YourRoots Logo
Sign up free
banner

Sign up to explore more

Create a free account to navigate family trees, view ancestors, and discover connections.

Sign up free

William de Ferrers 1240 – 1287 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1240

Birth Location: Leicestershire, England

Death Date: 1287

Death Location: Groby, Leicestershire, England

Father: William Ferrers

Mother: Margaret Quincy

Spouse(s): Eleanor Lovaine, Anne Despenser

Children(s): Anne Ferrers, William Ferrers

The story of William de Ferrers began in 1240 in Leicestershire, England. William de Ferrers married Eleanor de Lovaine, Anne le Despenser, and had children including Anne de Ferrers, William De Ferrers. William de Ferrers passed away in 1287 in Groby, Leicestershire, England.

Find more search results for William Ferrers
WF

Reliability Score

This score reflects the reliability of the source family tree. A high rating indicates a trustworthy source with strong data consistency.

Reliability Score:
C
Criteria:
  • A 3 criteria (Strong)
  • B 2 criteria (Medium)
  • C 1 criteria (Basic)
  • N/A 0 criteria (Insufficient)

This tree's reliability score:

  • Record available
  • Descendant's record available
  • Star tree owner

Biography

  • The story of William de Ferrers began in 1240 in Leicestershire, England.
  • William de Ferrers married Eleanor de Lovaine, Anne le Despenser, and had children including Anne de Ferrers, William De Ferrers.
  • William de Ferrers passed away in 1287 in Groby, Leicestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Ferrers
1193 – 1254
Birth Location: Ferrers, Derbyshire, England
WF
Margaret Quincy
1218 – 1280
Birth Location: Winchester, Hampshire, England
MQ

Spouses(s)

Eleanor Lovaine
1260 – 1326
Birth Location: France
EL
Anne Despenser
1248 – 1328
Birth Location: Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
AD

Children(s)

Anne Ferrers
1268 – 1337
Birth Location: Groby, Leicestershire, England
AF
William Ferrers
1271 – 1325
Birth Location: Yoxall, Staffordshire, England
WF

William Ferrers's Ancestors

Self
William Ferrers
1240 – 1287
Birth Place: Leicestershire, England
Parents
William de Ferrers
1193 – 1254
Ferrers, Derbyshire, England
Margaret (de) Quincy
1218 – 1280
Winchester, Hampshire, England
Grandparents
William (de) Ferrers
1168 – 1247
Tutbury, Staffordshire, England
Agnes (De) Blondville
1174 – 1247
Tutbury, Staffordshire, England
Roger (de) Quincy
1195 – 1264
Winchester, Hampshire, England
Helen (De) Galloway
1205 – 1245
Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Ferrers
1140 – 1189
Sybil Braose
1149 – 1228
Hugh Gernon
1147 – 1181
Bertrade Evreux
1155 – 1227
Saer Quincy
1170 – 1219
Margaret Beaumont
1170 – 1235
Alan Galloway
1185 – 1234
(unknown) Lacy
1190 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Ferrers
1090 – 1162
Margaret Peverel
1114 – 1160
William Braose
1120 – 1192
Bertha Hereford
1130 – 1187
Ranulph Gernon
1100 – 1153
Maud FitzRobert
1115 – 1189
Simon Montfort
1120 – 1181
Mathilde D'EVREUX
1132 – 1169
Robert Quincy
1140 – 1197
Orabilis
1135 – 1203
Robert Beaumont
1135 – 1190
Petronille Grentemesnil
1145 – 1212
Lochlann Uchtred
1150 – 1200
Elena Morville
1150 – 1217
Roger Lacy
1170 – 1211
Maud Clere
1175 – 1250

