLE HUNDRED.1
BLOUNDESDON (St. Andrew's).2
2 About three miles from Swindon. In 1282 Roger de Writele gave land in Blunsdon to the Abbess of Godstow. For the estate which he held he did suit at the court of Adam Stratton of Sevenhampton. A Charter of A.D. 1321 (Inq. a. q. d.) witnesses that the Advowson was in that year appropriated by Robert Hungerford to tbe Monastery of Ivy Churcb : but this gift seems to have been defeated. This Manor (held under Dunstanville of Castle Combe and Mautra-vers, jointly, see Wilts. Archaaol. Mag. II. 282) and the Advowson, belonged A.D. 1201—1348 to a family whose name is variously spelt, As : Ace : Aze : Aas : or Wace. A Henry de Blunsdon was Almoner to Edw. I.; a chantry, witb a priest to pray for his soul, was founded in Sarum Cathedral c. 1398. In 1361—98 the manor belonged to Fitzwarine; in 1440 to Andrew; in 1445 to John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury, [see "North Bradley;") in 1454 to James Audley; in 1459 to John Ferris (or Ferrars) who was Sheriff of Wilts. This family was twice in trouble. In 1. Hen. VII. Ferris of Blunsdon was attainted as a partisan of Rich. III.: and an Edmund Ferris of Blunsdon St. Andrew was included in the attainder of Edmund Delapole, 2nd. Duke of Suffolk, in 1513, when the manor was granted to Sir Giles Brydges. His son, Sir John, was created 1554 Baron Chandos of Sudeley, and lived here. Henry, 2nd. Earl of Clarendon was owner in 1667.
p. 338
The Manor of Mildenhall, (provincially called Middenhall, or "Minall") belonged in the reign of the Confessor to Glastonbury Abbey, and so continued till Edw. I. when it came to the hands of Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, under whom it was held by William de Ferrars, seventh Earl of Derby. By marriage of Isabel coheir of Ferrars, and widow of Gilbert Basset, it came to Reginald de Mohun, Lord of Dunster, co. Somerset. She was his second wife, and the Manor was given to their son William Mohun. He died without sons, and it went to his daughter and coheir Mary, wife of Sir John de Meryet. Afterwards (25 Edw. I.) it reverted to the elder house of Mohun. In Edw. III. it belonged to Bartholomew Lord Burghersh, who in 1371 sold it to Sir Thomas Hungerford, the purchaser of Farley Castle. In 1460 on the confiscation of the estates of that family it was granted for a short time to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and then restored.
On a second confiscation in 1540 the Crown granted it the Earl of Pembroke. The Hungerfords again recovered it.
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From Wikipedia
--Delapole (2nd Duke of Suffolk) was a Yorkist contender for the throne held by Henry VII. Henry VII arrested him. After Henry VII died, his son, Henry VIII had Delapole executed in 1513.
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“Wiltshire Notes and Queries, Vol. II” (1896-1898)
https://archive.org/stream/wiltshirenotesq02deviuoft#page/n5/mode/2up/search/Ferris
p. 306
[Hungerford],
Sir Edmund Hungerforde, of Douneampney. in the counte of Gloucestr. brother to s' Robert Lorde Hungerforde of Farley maryed Margerye doughter and heyr to s' Edward Lorde Burnell and had yssue s' Thomas Hungerforde, who maryed Dame Christyan and had yssue John, Walter Hungerforde Edwarde. Edmunde, and Aldam. Katheryne, Beterys, Jane, Margaret, Anne.
Katheryne maryed John Crekelarde.
Beterys maryed John De La Mere.
Jane maryed to Jamys Vyall.
Margaret maryed John Ferrys, of Blounsdon
Anne maryed to Henry Parker
S' John Hungerforde maryed Dame Margarete doughter to Edmonde Blount of the same counte and had yssue S' Anthony Hungerforde knight, Edwarde, Freswith, Elsabeth, and Christyan.
S' Anthony had to his fyrst wief Dame Jane eldest doughter to S' Edwarde Darrell. and had yssue John, Edwarde, Edmunde, Edwarde, Thomas, John, Jone and Elsabethe.
The aforesayde S' Anthony had to his seconde wife Dorothe the fyrst doughter of S' John Davers knight of Danzell, in the count' of Wiltshr and had yssue by her, Henry, and Will'm, Jane, and Anne.
John maryed Briget, seconde doughter to John Fettplace of Belysley, in the count' of Barkshir. [fos. 35b.-36 (74b-75)].
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The Ferris Surname
Surname shown as Ferris in the “Visitation of Wiltshire, 1565,” Harvey (1897), p. 18-19.
https://archive.org/stream/visitationofwilt00harvrich#page/n7/mode/2up/search/Ferris
Ferris of Ashton Keynes.
John Ferris of Blundston, co. Wilts., Gent., mar.... da. of ... and by her had issue, -- Edward, son and heir; John, second son.
John Ferris of Blundson, Gent. son and heir of John, mar. Jone, da. and heir of ... Faler of Barford, co. Oxon, and by her hath issue, -- George, son and heir; Walter, second son; Roger, third son; Bartholmew, forth son, a priest; Dorothe, mar. to Henry Corie of Ashton Keynes.
George Ferris of Ashton Keynes, co. Wilts, Gent., eldest son and heir of John, mar. Ann, da. of Richard Cole, and by her had issue, -- George, son and heir; Edward, second son; Anthony, third son; Bartholmew, fourth son; Dorathe; Jane; and Margaret.
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Attainder-Wikipedia
Medieval and Renaissance English monarchs used acts of attainder to deprive nobles of their lands and often their lives. Once attainted, the descendants of the noble could no longer inherit his lands or income...
Once attainted, nobles were considered commoners... Corruption of blood is one of the consequences of attainder. The descendants of an attainted person could not inherit either from the attainted person (whose property had been forfeited by the attainder) or from their other relatives through him...
Henry VII: initially attainted men after he ascended the throne.[3] He used the threat of attainder as a means to keep the few nobles who survived the War of the Roses in line. Often, however, he would penalize them with exorbitant fees and fines, or force them to have bonds which would be forfeit unless they exhibited good behaviour (his goal was to reduce the number of nobles with private armies of retainers.) Henry VII attainted 138 men, of whom he reversed only 46 attainders, and some of these were conditional.
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Palmer, Charles Ferrers Raymund (1819-1900), The History of the Town and Castle of Tamworth, p. 364 (in footnote)
https://archive.org/details/historytownandc00palmgoog
Thomas Ferrers, b. 1422, created a knt. in 1461. He m. Ann, dau. of Leonard Hastings, of Kirby, and sister of Will, lord Hastings; who d. before him. His decease occurred Aug. 22nd, 1498. His sons were, Leonard; Ralph, dean of the Church; and John, the eldest, who d. v. p. [decessit vita patris, "died in the lifetime of his father"] He m. Matilda, dau. of sir John Stanley, of Ellford; and had a son,
Sir John Ferrers, knt., who succeeded his grandfather. He m. Dorothy, dau. of Will. Harper, esq., of Rushall-castle, co. of Stafford. He had several children, of whom, i. Humphry succeeded,ii. Ann was m. to John Peto, esq., of Chesterton, co. of Warwick.
Sir Humphry Ferrers, knight, m. 1st, Margaret, dau. of Tho. Pigot; and 2nd, Dorothy, dau. and coh. of Tho. Marrow, and relict of Francis Cockain. He d. in 1554 ; leaving, by his 1st wife,—besides a dau. Jane, m. at Tamworth, June 22nd, 1573, to Arthur Gregory, esq.,—a son and heir,
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Collections for a History of Staffordshire (1917), p. 261-262
https://archive.org/stream/collectionsforhi191719183staf#page/n329/mode/2up
According to the Paston Letters and to Shaw's Knights, " Sir John Ferrers " was knighted on Tewkesbury field, 4 May 1471.^ His son, Sir John F., was aged 34 at his grandfather's death in 1498, and cannot therefore have been the knight of 1471. Hence either the " Paston Letters " or the 1477 Return, which calls him armiger, must be wrong ; I think the Return wrong and the " Letters " right. He is also described as " Sir" in the Commissions of the Peace.
