Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Wemme

Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Wemme (* around 1376, † between May 1395 and November 1396) was an English nobleman.

Robert de Ferrers came from the old English noble Ferrers family . He was the only child of Robert de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Wemme and his wife Elizabeth de Botiler, 4th Baroness Botiler . His father died in 1380 or 1381, making Robert the heir of his property and the title of Baron Ferrers of Wemme . Since his mother's second and third marriages were childless, he was also the potential heir to her extensive estates, but died before her. He was never called to parliament .

Ferrers married Joan Beaufort , daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster from his subsequently legitimized marriage to Catherine Swynford . With her he had two daughters:

Elizabeth de Ferrers (around 1393 – after 1407) ⚭ John de Greystock, 4th Baron Greystock ;
Mary de Ferrers ⚭ Sir Ralph Neville († 1458), son of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland .

Since he had no sons but only two daughters, the title Baron Ferrers of Wemme fell in Abeyance on his death . Before November 29, 1396, his widow was second married to Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland . After the death of Robert de Ferrer's mother Elizabeth de Botiler in 1411, her inheritance was divided between his two daughters and their descendants.

Web links

Robert Ferrers, 3rd Lord Ferrers (of Wem) on thepeerage.com , accessed November 15, 2016.
Cracroft's Peerage: Ferrers of Wemme, Baron (E, 1375 - abeyant 1410)

Individual evidence

^ Alison Weir: Katherine Swynford: the story of John of Gaunt and his scandalous duchess . Jonathan Cape, London 2007. ISBN 978-1-299-06109-5 , p. 233
↑ John Burke: A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England . Oxford University, Oxford 1831. p. 195
^ Samuel Garbett: The History of Wem: And [other] ... Townships (in Shropshire). Franklin, Wem 1818, p. 40

predecessor	Office	successor
Robert de Ferrers	Baron Ferrers of Wemme 1380-1396	Title abeyant

personal data
SURNAME	De Ferrers, Robert, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Wemme
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ferrers, Robert; De Ferrers, Robert, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Wem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1376
DATE OF DEATH	between May 1395 and November 1396

[1] Alison Weir: Katherine Swynford: the story of John of Gaunt and his scandalous duchess . Jonathan Cape, London 2007. ISBN 978-1-299-06109-5 , p. 233

[2] John Burke: A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England . Oxford University, Oxford 1831. p. 195

[3] Samuel Garbett: The History of Wem: And [other] ... Townships (in Shropshire). Franklin, Wem 1818, p. 40