William Ferrers's Descendants

1.
WF
William (de) Ferrers (1240 – 1287) m. Eleanor (de) Lovaine (Abt 1260 – 3 May 1326) m. Anne (le) Despenser (1248 – 30 Sep 1328)
  1. 1. Anne (de) Ferrers (1268 – 8 Aug 1337) m. John (de) Grey (1268 – 28 Oct 1323) m. John (De) GREY (1258 – )
    1. 1. Henry (de) Grey (28 Oct 1282 – 10 Dec 1342) m. Agnes Rockley (Abt 1280 – 1318) m. Anna ROCKLEY (Abt 1290 – Abt 1320) m. Anne (de la) Rochelle (1290 – 1318)
      1. 1. Reynold (de) Grey (1 Nov 1311 – 28 May 1370) m. Margaret (de) Botetourt (1315 – 14 Sep 1391) m. Maud (“Matilda” De) Botetourt (1315 – 14 Sep 1391)
        1. 1. Agnes (de) Grey (1335 – 1367) m. ROBERT CLIFTON (1325 – 1376) m. Robert Clifton (1325 – 16 Oct 1376)
        2. 2. Henry (GREY OF) WILTON (1337 – 1396)
        3. 3. Henry (De) Grey (11 Aug 1340 – 22 Apr 1396) m. Elizabeth Talbot (Abt 1353 – 10 Jan 1401)
        4. 4. Petronilla Grey (Abt 1342 – 17 Apr 1414) m. Gerard (de) Braybrooke (Feb 1369 – Abt 1429)
        5. 5. Maud (de) Grey (Abt 1344 – 3 Nov 1405) m. Richard (De) Willoughby (Abt 1344 – 2 Jun 1369) m. John Daubridgecourt (1342 – 20 Jul 1415)
      2. 2. Matilda (de) Grey (Abt 1320 – Aft 11 Jan 1376) m. John Lisle (Abt 1318 – 31 Mar 1349)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (de) Lisle (Bet 1329 and 1340 – 1378) m. William (de) Aldeburgh (1358 – 20 Aug 1391)
        2. 2. Robert (de) Lisle (6 May 1336 – 29 Jun 1367) m. Agnes (Lisle) Rougemont (1320 – ) m. Eleanor (de) Felton (1318 – 13 Jan 1374) m. Margaret (Lisle) Rougemont (1320 – )
        3. 3. Alice (de) Lisle (Abt 1338 – Abt 12 Aug 1401) m. Robert Holland (1332 – Bef 16 Mar 1373) m. Richer Wychingham (1348 – 1384) m. Edmund Hengrave (1311 – 1379)
        4. 4. Elizabeth (De) Lisle (1339 – 1378) m. William (D'Aldeburgh Baron Of) Harewood (Bef 1326 – 1 Apr 1388)
        5. 5. John (de) Lisle (1339 – )
        6. 6. William (de) Lisle (Abt 1342 – )
        7. 7. Elizabeth (de) Lisle (31 Dec 1349 – 13 Sep 1388) m. John Bramshot (1340 – 1412) m. John Escures (1329 – 1382)
      3. 3. Alice (de) Grey (1312 – 1359) m. Edward (de) Hillary (Abt 1319 – Jun 1362)
      4. 4. Henry (de) Grey
    2. 2. Joan (De) Grey (1283 – 5 Apr 1353) m. Ralph (de) Bassett (1273 – 25 Feb 1342)
      1. 1. Joan Basset (1324 – 1413) m. William Wrottesley (1314 – 23 Jan 1381)
        1. 1. Hugh Wrottesley (1348 – 23 Jan 1381) m. Isabel Arderne (1348 – 30 Sep 1381)
        2. 2. Joan Wrothesley (1350 – 27 Jul 1412) m. John Wadham (Abt 1344 – 27 Jul 1412)
      2. 2. Jane (de) Bassett (1363 – 1466) m. John Stourton (Abt 1338 – 1394)
  2. 2. William (De) Ferrers (30 Jan 1271 – 20 Mar 1325) m. Ellen (De) Mentieth (1 Jul 1271 – 9 Feb 1316) m. Ellen (de) Segrave (1281 – 9 Feb 1316)
    1. 1. William (de) Ferrers (Abt 1295 – )
    2. 2. Thomas Ferrers (Abt 1299 – 28 Jul 1353) m. Ankaret (Ferrers) Boteler (Abt 1308 – 8 Oct 1361)
    3. 3. Henry (De) Ferrers (1303 – 15 Sep 1343) m. Margaret Ufford (1332 – 1368) m. Isobel (De) Verdun (21 Mar 1317 – 25 Jul 1349)
      1. 1. Henry (de) Ferrers (16 Feb 1355 – 3 Feb 1388) m. Joan (de) Poynings (1356 – 30 May 1394)
        1. 1. Margaret FERRERS (1370 – )
        2. 2. John FERRERS (Abt 1372 – )