Born c. 1440 ; eldest son and heir of Sir Thomas F. of the same (a Yorkist in December 1460, ^ d. 1498), by Anne, sister of William, Lord Hastings, the Lord Chamberlain 1461-83, who was murdered by Richard lll.^ He married Maud, daughter of Sir John Stanley of Elford, M.P.i He was J. P. for Staffs 1477-83. In 1481 he was appointed guardian to Walter, son and heir of Sir Walter Gryffith of Wichnor. His father appears to have been removed from the Bench by Richard III after Hastings' murder; and in December, after Buckingham's rising, vSir John also was removed, but in 1484 he had a grant of 40 m. a year for life from the same King.^ Soon after this he must have died v. p., leaving a son and heir, afterwards Sir John F., M.P.^ His tomb is, or was, in Lichfield Cathedral with this inscription " Joh. Ferrers miles fil Th . . . Ferrers et Annae ux . . . . filiae Hastinges miles et Matilda filia . . . Stanley ejus ux. ..."
p. 282
Born 1463/4 ; eldest son of Sir John F., M.P. 2 {d. 1484), by Maud (Stanley), and grandson and heir of Sir Thomas F. of the same {d. 1498), at whose death he was aged 34 years. ^ He married before 1488, Maud . . . ;^ and, according to Shaw,^ (2) Dorothy, daughter of William Harpur of Rushall, who was the mother of his son and heir, Humphrey {b. 1497).
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NOTE:
It is unclear whether this 1485 death date really relates to this John Ferrers (1440-1485). 1485 was the year of the Battle of Bosworth which was fought near the Ferrers' castle at Tamworth. In fact, Henry VII went to Tamworth after landing from France. But some histories mention the death of "Lord Ferrers" which may refer to William Devereux, the then "Baron Ferrers of Chartley" by marriage to Anne Ferrers who had inherited Chartley from her father. Have these "Ferrers" been confused in the genealogies or the histories?
Lord Ferrers/Ferris is mentioned in scene 6 at the very end of Shakespeare's "The Life and Death of Richard the Third." http://shakespeare.mit.edu/richardiii/full.html (Alternately titled "The Tragedy of King Richard the Third" in the 1634 edition on Google Books.) The following quote is from that scene.
SCENE V. Another part of the field.
Alarum. Enter KING RICHARD III and RICHMOND; they fight. KING RICHARD III is slain. Retreat and flourish. Re-enter RICHMOND, DERBY bearing the crown, with divers other Lords
RICHMOND
God and your arms be praised, victorious friends,
The day is ours, the bloody dog is dead.
DERBY
Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee.
Lo, here, this long-usurped royalty
From the dead temples of this bloody wretch
Have I pluck'd off, to grace thy brows withal:
Wear it, enjoy it, and make much of it.
RICHMOND
Great God of heaven, say Amen to all!
But, tell me, is young George Stanley living?
DERBY
He is, my lord, and safe in Leicester town;
Whither, if it please you, we may now withdraw us.
RICHMOND
What men of name are slain on either side?
DERBY
John Duke of Norfolk, Walter Lord Ferrers,
Sir Robert Brakenbury, and Sir William Brandon.
"Walter Lord Ferrers" actually appears as "Walter Lord Ferris" in the first 1597 edition. "Walter" likely actually refers to William Devereux, the then "Baron Ferrers of Chartley" by marriage to Anne Ferrers who had inherited Chartley from her father.
Notes From Wikipedia
Walter Devereux, 7th Baron Ferrers of Chartley
Walter Devereux supported Richard III of England during his reign, and fought on his side at the Battle of Bosworth (22 August 1485). There, Lord Ferrers commanded in the vanguard under John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, alongside Sir Robert Brackenbury and Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. Devereux was slain during the initial fight with the opposing van under John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, fighting next to the young John, Lord Zouche. An in-law, Sir John Ferrers, was also killed at Bosworth.
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Collections for a History of Staffordshire (1917), p. 282
https://archive.org/stream/collectionsforhi191719183staf#page/n329/mode/2up
(Sir) John Ferrers of Tamworth, M.P. Stafford 1495-6. and possibly 1510 or 1512-3.
Born 1463/4 ; eldest son of Sir John F., M.P. 2 (d. 1484), by Maud (Stanley), and grandson and heir of Sir Thomas F. of the same {d. 1498), at whose death he was aged 34 years. ^ He married before 1488, Maud . . . ;^ and, according to Shaw,^ (2) Dorothy, daughter of William Harpur of Rushall, who was the mother of his son and heir, Humphrey {b. 1497). He was knighted at the Battle of Blackheath, 17 June 1497 ;* was sheriff 1499-1500 ; J. P. Staffordshire and Warwickshire 1508-13. He died 16 July 1513 (? 1512).' His Will, dated 6 October 1508, was proved in P.C.C. 13 May 1513.^ His tomb is in Lichfield Cathedral and is said to have borne this inscription : " Joh. Ferrers miles et Mat. filia . . . et Dna Dorathia uxor prefati Jo . . . Harpur." l.p.m. at Derby, 31 Jan. 1513/4-
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The Will of Sir John Ferrers, dated 6 October 1508. He desires to be buried in the Church of Tamworth before the image of St. Eadithe, and makes bequests to the churches of Tamworth, Walton Derby, and Barton-under-Needwood ; also for the repair of " Bow bridge," Lady Bridge, and Hoppas Bridge. His manors of Heyth, Oxon, and Blunt, Essex, to be sold by Exors. to raise the money for debts and bequests. Daughters Mary to have 300 m., Anne 200 m., Joan 200 m., for their preferment in marriage. His son Edward is to have Warton, Warw., and Buttisbury, Essex, for life. His son Thomas to have for life lands at Priours in Wodeham Ferrers, Essex, which late were held by " my uncle William Ferrers " for life. His son William was to have, after the death of Sir John's mother, Dame Mawde, Champeons, Essex. Dame Mawde also held for life Hgerse, Essex. Exors. :—His wife (whom he nowhere names, unfortunately), and his brother Sir Walter Griffith. These witness :—Richard Breton, John Jakes, William Wyrley, Thomas Gierke, " Sir " Hugh Lytuldale priest, " Sir " Richard Hawle priest.
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“The Visitation of the County of Gloucester in the Year 1623,” Chitty and Phillpot (1885), p. 59
https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00inchit
Shows John Ferrers' (1454-1485) wife as "Christian d. of Hungerford." Other internet sources show his wife as Margaret Hungerford citing Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerages, p. 291. But that citation does not even mention Margaret de Hungerford. There was a Margaret Hungerford in Corsham, Wiltshire but that was in the 17th century.
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"Abstract of Feet of Fines Relating to Wiltshire 1377-1509," Wiltshire Record Society, Vol XLI (1985)
http://www.wiltshirerecordsociety.org.uk/pdfs/wrs_v41.pdf
p. 151
10 Edward IV
1470
675. Oct. of S.J.B. John Tame of Fairford (Fayreford), pl.; John Ferreys of
Blunsdon St. Andrew (Blontesdon St. Andrew), esquire, def. Manor of
‘Syrescourt‘ and 3 messuages, 250 a. of land, 30 a. meadow, 20 a. pasture and rents of 9s. 41/2d. and 1 lb. cumin in Castle Eaton (Castell Eton alias Eton
Moysy) and the advowson of Castle Eaton. Right ofpl., by gift of def.; remise
and quitclaim to pl. (Warranty.) Cons. 200 marks.
257/65/20
p. 152
12 Edward IV
1472
679. Morrow of Martinmas. Robert bishop of Bath and Wells, Thomas
bishop of Lincoln, William Dudley, clerk, Maurice Berkeley, Ralph
Hastynges, John Ferrers, John Dunne and Robert Constable, knights, and
Richard Fouler, Thomas Stonor, Thomas Hampden, Richard Lovell, Thomas
Tremayle, Ralph Hothum, Thomas Kebyll, William Swyllyngton, William
Moton, Thomas Middelton, Roger Wake and Thomas Calvard, pl.; Oliver
Mannyngham, knight, and Eleanor his wife, widow of Robert Hungerford,
knight, def. Manors of Stoke Poges, Cippenham, Fulmer (Fulmere), Eton,
Ilmer (llmere), Aston Mullins (Aston Molyns), Weston Turville (Weston
Turvyle), Chearsley (Chardesle Molyns), Ludgershall (Ludgarsale),
Addington (Adyngton), Brill (Brehill) and Beachendon (Bechyndon), and the
advowsons of Burnham abbey and the chantry of Stoke Poges, Bucks; the
manors of Henley on Thames (Henley on Thamis), Standlake (Stanlake),
Bampton, Aston Bampton and Broughton (Broghton) and the advowsons of
Standlake and Broughton, Oxon; the manors of Little Somerford (Somerford
Maudyt), Leigh (Lee), Whitley (Whitle), Box (Boxe), Gore and Trow
Crawley (Crawele in Trowe) and the advowson of Little Somerford, Wilts;
the manors of Pengelly, Polruan (Polrewen) and Trengrove (Trengoff),
Cornw; and £3 rent in Woodcote (Wodecote alias Wodmancote), Warw. Right of Richard Fouler, pl.‘s by gift of def.; remise and quitclaim to pl. (Warranty against Thomas abbot of Westminster and his successors.) Cons. £4,000.
