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William De Ferrers 1271 – 1325 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Jan 1271

Birth Location: Yoxall, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 20 Mar 1325

Death Location: Groby Old Hall, Groby, Leicestershire, England

Father: William Ferrers

Mother: Anne Despenser

Spouse(s): Ellen Mentieth, Ellen Segrave

Children(s): William Ferrers, Thomas Ferrers, Henry Ferrers, Ralf Ferrers, Agnes Ferrers, Anne Ferrers, Ralph Ferrers

William De Ferrers was born in 1271 in Yoxall, Staffordshire, England, the child of William de Ferrers and Anne le Despenser. William De Ferrers married Ellen De Mentieth, Ellen de Segrave, and had children including William de Ferrers, Thomas Ferrers, Henry De Ferrers, Ralf de Ferrers, Agnes Ferrers, Anne de Ferrers, Ralph Ferrers. William De Ferrers passed away in 1325 in Groby Old Hall, Groby, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • William De Ferrers was born in 1271 in Yoxall, Staffordshire, England, the child of William de Ferrers and Anne le Despenser.
  • William De Ferrers married Ellen De Mentieth, Ellen de Segrave, and had children including William de Ferrers, Thomas Ferrers, Henry De Ferrers, Ralf de Ferrers, Agnes Ferrers, Anne de Ferrers, Ralph Ferrers.
  • William De Ferrers passed away in 1325 in Groby Old Hall, Groby, Leicestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Ferrers
1240 – 1287
Birth Location: Leicestershire, England
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Anne Despenser
1248 – 1328
Birth Location: Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
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Spouses(s)

Ellen Mentieth
1271 – 1316
Birth Location: Chacombe, Northamptonshire, England
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Ellen Segrave
1281 – 1316
Birth Location: Chacombe, Northamptonshire, England
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Children(s)

William Ferrers
1295 –
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Ferrers
1299 – 1353
Birth Location: Groby, Leicestershire, England
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Henry Ferrers
1303 – 1343
Birth Location: Groby, Leicestershire, England
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Ralf Ferrers
1304 – 1377
Birth Location: Groby Old Hall, Leicestershire, England
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Agnes Ferrers
1305 –
Birth Location: , , England
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Anne Ferrers
1315 – 1367
Birth Location: Groby, Leicestershire, England
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Ralph Ferrers
1318 – 1391
Birth Location: England
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William Ferrers's Ancestors

Self
William Ferrers
1271 – 1325
Birth Place: Yoxall, Staffordshire, England
Parents
William de Ferrers
1240 – 1287
Leicestershire, England
Anne (le) Despenser
1248 – 1328
Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Grandparents
William (de) Ferrers
1193 – 1254
Ferrers, Derbyshire, England
Margaret (de) Quincy
1218 – 1280
Winchester, Hampshire, England
Hugh (le) Despenser
1218 – 1275
Scotland
Marjory Dunkeld
1215 –
Roxburghshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Ferrers
1168 – 1247
Agnes Blondville
1174 – 1247
Roger Quincy
1195 – 1264
Helen Galloway
1205 – 1245
Thomas Lundin
1170 – 1230
Christina Atholl
1171 –
Alexander
1198 – 1249
Mistress
2nd-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 –
Máel Lundie
1130 –
Daughter Mar
1130 –
Richard Comyn
1115 – 1179
Hextilda Tynedale
1122 – 1182
William Scotland
1143 – 1214
Emengarde Beaumont
1170 – 1233

