Baron Ferrers of Groby

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Baron Ferrers of Groby is a former hereditary British title in the Peerage of England .

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The title was established on December 29, 1299 for William Ferrers , a son of William Ferrers and grandson of the 5th Earl of Derby , when he was called to Parliament by Writ of Summons . To distinguish it from his cousin John de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley , the title was later named after the family estate Groby Baron Ferrers of Groby.

As Barony by writ , the title was also hereditary in the female line, which is why it fell to a branch of the Gray family through marriage in 1445, when after the death of the 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby Elizabeth Ferrers , the daughter of his late eldest son Henry Gray Inherited title. John Gray , eldest son of Elizabeth Ferrers and Edward Gray, 6th Baron Astley, married Elizabeth Woodville . After John Grey's death, she married the English King Edward IV. He raised his stepson Thomas Gray to Earl of Huntingdon in 1471 and Marquess of Dorset in 1475 . His grandson Henry Gray, 3rd Marquess of Dorset , was raised to Duke of Suffolk in 1551 , but sentenced as a traitor and executed in 1554. His titles, including the title of Baron Ferrers of Groby, were forfeited upon his conviction.

Barone Ferrers of Groby (1299)

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