294/76/88
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From FindAGrave
Birth: 1452
Rutland, England
Death: 1485
Family links:
Parents:
Thomas Ferrers (1438 - 1498)
Anne Hastings Ferrers (1438 - 1479)
Children:
John Ferrers (1471 - 1512)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: St Editha Church
Tamworth, Tamworth Borough
Staffordshire, England
Created by: Bill Velde
Record added: Jun 20, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 71638526
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From "The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary," Vol III (1899)
https://books.google.com/books?id=DtMKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA239&lpg=PA239&dq=John+Ferrers+hertfordshire+st+albans+child&source=bl&ots=Rouu-WQlZ0&sig=G06SM84j60zj1XjdyRB4SCXcexg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiluabu0JLcAhXLjlQKHR--ArkQ6AEIODAC#v=onepage&q=John Ferrers hertfordshire st albans child&f=false
p. 239
Abstracts of Herts Wills
f. 53b. JOHN FERRERS senior of S' Albans. (Dat. 27 Feb. 1447).
Bur. at S' Peters; Legacies to the vicar of Abbots Walden, Dom. Edward Shenley monk of S' Albans, Dom. John Norhampton of Asrherugge, Dom. John canon of the house of S' Bartholomew, London, in Smythfeld; Grace dau. of Wm. Datys; Edward son of John my son; Wm. bro. of sd Edward; Grace sister of sd Edw. & Wm; Agnes Rose servant of my son John; Wm. servant of sd John; Four poor men viz: — John Pycard, Wm. Downer, Thos. Glasyer & Thos. Westwode; Joan Baylly fuller, formerly wife of John Baylly fuller; John Greyby; John Bokyngham; Son John Ferrers junior, John Barbor John Holond" & Wm. Est exors. (Pr. 7 Mch. 1447-8.)
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The 1485 Battle of Bosworth, Ferrers and Attainder
The Battle of Bosworth Field at which Henry VII defeated Richard III was fought on 22 August 1485 about 10 miles east of Tamworth in Staffordshire. Tamworth was then owned by Thomas Ferrers (1422-1498). In fact, Lord Thomas Stanley's (1435-1504) forces stayed at Tamworth several days before the battle. Those forces were pivotal to the outcome of the battle in Herny VII's favor.
"The History of the Town and Castle of Tamworth...," Palmer (1845), p. 363 et seq
https://archive.org/details/historytownandc00palmgoog
The Battle of Bosworth has contributed to some confusion in the genealogy of the Ferrers-Ferris families over the centuries. Some of that confusion arises from the inconsistent spelling of the Ferrers-Ferris surname at that time and through the ensuing centuries. Some of that confusion also arises from the application of the title "Lord Ferrers" to men who were not Ferrers by blood. And, some of that confusion arises from the contemporaneous existence of multiple Ferrers with the same given name, such as John and Thomas.
Contemporaneous original documents are generally the best place to start when trying to clarify the confusion. Probably the earliest and most comprehensive description of the the battle between the forces of Richard III and Henry VII is the "Ballad of Bosworth Field." It is thought to have been composed by someone who was a witness to the events. In 164 verses, the ballad recites names of the significant participants and describes the prelude to the battle, the battle itself and its aftermath.
Original Ballad: http://www.r3.org/richard-iii/the-battle-of-bosworth/the-ballad-of-...
Summary of the Ballad: http://www.r3.org/richard-iii/the-battle-of-bosworth/the-ballad-of-...
The "Ballad of Bosworth Field" names only two "Ferrers" as participants in the battle. And, those "Ferrers" were not Ferrers by blood. After stanza 56 of the ballad, the author presents a lengthy list of most of the significant participants in the battle. The only two Ferrers mentioned appear in stanza 61 which reads as follows:
there was my Lord Bartley, sterne on a steede,
the Lord fferryes of chartlye, the Lord fferryes of Strobe,
the Lord Bartley noble att neede,
chamberlaine of England that day was hee.
Marginal notes in the original manuscript indicate that "Lord fferryes of chartlye" and "Lord fferryes of Strobe" refer to "Ferrers of Chartley, Ferrers of Groby." The only other mention of Ferrers is in stanza 152 where the author notes the death of "Lord fferrers." We know from later historians (including Shakespeare, who called him "Lord Ferris") that the Lord Ferrers who died at Bosworth was Walter Devereux (1431-1485), the husband of Anne Ferrers (1438-1468) who had inherited Chartley from her father William Ferrers (1412-1450). The Lord Ferrers of Groby ("Lord fferryes of Strobe") was Sir John Bourchier (1438-1495; 6th Lord Ferrers of Groby) who was the second husband of Elizabeth Ferrers (1419-1483) who had inherited Groby from her father Henry Ferrers (b.1390-d.1419/22).
Therefore, the nearly contemporary "Ballad of Bosworth Field" reveals that there were no Ferrers-Ferrises at the battle of Bosworth. Rather, there was Walter Devereux and John Bourchier, both using the title of "Lord Ferrers."
The "Ballad of Bosworth Field" is also the source revealing that Lord Thomas Stanley's forces stayed at Tamworth in the days before the battle on 22 August 1485, about 10 miles away. Stanzas 102-105 read as follows:
& saith, “the Lord Stanley is his enemy nye,
that are but litle way ffrom him;
they will ffight within these houres 3
With Richard that is Englands Kinge.”
“that wold I not,” the Knight can say,
“ffor all the gold in Christentye!”
towards Tamworth he tooke the way,
& came to Hattersey, & neighed nye
where Lord Stanley in a dale cold bee,
with trumpetts & tabours tempered with him;
itt was a comelye sight to see
as euer was to maintaine Kinge.
All that night there tarryed they,
& vpon the sunday gods service did see.
toward the ffeild they did them array;
the vawward the Lord Stanley tooke hee.
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Attainder
Attainder was the legal means by which a king could punish or cajole his nobility. Of course, Henry VII used attainder to punish those nobles who had supported Richard III.
Robert Brammer describes attainder in an article on the Library of Congress web site as follows:
“'Attainder was the most solemn penalty known to the common law. Attainder for treason was followed not only by the most savage and brutal corporal penalties and forfeiture of all possessions, but in addition the corruption of blood passing to all direct descendants, in other words, by the legal death of the family.'[5] Though a severe penalty, attaints were not always permanent. Mercy could be shown when the attainted person proved himself worthy of forgiveness, and his or her attaint could then be reversed."
With respect to the use of attainder after Bosworth, Brammer says in the same article:
"Henry completed the task of denying Richard’s status by offering a pardon to many in Richard’s army by referring to them as “Northern Rebels.”[16] Like Richard, Henry did pass bills of attainder to single out particular supporters of Richard, but the number was far less, with Henry attainting twenty-eight men in total, and the majority of the attainders were reversed within ten years time."
"After the Fall of Richard the III: Vengeance and the Alteration of History"
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2013/03/after-the-fall-of-richard-the-iii...
Attainder was accomplished by a Bill of Attainder passed by Parliament. Henry VII introduced a Bill of Attainder to Parliament in November of 1485. The only Ferrers or Ferris named was Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley, who was not a Ferrers by blood and who had already died in the battle at Bosworth.
"7 November 1485 - Richard III and supporters attainted," The Tudor Society
https://www.tudorsociety.com/7-november-1485-richard-iii-and-suppor...
In "The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485—1504," (2009), P.R. Cavill states at, pp. 34-36:
"The number [of those attained] was relatively small... at least eight of those attained were dead... three of the eight men excluded from the royal pardon of 11 October were not attained in December. Names could be removed from bills of attainder during their passage through parliament.
Acts of attainder did not necessarily result in the desctruction of the men convicted. Of those attained in Henry's first parliament, only Henry Stafford -- who went on to launch a new rising -- was executed by authority of the act in July 1486. The crown could pardon the capital sentence and restore forfeiture; it could also revoke legal disablement, which enabled the attained to acquire and to inherit lands.
...Restoration served as a probationary system in which men could work their way back into the king's favor and which also helped to heal the fractured political nation."
https://books.google.com/books?id=JNFNuJwkCkcC&pg=PA35&lpg=...
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Errors Causing Confusion
An example of an error arising from the use of the title "Lord Ferrers" appears in a description of the Battle of Bosworth on TudorPlace.com. That description is actually based on the "Ballad of Bosworth Field" quoted above. In a list of nobles supporting King Richard, TudorPlace includes "Ferrers of Chartley," without explaining he was really Walter Devereux. But more misleading is the inclusion of the name "John Ferrers," with no explanation. The "Ballad of Bosworth Field" mentions "Lord fferryes" of Groby who was John Bourchier (1438-1495), Lord Ferrers of Groby. But TudorPlace has taken the given name of John Bourchier and appeneded it to the title "Lord Ferrers" to give the misleading name "John Ferrers" which others have equated to "John Ferris."
