William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby

William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (also William Ferrers II or William de Ferrers ) (born January 1, 1272 in Yoxall , Staffordshire , † March 20, 1325 ) was an English nobleman.

William Ferrers came from the Anglo-Norman noble family Ferrers . He was the only son of his father of the same name, William Ferrers , a younger son of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby , and his first wife Anne. As the only known child of his father, William became his heir after his father's death in 1287. Since he was still a minor, King Edward I gave the guardianship and administration of the inheritance for a fee of 100 marks and an annual payment of £ 150 to Nicholas Seagrave the Younger . In March 1293 Ferrers received his inheritance that included estates at Groby in Leicestershire and other estates in Essex and Northamptonshire . In addition, he was entitled to extensive lands in Scotland through his grandmother Margaret de Quincy , the eldest daughter of Roger de Quincy . Before 1295 he entered the service of the king and served as his agent at the court of Duke John II of Brabant . In the next few years he served regularly in the campaigns of the Scottish War of Independence . In 1317 he became constable of Somerton Castle in Lincolnshire . On December 29, 1299 he was first appointed to Parliament by Writ of Summons , making him 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby . The Scottish King Robert I declared after 1309 the Scottish possessions of Ferrers forfeited and gave them to his followers.

Family and offspring

Ferrers married Ellen, presumably a relative of his guardian Nicholas Seagrave. With her he had a daughter and four sons, including:

• Henry Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby (around 1303-1343)
• Thomas de Ferrers
• Anne de Ferrers ⚭ Edward le Despenser († 1342)

Web links

• William de Ferrers, 1st Lord Ferrers (of Groby) on thepeerage.com , accessed July 11, 2016.
• Eric Acheson: William Ferrers [ii], first Lord Ferrers (1272-1325). 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
• Cracroft's Peerage Ferrers of Groby, Baron (E, 1299 - forfeited 1554)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 392.

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Baron Ferrers of Groby 1299-1325	Henry Ferrers