Henry Ferrers (knight)

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Sir Henry Ferrers of Hambleton, ( 1440 - December 28, 1499 ) was an English knight and politician.

Life

He was a squire of Hambleton in Rutland and was a son of Thomas Ferrers of Tamworth .

During the Wars of the Roses , Henry Ferrers fought at Barnet and the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471 for the House of York , where he received the accolade as a Knight Bachelor . Sir Henry gained influence and importance in the 1470s, serving in the household of King Edward IV and as a knight in the royal bodyguard. He was High Sheriff of Kent in 1471 , represented the county from 1472 to 1475 as Knight of the Shire in the House of Commons and was appointed Keeper of Chaylesmore Park . As a knight of the household of King Edward IV, Sir Henry also attended the funeral of his monarch in April 1483 and was in the same year under Richard III. High Sheriff of Kent again. The following year, Sir Henry served in Kent as Justice of Array and fought for Richard III in 1485. at the battle of Bosworth . Under the victorious Henry VII , Sir Henry was again High Sheriff of Kent in 1485 and 1487, and from 1490 to 1498 justice of the peace . He died on December 28, 1499.

Marriage and offspring

Sir Henry was married to Margaret Hexstall.

The couple had four sons and five daughters, including:

  • Edward ⚭ Constance Brome
  • Richard
  • Margaret
  • Elizabeth ⚭ James Brome

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Towton Battlefield Society
  2. ^ Bernard Burke: A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire , Harrison London 1866, p. 198
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Douglas Richardson: Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition 2011 , ISBN 978-146-104513-7 , pp. 82 / p.481
  4. ↑ a b Richard III. Foundation Inc. ( Memento of the original from January 22nd, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.richard111.com
  5. ^ William A. Shaw: The Knights of England , Heraldry today, London 1971, p. 14
  6. ^ A b c Alec R. Myers: The Household of Edward IV. , Manchester University Press 1959, p. 263
  7. ↑ Sheila Sweetinburgh: Later Medieval Kent 1220-1540 , Boydell & Brewer 2010, ISBN 978-0-851-15584-5 , page 258
  8. ^ A b Rosemary Horrox: Richard III: A Study in Service , Cambridge University Press 1991, ISBN 0-521-40726-5 , p. 101.
  9. ↑ a b c d J.C. Wedgwood, Anne Holt: History of Parliament 1439-1509 , HM Stationary Office London 1936, p. 318
  10. ^ A b c Walter B. Gilbert: The Accounts of the Corpus Christi Fraternity , Wescomb & Smith Maidstone, 1865, p. 22.
  11. ^ A b Edward Hasted: The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Vol. I , W. Bristow, Canterbury 1797, p. 197.
  12. ^ A b c Bernhard Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol.I , Harrison London 1875, p. 432
personal data
SURNAME Ferrers, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ferrers, Sir Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1440
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1499