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/the_battle_of_bosworth.htm
Another example is the following quote appearing in the 1659-70 collections of John Aubrey which has also appeared in other early works:
"This Manor [Blunsden St. Andrews]... belonged... in 1459 to John Ferris (or Ferrars) who was Sheriff of Wilts. This family was twice in trouble. In 1. Hen. VII. Ferris of Blunsdon was attainted as a partisan of Rich. III..."
The only Ferrers or Ferris attained after the battle of Bosworth was Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley. While Walter Devereux was a "partisan of Rich. III," he was not from Blunsdon and he was not a Ferrers by blood. In addition, John Bourchier (1438-1495) was Lord Ferrers of Groby. His name was not John Ferris and he was not a Ferrers by blood. The statement that "[t]his family was twice in trouble" requires a broad and misleading use of the word "family" to include in-laws of removed cousins.
"Wiltshire The Topographical Collections of John Aubrey, 1659-70," Jackson, (1862), p. 151 (fn. 2).
https://archive.org/stream/wiltshiretopogra00aubr#page/150/mode/2up
Also see: "The Topographer for the Year 1790, Vol II" (1790), p. 103.
https://books.google.com/books?id=S_YxAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA103&lpg...
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Family Loyalties
Among those fighting for Henry VII at Bosworth was Walter Hungerford from Heytesbury. One of this Walter Hungerford's cousins was Margaret Hungerford, the wife of Sheriff John Ferris. The following story from "The History of Parliament" makes it seem more likely that, being married to a Hungerford and living next door to the Hungerford estates, Sheriff John Ferris would side with Henry VII rather than Richard III.
"The story of [Walter] Hungerford, the youngest son of Robert, 3rd Lord Hungerford, and a member of a firmly Lancastrian family, is as dramatic as Stafford’s. Lord Robert [Hungerford] was among those diehards who held out against Edward IV in northern England until his capture and execution in 1464, and Walter’s elder brother, Sir Thomas Hungerford, suffered death at the scaffold for treason in 1469. Notwithstanding these events, Walter subsequently entered the Commons while Edward was on the throne, although he found it necessary to obtain a general pardon at the accession of Richard III, who later ordered his arrest. Yet he managed to escape and make his way to Tudor. At Bosworth, he killed Sir Robert Brackenbury, lieutenant of the Tower of London, receiving a knighthood on field from Henry for his exploits. He returned to the Commons, again as an MP for Wiltshire, and served the first two Tudor monarchs as a councillor and diplomat."
https://thehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/the-battle-...
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Clarifying the contemporary John Ferrers who were not Sheriff John Ferris of Blunsdon St. Andrew
Two John Ferrers, other than Sheriff John Ferris of Blunsdon St. Andrew, did exist around 1480-1485. They were the son and grandson of Thomas Ferrers (1422-1498) who owned Tamworth castle. Thomas's son John (b.1440, d.bef. 1498) had a son also named John (1474-1512). Thomas's grandson John (1474-1512) inherited Tamworth in 1498 directly from his grandfather because his father John (b.1440, d.bef. 1498) had died before Thomas.
Thomas Ferrers' (1422-1498) son John (b.1440, d.bef. 1498) was knighted by Edward VI at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471. While some suggest that this son John died in 1484 or 1485, I have seen no evidence of the date of his death. But it is clear he died before his father Thomas in 1498 because his son, John (Thomas Ferrers' grandson), inherited Tamworth.
The year of birth for Thomas's grandson John is sometimes reported incorrectly as 1464 because some have misread Thomas Ferrers' will as stating John was 34 at Thomas's death in 1498. But according to "the Warwickshire IPM of Sir Thomas Ferrers II of Tamworth, taken 12 October 1498, 'John Ferrers, knight, aged 24 and more, is his cousin and next heir, viz. son of John Ferrers, knight, his son.'" Thus, the grandson John Ferrers was born in 1474 and would have been too young at the age of 11 to have participated in the Battle of Bosworth.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/soc.genealogy.medieval/j...
This John Ferris of Blunsdon St. Andrew was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire on 7 Nov. 1459. He acquired the Manor of Blunsdon St. Andrew in 1459, as well. The Blunsdon Manor had been owned by Robert Hungerford in 1321. John Ferris was listed as a “noble” or “gentry” in the time of Henry VII. He was not attained by Henry VI. Only Walter Devereux was attained after his death at Bosworth in 1485..
John Ferris's birth date is uncertain, but is likely before 1438. He was appointed Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1459 and one would expect he was at least 21 years old at that time. Plus, his wife, Margaret Hungerford was likely born circa 1444-48. I have found no other John Ferrises that would appear to match Sheriff John Ferris. Average age of marriage at this time was about 26 or 27 which would put his birth at about 1433.
John Ferris was also an MP for Cricklade Borough, Wiltshire in 1467 and 1478. He is listed as "Johannes Ferys, armiger." (Armiger essentially means squire.) The 1467 listing also includes Edward Hungerford, brother of Margaret, as an MP from Clicklade (1 or 2 miles from Blounsdon, Ashton Keynes and Down Ampney.)
“Members of Parliament, Part I, Parliaments of England, 1213-1702” (1879).
https://books.google.com/books?id=1g85AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Sir John Ferrers (1440-1484?) of Tamworth married Maud Stanley and had six children who do not match the recorded children of Sheriff John Ferris, except the first son John born in 1463 who died in 1512. This Sir John Ferrers did have brothers Leonard, Roger, Ralph (possibly the one at St Albans around 1500??) and William but their children do not appear in any of the written histories of the Ferrers-Ferris family. Sheriff John Ferris could be a son of one of those brothers. The repetition of the name Roger in subsequent generations suggests there may be a connection to the Sir John Ferrers (1440-1484) of Tamworth family.
Sheriff John Ferris married Margaret Hungerford who was born in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire circa 1444-48. Margaret was the daughter of Edmund de Hungerford (c.1409-1484) and Margaret Burnell. Margaret was the sixth of ten children. She was the granddaughter of Walter de Hungerford (1378-1449) who had been a Sheriff of Wiltshire and Speaker of the House of Commons. She was also the great granddaughter of Thomas de Hungerford (d.1397) who had been a Sheriff of Wiltshire and the first recorded Speaker of the House of Commons.
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Elizabeth Ferrers (1419-1483) who married Edward Grey (1415-1457) had a daughter Ann (1456-1507). Therefore, Ann was the great granddaughter of Sir William Ferrers (1372-1445), the 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby. Sheriff John Ferris (c.1418-aft.1478) was the grandson of Sir William Ferrers (1372-1445), the 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby. Ann Grey and Sheriff John Ferris were 1st cousins once removed.
Sheriff John Ferris (c.1418-aft.1478) married Margaret Hungerford. Ann Grey (1456-1507) married Edward Hungerford (1454-1507). The Hungerford family was largely based around Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.
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"The Topographer for the Year 1790, Vol II" (1790).
https://books.google.com/books?id=S_YxAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=john+ferrys+sheriff+wiltshire&source=bl&ots=qOrrQdjDId&sig=jmG9QdGJYD_RzFPanoDgY7yCOJo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiytNGpvvLbAhXIGjQIHZG9CdoQ6AEILzAB#v=onepage&q=john%20ferrys%20sheriff%20wiltshire&f=false
Page 103:
"XIV. John Feiris, Esq. was Sheriff 38 Hen. VI. [1460] John Ferrys of Blounsdon was father of John Ferris of the same, whose son, George Ferrys of Ashton Keynes, had issue by Ann, daughter to Richard Cole, Edward, George, Anthony and Bartholomew.
Ferrers of Blunsdon was attainted, as a partizan of Richard III, at the accession of Henry VII, and this manor granted to Giles Bridges, Esq. father of John, Lord Chandos, from which time that family made it their occasional residence. See Top. Vol. I p. 47."
Page 96-97 (confirming this branch of Ferrises was considered "Nobles" or "Gentry":
"Art. VI. Nobles and Gentry of Wiltshire, in the time of Henry VII. From a MS. in the Cotton Library.
Till a county history can be given, perhaps nothing so comprehensive can be offered in a small compass, as lists like these (with historical notes) of the leading Nobles and Gentry, at a period neither too early, nor too late, which will contain all who have a moderate claim to antiquity, and yet begin ere the old families of long standing have expired.
I. The Lord Brooke, Steward of the King's Household.
II. The Lord St. Amand.
III. Sir John Cheyne.
IV. Sir Walter Hungerford.
...
XIV. Feres of Blounsdon."
XV.
