Henry Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Groby

Henry Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Groby (also Henry Ferrers II ) (born February 6, 1356 in Tilty Abbey , Essex , † February 3, 1388 ) was an English nobleman.

Henry Ferrers came from the Anglo-Norman Ferrers family . He was the eldest son of William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby and his first wife Margaret Ufford. His mother died before 1368, his father married Margaret Percy as a second marriage . When his father died in early 1371, Henry became the heir to his possessions, including Groby Castle in Leicestershire . However, since he was still a minor, he fell victim to his deceitful vassals who tried to evict him from his estates in Essex and Warwickshire . After he had come of age in 1377, took over Ferrers in the 1380s several offices in Leicestershire, plus he took as Baron Ferrers of Groby to the parliaments in part. After William Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk , his mother's brother died in 1382 with no surviving children, Ferrers inherited part of his property. In 1385 he accompanied King Richard II to Scotland. However, he died in 1388 at the age of 32.

Ferrers had married Joan Hoo († 1394) before April 27, 1371, a daughter of Sir Thomas de Hoo and Isabel de St Leger of Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire . With her he had a son, William Ferrers (1372–1445), who became his heir.

Web links

• Eric Acheson: Henry Ferrers [ii], fourth Lord Ferrers of Groby (1356-1388). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
• Henry Ferrers, 4th Lord Ferrers (of Groby) on thepeerage.com , accessed June 7, 2016.
• Cracroft's Peerage Ferrers of Groby, Baron (E, 1299 - forfeited 1554)

predecessor	Office	successor
William Ferrers	Baron Ferrers of Groby 1371-1388	William Ferrers