William Ferrers's Descendants

1.
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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)
        1. 1. Henry Ferrers (1390 – 15 Jun 1422) m. Isabelle (de) Mowbray (1396 – 29 Sep 1452)
        2. 2. Joan Ferrers (1390 – ) m. Richard Yard (1385 – 1467)
        3. 3. Elizabeth (de) Ferrers (Abt 1390 – 20 Jul 1434) m. William Colepeper (Abt 1387 – 20 Jul 1457)
        4. 4. Henry (De) Ferrers (1394 – Abt 15 Jun 1422) m. Isabelle (de) Mowbray (1396 – 29 Sep 1452)
        5. 5. Matilda (De) Ferrers (1395 – 1462) m. John Raleigh (Abt 1393 – 1458) m. John Raleigh (Abt 1390 – )
        6. 6. Thomas (De) Ferrers (May 1395 – 6 Jan 1459) m. Elizabeth Freville (1398 – 22 Aug 1468)
        7. 7. John FERRARS (1398 – )
        8. 8. Margaret (De) Ferrers (1404 – 16 Jan 1492) m. Richard (De) Grey (1393 – 13 Aug 1442)
        9. 9. Monte FERRARS (1404 – )
        10. 10. Baroness (of Richemont &amp ; Powick Margaret) Ferrers (1406 – 16 Jan 1452) m. John (de) Beauchamp (1409 – 19 Apr 1475)
        11. 11. Anne FERRARS (1408 – )
        12. 12. Margaret Ferrers (Mar 1413 – 29 Jan 1487) m. John King (1415 – 1475) m. John (de) Beauchamp (1409 – 19 Apr 1475) m. John King (1440 – 1503)
        13. 13. Edmond FERRARS (1415 – )
        14. 14. Thomas FERRERS (1420 – 6 Jan 1498)
      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)
        1. 1. Richard (de) Beauchamp (29 Jan 1382 – 30 Apr 1439) m. Isabella (Le) Despencer (26 Jul 1400 – 27 Dec 1439) m. Elizabeth (de) Berkeley (1386 – 28 Dec 1422)
        2. 2. Elizabeth (De) Beauchamp (1388 – 1472) m. Thomas Legge (Abt 1300 – )
    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)
        1. 1. Thomas Percy (1366 – Mar 1387)
        2. 2. Henry Percy (1380 – 25 Oct 1432) m. Elizabeth (Bardolph) (Bardolf) (Abt 1375 – 6 Jan 1440) m. Elizabeth (De) Burgh (1363 – 1421)
    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)
        1. 1. Edmund Ferrers (1386 – 17 Dec 1435) m. Eleanor (Lady De La) Roche (Abt 1395 – 4 Nov 1440)
        2. 2. Edward Ferrars (Abt 1391 – Abt 1415)
        3. 3. Phillipa (de) Ferrers (1397 – Jul 1458) m. Thomas Greene (10 February 1400 – 18 Jan 1462)
      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)
        1. 1. Richard (le) Despenser (1396 – 1414) m. Eleanor (Neville Countess of) Northumberland (1398 – 11 Aug 1472)
        2. 2. Edward (le) Despenser (1397 – )
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Le) Despenser (Abt 1398 – )
        4. 4. Isabella (Le) Despencer (26 Jul 1400 – 27 Dec 1439) m. Richard (De) Beauchamp (Abt 1397 – 18 Mar 1422) m. Richard (de) Beauchamp (29 Jan 1382 – 30 Apr 1439) m. Reybourne (De) Beauchamp (Abt 1403 – )
        5. 5. Hugh (le) Despenser (26 Jul 1400 – Abt 1401)
    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

3 Records

1271
30 Jan 1271
Birth of William De Ferrers in Yoxall, Staffordshire, England
Yoxall, Staffordshire, England
1325
20 Mar 1325
Age 54
Death of William De Ferrers in Groby Old Hall, Groby, Leicestershire, England
Groby Old Hall, Groby, Leicestershire, England
1325
Mar 1325
Age 54
Burial of William De Ferrers in Saint James Church, Hinckley, Leicestershire, England
Saint James Church, Hinckley, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Jan 1271
    Event Place: Yoxall, Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: Yoxall, Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Mar 1325
    Event Place: Groby Old Hall, Groby, Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Mar 1325
    Event Place: Saint James Church, Hinckley, Leicestershire, England
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