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“List of sheriffs for England and Wales,from the earliest times to A.D. 1831,” Public Records Office (1963)
https://archive.org/stream/listofsheriffsfo00newy#page/152/mode/2up
P. 153
7 Nov. 1459 John Ferrys, esq.
Also see “The Occupants of The Ancient office of High Sheriff of Wiltshire From 1067 to 1612”
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/sheriffs_of_wiltshire.htm
1459-60 John Ferris of Blunsdon St. Andrews
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Will of William Victor, 7 Mar 1486/7.
"St Albans Wills," p.176, 2AR51v. Copy sent by Carole Preston of the National Trust, Baddesley Clinton
William Victor m. Grace Ferrers. Requests burial near Grace's brother, Edward at St. Peter's in St. Albans. Appoints Grace and "John Ferrers, junior" his executors. Mentions Thomas Ferrers as brother of "John Ferrers, junior."
This will shows "John Ferrers, junior" as the brother of an Edward who died before 1486/7. It also adds a Thomas Ferrers as a brother in this family.
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"Wiltshire. The Topographical Collections of John Aubrey, 1659-70," Corr. and enl. by John Edward Jackson, (1862), p. 151
https://archive.org/stream/wiltshiretopogra00aubr#page/150/mode/2up
p. 151
HIGHWORTH, CRICKLADE and STAPLE HUNDRED.1
BLOUNDESDON (St. Andrew's).2
2 About three miles from Swindon. In 1282 Roger de Writele gave land in Blunsdon to the Abbess of Godstow. For the estate which he held he did suit at the court of Adam Stratton of Sevenhampton. A Charter of A.D. 1321 (Inq. a. q. d.) witnesses that the Advowson was in that year appropriated by Robert Hungerford to tbe Monastery of Ivy Churcb : but this gift seems to have been defeated. This Manor (held under Dunstanville of Castle Combe and Mautra-vers, jointly, see Wilts. Archaaol. Mag. II. 282) and the Advowson, belonged A.D. 1201—1348 to a family whose name is variously spelt, As : Ace : Aze : Aas : or Wace. A Henry de Blunsdon was Almoner to Edw. I.; a chantry, witb a priest to pray for his soul, was founded in Sarum Cathedral c. 1398. In 1361—98 the manor belonged to Fitzwarine; in 1440 to Andrew; in 1445 to John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury, [see "North Bradley;") in 1454 to James Audley; in 1459 to John Ferris (or Ferrars) who was Sheriff of Wilts. This family was twice in trouble. In 1. Hen. VII. Ferris of Blunsdon was attainted as a partisan of Rich. III.: and an Edmund Ferris of Blunsdon St. Andrew was included in the attainder of Edmund Delapole, 2nd. Duke of Suffolk, in 1513, when the manor was granted to Sir Giles Brydges. His son, Sir John, was created 1554 Baron Chandos of Sudeley, and lived here. Henry, 2nd. Earl of Clarendon was owner in 1667.
p. 338
The Manor of Mildenhall, (provincially called Middenhall, or "Minall") belonged in the reign of the Confessor to Glastonbury Abbey, and so continued till Edw. I. when it came to the hands of Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, under whom it was held by William de Ferrars, seventh Earl of Derby. By marriage of Isabel coheir of Ferrars, and widow of Gilbert Basset, it came to Reginald de Mohun, Lord of Dunster, co. Somerset. She was his second wife, and the Manor was given to their son William Mohun. He died without sons, and it went to his daughter and coheir Mary, wife of Sir John de Meryet. Afterwards (25 Edw. I.) it reverted to the elder house of Mohun. In Edw. III. it belonged to Bartholomew Lord Burghersh, who in 1371 sold it to Sir Thomas Hungerford, the purchaser of Farley Castle. In 1460 on the confiscation of the estates of that family it was granted for a short time to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and then restored.
On a second confiscation in 1540 the Crown granted it the Earl of Pembroke. The Hungerfords again recovered it.
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From Wikipedia
--Delapole (2nd Duke of Suffolk) was a Yorkist contender for the throne held by Henry VII. Henry VII arrested him. After Henry VII died, his son, Henry VIII had Delapole executed in 1513.
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“Wiltshire Notes and Queries, Vol. II” (1896-1898)
https://archive.org/stream/wiltshirenotesq02deviuoft#page/n5/mode/2up/search/Ferris
p. 306
[Hungerford],
Sir Edmund Hungerforde, of Douneampney. in the counte of Gloucestr. brother to s' Robert Lorde Hungerforde of Farley maryed Margerye doughter and heyr to s' Edward Lorde Burnell and had yssue s' Thomas Hungerforde, who maryed Dame Christyan and had yssue John, Walter Hungerforde Edwarde. Edmunde, and Aldam. Katheryne, Beterys, Jane, Margaret, Anne.
Katheryne maryed John Crekelarde.
Beterys maryed John De La Mere.
Jane maryed to Jamys Vyall.
Margaret maryed John Ferrys, of Blounsdon
Anne maryed to Henry Parker
S' John Hungerforde maryed Dame Margarete doughter to Edmonde Blount of the same counte and had yssue S' Anthony Hungerforde knight, Edwarde, Freswith, Elsabeth, and Christyan.
S' Anthony had to his fyrst wief Dame Jane eldest doughter to S' Edwarde Darrell. and had yssue John, Edwarde, Edmunde, Edwarde, Thomas, John, Jone and Elsabethe.
The aforesayde S' Anthony had to his seconde wife Dorothe the fyrst doughter of S' John Davers knight of Danzell, in the count' of Wiltshr and had yssue by her, Henry, and Will'm, Jane, and Anne.
John maryed Briget, seconde doughter to John Fettplace of Belysley, in the count' of Barkshir. [fos. 35b.-36 (74b-75)].
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The Ferris Surname
Surname shown as Ferris in the “Visitation of Wiltshire, 1565,” Harvey (1897), p. 18-19.
https://archive.org/stream/visitationofwilt00harvrich#page/n7/mode/2up/search/Ferris
Ferris of Ashton Keynes.
John Ferris of Blundston, co. Wilts., Gent., mar.... da. of ... and by her had issue, -- Edward, son and heir; John, second son.
John Ferris of Blundson, Gent. son and heir of John, mar. Jone, da. and heir of ... Faler of Barford, co. Oxon, and by her hath issue, -- George, son and heir; Walter, second son; Roger, third son; Bartholmew, forth son, a priest; Dorothe, mar. to Henry Corie of Ashton Keynes.
George Ferris of Ashton Keynes, co. Wilts, Gent., eldest son and heir of John, mar. Ann, da. of Richard Cole, and by her had issue, -- George, son and heir; Edward, second son; Anthony, third son; Bartholmew, fourth son; Dorathe; Jane; and Margaret.
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Attainder-Wikipedia
Medieval and Renaissance English monarchs used acts of attainder to deprive nobles of their lands and often their lives. Once attainted, the descendants of the noble could no longer inherit his lands or income...
Once attainted, nobles were considered commoners... Corruption of blood is one of the consequences of attainder. The descendants of an attainted person could not inherit either from the attainted person (whose property had been forfeited by the attainder) or from their other relatives through him...
Henry VII: initially attainted men after he ascended the throne.[3] He used the threat of attainder as a means to keep the few nobles who survived the War of the Roses in line. Often, however, he would penalize them with exorbitant fees and fines, or force them to have bonds which would be forfeit unless they exhibited good behaviour (his goal was to reduce the number of nobles with private armies of retainers.) Henry VII attainted 138 men, of whom he reversed only 46 attainders, and some of these were conditional.
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Palmer, Charles Ferrers Raymund (1819-1900), The History of the Town and Castle of Tamworth, p. 364 (in footnote)
https://archive.org/details/historytownandc00palmgoog
Thomas Ferrers, b. 1422, created a knt. in 1461. He m. Ann, dau. of Leonard Hastings, of Kirby, and sister of Will, lord Hastings; who d. before him. His decease occurred Aug. 22nd, 1498. His sons were, Leonard; Ralph, dean of the Church; and John, the eldest, who d. v. p. [decessit vita patris, "died in the lifetime of his father"] He m. Matilda, dau. of sir John Stanley, of Ellford; and had a son,
Sir John Ferrers, knt., who succeeded his grandfather. He m. Dorothy, dau. of Will. Harper, esq., of Rushall-castle, co. of Stafford. He had several children, of whom, i. Humphry succeeded,ii. Ann was m. to John Peto, esq., of Chesterton, co. of Warwick.
