Henry de Ferrers
Henry de Ferrers († between 1093 and 1100) was a Norman magnate . He was the founder of the Anglo-Norman Ferrers family .
Henry de Ferrers was the eldest son of Baron Walkeline de Ferrers . After his death around 1040 he inherited his rule in Normandy , the center of which was Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire . It is possible that he received his first goods in England as early as 1066 or 1067, with which he would have taken part in the Battle of Hastings . This is not proven, but according to the Domesday Book he owned 1086 properties that had previously belonged to Anglo-Saxon thegns and which had belonged to old Anglo-Saxon administrative units. So he was probably the direct Norman successor to the Anglo-Saxon previous owners. Presumably as early as 1066 he probably received the lands of Goderic , the former sheriff of Berkshire , in Berkshire and in Wiltshire . Before the end of 1068 he received the estates of Bondi the Staller in Buckinghamshire , Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Essex . After Siward Barn had been one of the rebels who rose against King William the Conqueror in 1071 , Ferrers received his estates in Berkshire, Essex, Gloucestershire , Warwickshire , Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire . As a result, Ferrers had acquired the closed rule of Appletree , which stretched between eastern Staffordshire and southern Derbyshire. This also included possessions in northern Derbyshire and western Leicestershire to the rule. Appletree's hub was Tutbury in Staffordshire, previously owned by Hugh d'Avranches . Ferrers built Tutbury Castle there .
As one of the most powerful Anglo-Norman barons and the most important baron of Derbyshire and Staffordshire, Ferrers is regularly mentioned as a witness to William the Conqueror and his son William Rufus . He is still mentioned in September 1093, but was certainly already dead when his son Engenulph confirmed a document from King Heinrich I on September 14, 1100 . Tutbury Priory , probably founded by his wife Bertha in 1080 and presumably a subsidiary of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives in Normandy, donated two English estates to Ferrers. He was also buried in Tutbury Priory.
Family, descendants and inheritance
Henry de Ferrers had at least four children with his wife Bertha, whose origin is unknown:
- William de Ferrers
- Engenulph de Ferrers
- Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby († 1139)
- Amicia de Ferrers ∞ Nigel d'Aubigny († around 1100)
His son William de Ferrers inherited the property in Normandy. He became a loyal supporter of Robert Curthose . The English property was initially inherited by Engenulph, after whose early death Robert de Ferrers, who was made Earl of Derby by King Stephen .
Web links
- Marios Costambeys: Ferrers, Henry de (d.1093x1100). 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
Individual evidence
- ↑ See also: Companion of Wilhelm the Conqueror
- ^ National Heritage List for England: Tutbury Castle. Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ferrers, Henry de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | norman magnate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 1093 and 14 September 1100 |