John de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley (20 June 1271

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

– 1312) was the son of

Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby (1239–1279) was an English nobleman. He was born at Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire, England, the son of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby, by his second wife Margaret de Quincy (born 1218), a daught ...

and Alianore de Bohun, daughter of Humphrey de Bohun and

Eleanor de Braose Eleanor de Braose (c. 1228–1251) was a Cambro-Norman noblewoman and a wealthy co-heiress of her father, who was the powerful Marcher lord William de Braose (died 1230), William de Braose, and of her mother, Eva Marshal, a co-heiress of the Earl ...

, and granddaughter of

Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford {{Infobox noble , name = Humphrey de Bohun , title = Earl of Hereford Earl of Essex , image =Arms of the House of de Bohun.svg , caption =Arms of de Bohun: ''Azure, a bend argent cotised or betw ...

. He was both

Seneschal of Gascony The Seneschal of Gascony was an officer carrying out and managing the domestic affairs of the lord of the Duchy of Gascony. During the course of the twelfth century, the seneschalship, also became an office of military command. After 1360, the off ...

and

Lieutenant of Aquitaine The Lieutenant of the Duchy of Aquitaine was an officer charged with governing the Duchy of Aquitaine on behalf of the King of England. Unlike the seneschalcy of Gascony, the lieutenancy was not a permanent office. Lieutenants were appointed in ti ...

in 1312, the year of his death.Marios Costambeys (2004)
"Ferrers, John de, first Lord Ferrers of Chartley (1271–1312), magnate"
''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Retrieved 11 November 2018. Ferrers joined the baronial opposition to King Edward in 1297, but was summoned as a baron in 1299. He married Hawise de Muscegros, a daughter of Robert de Muscegros.Douglas Richardson. ''Magna Carta Ancestry,'' Genealogical Publishing, 2005. pg 324
''Google eBook''
/ref> Their eldest son John (died by 1324) inherited the title

Baron Ferrers of Chartley Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knig ...

upon his father's death from poisoning in

Gascony Gascony (; french: Gascogne ; oc, Gasconha ; eu, Gaskoinia) was a province of the southwestern Kingdom of France that succeeded the Duchy of Gascony (602–1453). From the 17th century until the French Revolution (1789–1799), it was part o ...

in 1312.

References

Further reading