Sir Humphry Ferrers, knight, m. 1st, Margaret, dau. of Tho. Pigot; and 2nd, Dorothy, dau. and coh. of Tho. Marrow, and relict of Francis Cockain. He d. in 1554 ; leaving, by his 1st wife,—besides a dau. Jane, m. at Tamworth, June 22nd, 1573, to Arthur Gregory, esq.,—a son and heir,
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Collections for a History of Staffordshire (1917), p. 261-262
https://archive.org/stream/collectionsforhi191719183staf#page/n329/mode/2up
According to the Paston Letters and to Shaw's Knights, " Sir John Ferrers " was knighted on Tewkesbury field, 4 May 1471.^ His son, Sir John F., was aged 34 at his grandfather's death in 1498, and cannot therefore have been the knight of 1471. Hence either the " Paston Letters " or the 1477 Return, which calls him armiger, must be wrong ; I think the Return wrong and the " Letters " right. He is also described as " Sir" in the Commissions of the Peace.
Born c. 1440 ; eldest son and heir of Sir Thomas F. of the same (a Yorkist in December 1460, ^ d. 1498), by Anne, sister of William, Lord Hastings, the Lord Chamberlain 1461-83, who was murdered by Richard lll.^ He married Maud, daughter of Sir John Stanley of Elford, M.P.i He was J. P. for Staffs 1477-83. In 1481 he was appointed guardian to Walter, son and heir of Sir Walter Gryffith of Wichnor. His father appears to have been removed from the Bench by Richard III after Hastings' murder; and in December, after Buckingham's rising, vSir John also was removed, but in 1484 he had a grant of 40 m. a year for life from the same King.^ Soon after this he must have died v. p., leaving a son and heir, afterwards Sir John F., M.P.^ His tomb is, or was, in Lichfield Cathedral with this inscription " Joh. Ferrers miles fil Th . . . Ferrers et Annae ux . . . . filiae Hastinges miles et Matilda filia . . . Stanley ejus ux. ..."
p. 282
Born 1463/4 ; eldest son of Sir John F., M.P. 2 {d. 1484), by Maud (Stanley), and grandson and heir of Sir Thomas F. of the same {d. 1498), at whose death he was aged 34 years. ^ He married before 1488, Maud . . . ;^ and, according to Shaw,^ (2) Dorothy, daughter of William Harpur of Rushall, who was the mother of his son and heir, Humphrey {b. 1497).
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NOTE:
It is unclear whether this 1485 death date really relates to this John Ferrers (1440-1485). 1485 was the year of the Battle of Bosworth which was fought near the Ferrers' castle at Tamworth. In fact, Henry VII went to Tamworth after landing from France. But some histories mention the death of "Lord Ferrers" which may refer to William Devereux, the then "Baron Ferrers of Chartley" by marriage to Anne Ferrers who had inherited Chartley from her father. Have these "Ferrers" been confused in the genealogies or the histories?
Lord Ferrers/Ferris is mentioned in scene 6 at the very end of Shakespeare's "The Life and Death of Richard the Third." http://shakespeare.mit.edu/richardiii/full.html (Alternately titled "The Tragedy of King Richard the Third" in the 1634 edition on Google Books.) The following quote is from that scene.
SCENE V. Another part of the field.
Alarum. Enter KING RICHARD III and RICHMOND; they fight. KING RICHARD III is slain. Retreat and flourish. Re-enter RICHMOND, DERBY bearing the crown, with divers other Lords
RICHMOND
God and your arms be praised, victorious friends,
The day is ours, the bloody dog is dead.
DERBY
Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee.
Lo, here, this long-usurped royalty
From the dead temples of this bloody wretch
Have I pluck'd off, to grace thy brows withal:
Wear it, enjoy it, and make much of it.
RICHMOND
Great God of heaven, say Amen to all!
But, tell me, is young George Stanley living?
DERBY
He is, my lord, and safe in Leicester town;
Whither, if it please you, we may now withdraw us.
RICHMOND
What men of name are slain on either side?
DERBY
John Duke of Norfolk, Walter Lord Ferrers,
Sir Robert Brakenbury, and Sir William Brandon.
"Walter Lord Ferrers" actually appears as "Walter Lord Ferris" in the first 1597 edition. "Walter" likely actually refers to William Devereux, the then "Baron Ferrers of Chartley" by marriage to Anne Ferrers who had inherited Chartley from her father.
Notes From Wikipedia
Walter Devereux, 7th Baron Ferrers of Chartley
Walter Devereux supported Richard III of England during his reign, and fought on his side at the Battle of Bosworth (22 August 1485). There, Lord Ferrers commanded in the vanguard under John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, alongside Sir Robert Brackenbury and Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. Devereux was slain during the initial fight with the opposing van under John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, fighting next to the young John, Lord Zouche. An in-law, Sir John Ferrers, was also killed at Bosworth.
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Collections for a History of Staffordshire (1917), p. 282
https://archive.org/stream/collectionsforhi191719183staf#page/n329/mode/2up
(Sir) John Ferrers of Tamworth, M.P. Stafford 1495-6. and possibly 1510 or 1512-3.
Born 1463/4 ; eldest son of Sir John F., M.P. 2 (d. 1484), by Maud (Stanley), and grandson and heir of Sir Thomas F. of the same {d. 1498), at whose death he was aged 34 years. ^ He married before 1488, Maud . . . ;^ and, according to Shaw,^ (2) Dorothy, daughter of William Harpur of Rushall, who was the mother of his son and heir, Humphrey {b. 1497). He was knighted at the Battle of Blackheath, 17 June 1497 ;* was sheriff 1499-1500 ; J. P. Staffordshire and Warwickshire 1508-13. He died 16 July 1513 (? 1512).' His Will, dated 6 October 1508, was proved in P.C.C. 13 May 1513.^ His tomb is in Lichfield Cathedral and is said to have borne this inscription : " Joh. Ferrers miles et Mat. filia . . . et Dna Dorathia uxor prefati Jo . . . Harpur." l.p.m. at Derby, 31 Jan. 1513/4-
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The Will of Sir John Ferrers, dated 6 October 1508. He desires to be buried in the Church of Tamworth before the image of St. Eadithe, and makes bequests to the churches of Tamworth, Walton Derby, and Barton-under-Needwood ; also for the repair of " Bow bridge," Lady Bridge, and Hoppas Bridge. His manors of Heyth, Oxon, and Blunt, Essex, to be sold by Exors. to raise the money for debts and bequests. Daughters Mary to have 300 m., Anne 200 m., Joan 200 m., for their preferment in marriage. His son Edward is to have Warton, Warw., and Buttisbury, Essex, for life. His son Thomas to have for life lands at Priours in Wodeham Ferrers, Essex, which late were held by " my uncle William Ferrers " for life. His son William was to have, after the death of Sir John's mother, Dame Mawde, Champeons, Essex. Dame Mawde also held for life Hgerse, Essex. Exors. :—His wife (whom he nowhere names, unfortunately), and his brother Sir Walter Griffith. These witness :—Richard Breton, John Jakes, William Wyrley, Thomas Gierke, " Sir " Hugh Lytuldale priest, " Sir " Richard Hawle priest.
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“The Visitation of the County of Gloucester in the Year 1623,” Chitty and Phillpot (1885), p. 59
https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00inchit
Shows John Ferrers' (1454-1485) wife as "Christian d. of Hungerford." Other internet sources show his wife as Margaret Hungerford citing Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerages, p. 291. But that citation does not even mention Margaret de Hungerford. There was a Margaret Hungerford in Corsham, Wiltshire but that was in the 17th century.
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"Abstract of Feet of Fines Relating to Wiltshire 1377-1509," Wiltshire Record Society, Vol XLI (1985)
http://www.wiltshirerecordsociety.org.uk/pdfs/wrs_v41.pdf
p. 151
10 Edward IV
1470
675. Oct. of S.J.B. John Tame of Fairford (Fayreford), pl.; John Ferreys of
Blunsdon St. Andrew (Blontesdon St. Andrew), esquire, def. Manor of
‘Syrescourt‘ and 3 messuages, 250 a. of land, 30 a. meadow, 20 a. pasture and rents of 9s. 41/2d. and 1 lb. cumin in Castle Eaton (Castell Eton alias Eton
Moysy) and the advowson of Castle Eaton. Right ofpl., by gift of def.; remise
and quitclaim to pl. (Warranty.) Cons. 200 marks.