        3. 3. William (de) Ferrers (25 Apr 1372 – 18 May 1445) m. Philippa Clifford (Abt 1371 – 4 Jul 1405) m. Margaret Montagu (1376 – ) m. Elizabeth Standish (1376 – 10 Feb 1441)
        4. 4. Elizabeth FERRERS (Abt 1373 – 1447)
        5. 5. Isabel (De) Ferrers (1377 – 12 Oct 1410) m. John (de) Beauchamp (1377 – 27 Aug 1420)
      2. 2. William Ferrers (1333 – 8 Jan 1371) m. Margaret (De) Ufford (28 Feb 1330 – Bef 25 May 1368)
      3. 3. William Ferrers (28 Feb 1333 – Abt 8 Jan 1371) m. Margaret (De) Ufford (28 Feb 1330 – Bef 25 May 1368) m. Margaret (de) Percy (Abt 1318 – 2 Sep 1375)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Ferrers (Abt 1350 – Aft 8 Jan 1371)
        2. 2. Julianne (de) Ferrers (Abt 1352 – ) m. John Longueville (Abt 1260 – )
        3. 3. Thomas (De) Ferrers (1354 – )
        4. 4. Ralph (De) Ferrers (1356 – )
        5. 5. William Ferrers (1357 – )
        6. 6. Elizabeth (de) Ferrers (1358 – 1388)
        7. 7. Margaret Ferrers (1360 – 22 Jan 1407) m. Thomas (de) Beauchamp (16 Mar 1338 – 8 Apr 1401)
      4. 4. Ralph (de) Ferrers (Abt 1334 – Bet 24 Sep 1391 and 7 Jul 1392) m. Joan (de) Grey (1302 – 22 Jul 1369)
      5. 5. Phillipa (de) Ferrers (Abt 1335 – Bet 10 Aug 1384) m. Guy Beauchamp (1333 – 28 Apr 1360)
      6. 6. Elizabeth Ferrers (Abt 1336 – 22 Oct 1375) m. David (DE) STRATHBOGIE (Abt 1330 – 10 Oct 1369) m. John Malewyne (1332 – Bef 19 Jun 1377)
        1. 1. Phillipa Strathbogie (1362 – 2 Nov 1395) m. Robert Halsham (Abt 1357 – 16 Apr 1415) m. John Halsham (Abt 1357 – 16 Apr 1415) m. Ralph Percy (Abt 1359 – 15 Sep 1397) m. John Malwyn (1336 – )
        2. 2. Elizabeth Strathbogie (1 Mar 1362 – 10 Sep 1416) m. Thomas Percy (1360 – Abt 1388) m. Robert (de) THORLEY (Abt 1350 – 1 Jul 1420) m. John (Le) Scrope (1325 – 1380)
      7. 7. Anna Ferrers (1337 – 8 Aug 1367) m. Morgan Chambers (Abt 1325 – )
      8. 8. Ralph FERRERS
    4. 4. Ralf (de) Ferrers (Abt 1304 – Abt 1377)
    5. 5. Agnes Ferrers (1305 – )
    6. 6. Anne (de) Ferrers (20 Apr 1315 – 8 Aug 1367) m. Edward (Le) Despencer (1310 – 30 Sep 1342)
      1. 1. Edward (le) Despencer (24 Mar 1336 – 11 Nov 1375) m. Elizabeth (de) Burghersh (May 1342 – 26 Jul 1409) m. Elizabeth FitzAlan (1366 – 8 Jul 1425)
        1. 1. Anne (le) Despencer (Abt 1358 – 31 Oct 1426) m. Hugh Hastings (1326 – 6 Nov 1386) m. Thomas Morley (1322 – ) m. Hugh Hastings (1335 – Sep 1369) m. Hugh Hastings (1377 – 2 Nov 1396)
        2. 2. Hugh (de) Spencer (Abt 1360 – 1411) m. Alice (de) Hotham (Abt 1340 – Deceased)
        3. 3. Elisabeth (le) Despencer (1364 – 1390) m. John Arundel (1349 – 1370)
        4. 4. Margaret (le) Despencer (1365 – 3 Nov 1415) m. Robert (of) Ferrers (31 Oct 1358 – Nov 1396)
        5. 5. Elizabeth Despenser (1367 – 11 Apr 1408) m. John FitzAlan (30 Nov 1364 – 14 Aug 1390) m. William (le) Zouche (Bet 1341 and 1342 – 13 May 1396)
        6. 6. Philippa (Le) Despencer (1370 – 11 Apr 1408)
        7. 7. Thomas (le) Despencer (22 Sep 1375 – 17 Jan 1400) m. Constance (9 Jan 1374 – 28 Nov 1416)
      2. 2. Thomas (le) Despenser (Abt 1337 – )
      3. 3. Hugh (le) Despencer (1339 – 1374)
      4. 4. Henry (le) Despencer (Abt 1339 – 19 Sep 1406)
      5. 5. Gilbert Despenser
    7. 7. Ralph Ferrers (Bef 1318 – Aft 24 Sep 1391)