257/65/20
p. 152
12 Edward IV
1472
679. Morrow of Martinmas. Robert bishop of Bath and Wells, Thomas
bishop of Lincoln, William Dudley, clerk, Maurice Berkeley, Ralph
Hastynges, John Ferrers, John Dunne and Robert Constable, knights, and
Richard Fouler, Thomas Stonor, Thomas Hampden, Richard Lovell, Thomas
Tremayle, Ralph Hothum, Thomas Kebyll, William Swyllyngton, William
Moton, Thomas Middelton, Roger Wake and Thomas Calvard, pl.; Oliver
Mannyngham, knight, and Eleanor his wife, widow of Robert Hungerford,
knight, def. Manors of Stoke Poges, Cippenham, Fulmer (Fulmere), Eton,
Ilmer (llmere), Aston Mullins (Aston Molyns), Weston Turville (Weston
Turvyle), Chearsley (Chardesle Molyns), Ludgershall (Ludgarsale),
Addington (Adyngton), Brill (Brehill) and Beachendon (Bechyndon), and the
advowsons of Burnham abbey and the chantry of Stoke Poges, Bucks; the
manors of Henley on Thames (Henley on Thamis), Standlake (Stanlake),
Bampton, Aston Bampton and Broughton (Broghton) and the advowsons of
Standlake and Broughton, Oxon; the manors of Little Somerford (Somerford
Maudyt), Leigh (Lee), Whitley (Whitle), Box (Boxe), Gore and Trow
Crawley (Crawele in Trowe) and the advowson of Little Somerford, Wilts;
the manors of Pengelly, Polruan (Polrewen) and Trengrove (Trengoff),
Cornw; and £3 rent in Woodcote (Wodecote alias Wodmancote), Warw. Right of Richard Fouler, pl.‘s by gift of def.; remise and quitclaim to pl. (Warranty against Thomas abbot of Westminster and his successors.) Cons. £4,000.
294/76/88
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From FindAGrave
Birth: 1452
Rutland, England
Death: 1485
Family links:
Parents:
Thomas Ferrers (1438 - 1498)
Anne Hastings Ferrers (1438 - 1479)
Children:
John Ferrers (1471 - 1512)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: St Editha Church
Tamworth, Tamworth Borough
Staffordshire, England
Created by: Bill Velde
Record added: Jun 20, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 71638526
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From "The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary," Vol III (1899)
https://books.google.com/books?id=DtMKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA239&lpg=PA239&dq=John+Ferrers+hertfordshire+st+albans+child&source=bl&ots=Rouu-WQlZ0&sig=G06SM84j60zj1XjdyRB4SCXcexg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiluabu0JLcAhXLjlQKHR--ArkQ6AEIODAC#v=onepage&q=John Ferrers hertfordshire st albans child&f=false
p. 239
Abstracts of Herts Wills
f. 53b. JOHN FERRERS senior of S' Albans. (Dat. 27 Feb. 1447).
Bur. at S' Peters; Legacies to the vicar of Abbots Walden, Dom. Edward Shenley monk of S' Albans, Dom. John Norhampton of Asrherugge, Dom. John canon of the house of S' Bartholomew, London, in Smythfeld; Grace dau. of Wm. Datys; Edward son of John my son; Wm. bro. of sd Edward; Grace sister of sd Edw. & Wm; Agnes Rose servant of my son John; Wm. servant of sd John; Four poor men viz: — John Pycard, Wm. Downer, Thos. Glasyer & Thos. Westwode; Joan Baylly fuller, formerly wife of John Baylly fuller; John Greyby; John Bokyngham; Son John Ferrers junior, John Barbor John Holond" & Wm. Est exors. (Pr. 7 Mch. 1447-8.)
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The 1485 Battle of Bosworth, Ferrers and Attainder
The Battle of Bosworth Field at which Henry VII defeated Richard III was fought on 22 August 1485 about 10 miles east of Tamworth in Staffordshire. Tamworth was then owned by Thomas Ferrers (1422-1498). In fact, Lord Thomas Stanley's (1435-1504) forces stayed at Tamworth several days before the battle. Those forces were pivotal to the outcome of the battle in Herny VII's favor.
"The History of the Town and Castle of Tamworth...," Palmer (1845), p. 363 et seq
https://archive.org/details/historytownandc00palmgoog
The Battle of Bosworth has contributed to some confusion in the genealogy of the Ferrers-Ferris families over the centuries. Some of that confusion arises from the inconsistent spelling of the Ferrers-Ferris surname at that time and through the ensuing centuries. Some of that confusion also arises from the application of the title "Lord Ferrers" to men who were not Ferrers by blood. And, some of that confusion arises from the contemporaneous existence of multiple Ferrers with the same given name, such as John and Thomas.
Contemporaneous original documents are generally the best place to start when trying to clarify the confusion. Probably the earliest and most comprehensive description of the the battle between the forces of Richard III and Henry VII is the "Ballad of Bosworth Field." It is thought to have been composed by someone who was a witness to the events. In 164 verses, the ballad recites names of the significant participants and describes the prelude to the battle, the battle itself and its aftermath.
Original Ballad: http://www.r3.org/richard-iii/the-battle-of-bosworth/the-ballad-of-...
Summary of the Ballad: http://www.r3.org/richard-iii/the-battle-of-bosworth/the-ballad-of-...
The "Ballad of Bosworth Field" names only two "Ferrers" as participants in the battle. And, those "Ferrers" were not Ferrers by blood. After stanza 56 of the ballad, the author presents a lengthy list of most of the significant participants in the battle. The only two Ferrers mentioned appear in stanza 61 which reads as follows:
there was my Lord Bartley, sterne on a steede,
the Lord fferryes of chartlye, the Lord fferryes of Strobe,
the Lord Bartley noble att neede,
chamberlaine of England that day was hee.
Marginal notes in the original manuscript indicate that "Lord fferryes of chartlye" and "Lord fferryes of Strobe" refer to "Ferrers of Chartley, Ferrers of Groby." The only other mention of Ferrers is in stanza 152 where the author notes the death of "Lord fferrers." We know from later historians (including Shakespeare, who called him "Lord Ferris") that the Lord Ferrers who died at Bosworth was Walter Devereux (1431-1485), the husband of Anne Ferrers (1438-1468) who had inherited Chartley from her father William Ferrers (1412-1450). The Lord Ferrers of Groby ("Lord fferryes of Strobe") was Sir John Bourchier (1438-1495; 6th Lord Ferrers of Groby) who was the second husband of Elizabeth Ferrers (1419-1483) who had inherited Groby from her father Henry Ferrers (b.1390-d.1419/22).
Therefore, the nearly contemporary "Ballad of Bosworth Field" reveals that there were no Ferrers-Ferrises at the battle of Bosworth. Rather, there was Walter Devereux and John Bourchier, both using the title of "Lord Ferrers."
The "Ballad of Bosworth Field" is also the source revealing that Lord Thomas Stanley's forces stayed at Tamworth in the days before the battle on 22 August 1485, about 10 miles away. Stanzas 102-105 read as follows:
& saith, “the Lord Stanley is his enemy nye,
that are but litle way ffrom him;
they will ffight within these houres 3
With Richard that is Englands Kinge.”
“that wold I not,” the Knight can say,
“ffor all the gold in Christentye!”
towards Tamworth he tooke the way,
& came to Hattersey, & neighed nye
where Lord Stanley in a dale cold bee,
with trumpetts & tabours tempered with him;
itt was a comelye sight to see
as euer was to maintaine Kinge.
All that night there tarryed they,
& vpon the sunday gods service did see.
toward the ffeild they did them array;
the vawward the Lord Stanley tooke hee.
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Attainder
Attainder was the legal means by which a king could punish or cajole his nobility. Of course, Henry VII used attainder to punish those nobles who had supported Richard III.
Robert Brammer describes attainder in an article on the Library of Congress web site as follows:
“'Attainder was the most solemn penalty known to the common law. Attainder for treason was followed not only by the most savage and brutal corporal penalties and forfeiture of all possessions, but in addition the corruption of blood passing to all direct descendants, in other words, by the legal death of the family.'[5] Though a severe penalty, attaints were not always permanent. Mercy could be shown when the attainted person proved himself worthy of forgiveness, and his or her attaint could then be reversed."
With respect to the use of attainder after Bosworth, Brammer says in the same article:
"Henry completed the task of denying Richard’s status by offering a pardon to many in Richard’s army by referring to them as “Northern Rebels.”[16] Like Richard, Henry did pass bills of attainder to single out particular supporters of Richard, but the number was far less, with Henry attainting twenty-eight men in total, and the majority of the attainders were reversed within ten years time."
"After the Fall of Richard the III: Vengeance and the Alteration of History"
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2013/03/after-the-fall-of-richard-the-iii...
Attainder was accomplished by a Bill of Attainder passed by Parliament. Henry VII introduced a Bill of Attainder to Parliament in November of 1485. The only Ferrers or Ferris named was Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley, who was not a Ferrers by blood and who had already died in the battle at Bosworth.
"7 November 1485 - Richard III and supporters attainted," The Tudor Society
https://www.tudorsociety.com/7-november-1485-richard-iii-and-suppor...
In "The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485—1504," (2009), P.R. Cavill states at, pp. 34-36:
"The number [of those attained] was relatively small... at least eight of those attained were dead... three of the eight men excluded from the royal pardon of 11 October were not attained in December. Names could be removed from bills of attainder during their passage through parliament.
Acts of attainder did not necessarily result in the desctruction of the men convicted. Of those attained in Henry's first parliament, only Henry Stafford -- who went on to launch a new rising -- was executed by authority of the act in July 1486. The crown could pardon the capital sentence and restore forfeiture; it could also revoke legal disablement, which enabled the attained to acquire and to inherit lands.
...Restoration served as a probationary system in which men could work their way back into the king's favor and which also helped to heal the fractured political nation."
https://books.google.com/books?id=JNFNuJwkCkcC&pg=PA35&lpg=...
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Errors Causing Confusion
An example of an error arising from the use of the title "Lord Ferrers" appears in a description of the Battle of Bosworth on TudorPlace.com. That description is actually based on the "Ballad of Bosworth Field" quoted above. In a list of nobles supporting King Richard, TudorPlace includes "Ferrers of Chartley," without explaining he was really Walter Devereux. But more misleading is the inclusion of the name "John Ferrers," with no explanation. The "Ballad of Bosworth Field" mentions "Lord fferryes" of Groby who was John Bourchier (1438-1495), Lord Ferrers of Groby. But TudorPlace has taken the given name of John Bourchier and appeneded it to the title "Lord Ferrers" to give the misleading name "John Ferrers" which others have equated to "John Ferris."
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/the_battle_of_bosworth.htm
Another example is the following quote appearing in the 1659-70 collections of John Aubrey which has also appeared in other early works:
"This Manor [Blunsden St. Andrews]... belonged... in 1459 to John Ferris (or Ferrars) who was Sheriff of Wilts. This family was twice in trouble. In 1. Hen. VII. Ferris of Blunsdon was attainted as a partisan of Rich. III..."
The only Ferrers or Ferris attained after the battle of Bosworth was Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley. While Walter Devereux was a "partisan of Rich. III," he was not from Blunsdon and he was not a Ferrers by blood. In addition, John Bourchier (1438-1495) was Lord Ferrers of Groby. His name was not John Ferris and he was not a Ferrers by blood. The statement that "[t]his family was twice in trouble" requires a broad and misleading use of the word "family" to include in-laws of removed cousins.
"Wiltshire The Topographical Collections of John Aubrey, 1659-70," Jackson, (1862), p. 151 (fn. 2).
https://archive.org/stream/wiltshiretopogra00aubr#page/150/mode/2up
Also see: "The Topographer for the Year 1790, Vol II" (1790), p. 103.
https://books.google.com/books?id=S_YxAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA103&lpg...
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Family Loyalties
Among those fighting for Henry VII at Bosworth was Walter Hungerford from Heytesbury. One of this Walter Hungerford's cousins was Margaret Hungerford, the wife of Sheriff John Ferris. The following story from "The History of Parliament" makes it seem more likely that, being married to a Hungerford and living next door to the Hungerford estates, Sheriff John Ferris would side with Henry VII rather than Richard III.
"The story of [Walter] Hungerford, the youngest son of Robert, 3rd Lord Hungerford, and a member of a firmly Lancastrian family, is as dramatic as Stafford’s. Lord Robert [Hungerford] was among those diehards who held out against Edward IV in northern England until his capture and execution in 1464, and Walter’s elder brother, Sir Thomas Hungerford, suffered death at the scaffold for treason in 1469. Notwithstanding these events, Walter subsequently entered the Commons while Edward was on the throne, although he found it necessary to obtain a general pardon at the accession of Richard III, who later ordered his arrest. Yet he managed to escape and make his way to Tudor. At Bosworth, he killed Sir Robert Brackenbury, lieutenant of the Tower of London, receiving a knighthood on field from Henry for his exploits. He returned to the Commons, again as an MP for Wiltshire, and served the first two Tudor monarchs as a councillor and diplomat."
https://thehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/the-battle-...
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Clarifying the contemporary John Ferrers who were not Sheriff John Ferris of Blunsdon St. Andrew
Two John Ferrers, other than Sheriff John Ferris of Blunsdon St. Andrew, did exist around 1480-1485. They were the son and grandson of Thomas Ferrers (1422-1498) who owned Tamworth castle. Thomas's son John (b.1440, d.bef. 1498) had a son also named John (1474-1512). Thomas's grandson John (1474-1512) inherited Tamworth in 1498 directly from his grandfather because his father John (b.1440, d.bef. 1498) had died before Thomas.
Thomas Ferrers' (1422-1498) son John (b.1440, d.bef. 1498) was knighted by Edward VI at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471. While some suggest that this son John died in 1484 or 1485, I have seen no evidence of the date of his death. But it is clear he died before his father Thomas in 1498 because his son, John (Thomas Ferrers' grandson), inherited Tamworth.
The year of birth for Thomas's grandson John is sometimes reported incorrectly as 1464 because some have misread Thomas Ferrers' will as stating John was 34 at Thomas's death in 1498. But according to "the Warwickshire IPM of Sir Thomas Ferrers II of Tamworth, taken 12 October 1498, 'John Ferrers, knight, aged 24 and more, is his cousin and next heir, viz. son of John Ferrers, knight, his son.'" Thus, the grandson John Ferrers was born in 1474 and would have been too young at the age of 11 to have participated in the Battle of Bosworth.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/soc.genealogy.medieval/j...
Events
| Birth | Ca 1418 | ||||
| Occupation | 7 Nov 1459 | Appointed Sheriff of Wiltshire - Wiltshire, England | |||
| Occupation | 1467 | Member of Parliament - Cricklade, Wiltshire, England | |||
| Occupation | 1478 | Member of Parliament - Cricklade, Wiltshire, England | |||
| Miscellaneous | 1485 | Attained by Henry VII | |||
| Marriage | Margaret Hungerford |  |  | ||
| Alt name | John Ferrers | ||||
| Alt name | John Ferrys | ||||
| Alt name | Johannes Ferys | | |||
| Alt name | John Feiris | ||||
| Alt name | John Feres | ||||
| Alt name | John Ferrars | ||||
| Residence | Blunsdon St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England | ||||
| Death | after 1486/7 | | |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Hungerford ( - 1486) |
| Child | Edward Ferris (1440 - 1468) |
| Child | William Ferrers ( - ) |
| Child | Grace Ferrers ( - ) |
| Child | John Ferris ( - 1516) |
| Father | John Ferrers Senior (1394 - ) |
| Mother | Agatha Brekespere ( - ) |
| Sibling | Edmond Ferrers (1422 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Ferris ( - ) |
Notes
Marriage
“Wiltshire Notes and Queries, Vol. II” (1896-1898)https://archive.org/stream/wiltshirenotesq02deviuoft#page/n5/mode/2up/search/Ferris
p. 306
[Hungerford],
Sir Edmund Hungerforde, of Douneampney. in the counte of Gloucestr. brother to s' Robert Lorde Hungerforde of Farley maryed Margerye doughter and heyr to s' Edward Lorde Burnell and had yssue s' Thomas Hungerforde, who maryed Dame Christyan and had yssue John, Walter Hungerforde Edwarde. Edmunde, and Aldam. Katheryne, Beterys, Jane, Margaret, Anne.
Katheryne maryed John Crekelarde.
Beterys maryed John De La Mere.
Jane maryed to Jamys Vyall.
Margaret maryed John Ferrys, of Blounsdon
Anne maryed to Henry Parker
Death
Will of William Victor (d.1486/7)"St Albans Wills," 2AR51v, p. 176
[Copy from Carole Preston, National Trust, Baddesley Clinton (2018)]
"Victor William, [Date of will] 7 Mar 1486/7, P[Probated] 17 Mar 1486/7"
"My body to be buried in St Peter's church before St Christopher near the grave of Edward Ferrers my wife's brother. To the wardens of the aforesaid church for my burial 6s 8d. To the vicar of St Peter... I wish my mother to have 40s annually for the remainder of her life and my sister 20s annually... My wife is to have my house in which I live and one of my crofts in "Bowgate"... To John Ferrers, junior, 20s and to Thomas Ferrers, his brother, 20s... The remainder of my goods I give and bequeath to my wife Grace and John Ferrers, junior, my executors."
Endnotes
1. Wiltshire Notes and Queries, Vol. II (1896-1898) https://archive.org/stream/wiltshirenotesq02deviuoft#page/n5/mode/2up/search/Ferris .
2. "Members of Parliament, Part I, Parliaments of England, 1213-1702" (1879), p. 359,365 https://books.google.com/books?id=1g85AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false.
3. St Albans Wills, 2AR51v, p 176 Will of William Victor, 7 Mar 1486/7. "St Albans Wills," p.176, 2AR51v. Copy sent by Carole Preston of the National Trust, Baddesley Clinton.