William Ferrers's Timeline

2 Records

1240
1240
Birth of William de Ferrers in Leicestershire, England
Leicestershire, England
1287
1287
Age 47
Death of William de Ferrers in Groby, Leicestershire, England
Groby, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1240
    Event Place: Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1287
    Event Place: Groby, Leicestershire, England
Find more search results for William Ferrers

About YourRoots

Family Tree Map

Explore your family tree geographically

Import your GEDCOM file to transform your family tree into an interactive global map. See your roots laid out visually and understand your true geographic heritage.

Powerful tools like “Trace Back To Me” instantly map your family’s migration paths from a chosen ancestor all the way back to you.

LEARN MORE
AI Genealogy Research

Discover ancestors beyond “end-of-line” automatically

Import your family tree and let AI expand it for you. AI Ancestor Finder scans “end-of-line” ancestors to uncover their parents across hundreds of family lines at once. AI Deep Research analyzes selected ancestors and family clusters, suggesting relevant records and next steps.

Turn on Auto Research Mode to get new discoveries daily or weekly, so your tree keeps growing even while you’re away.

LEARN MORE
DNA Match

Find more DNA matches across all DNA tests

Combine your DNA data with your family tree to unlock the full power of YourRoots DNA Match. Connect with relatives across major testing services — Ancestry, 23andMe, MyHeritage, and more.

View your matches’ maps and trees to identify shared ancestors, and soon you’ll be able to add them directly to your own tree and map.

LEARN MORE
Ancestry Reports

Ancestry DNA analysis that goes deeper than others

Unlock exclusive reports that reveal your deeper origins.

  • Deep Ancestry Report — Analyze 130+ ethnicities, sub-regions, and 1,800+ communities in one detailed view.
  • Global & Native American Reports — Developed with Stanford researchers to uncover hidden ancestries across all 22 chromosomes.
  • Ancient DNA Series — Compare your DNA with 1,000+ ancient genomes from Viking, Celtic, and early American civilizations.
LEARN MORE