Robert de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley ( Chartley,

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, 25 March 1309 – 28 August 1350), was the son of

John de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley John de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley (20 June 1271 Cardiff – 1312) was the son of Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby and Alianore de Bohun, daughter of Humphrey de Bohun and Eleanor de Braose, and granddaughter of Humphrey de B ...

and Hawise de Muscegros, a daughter of Robert de Muscegros. He had inherited the title

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from his elder brother John, 2nd Baron, between 1321 and July 1324,Marios Costambeys (2004)
"Ferrers, John de, first Lord Ferrers of Chartley (1271–1312), magnate"
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as well as participating the victory at Cressy. Before 20 October 1333, he married a woman named Margaret. They had one son, John who succeeded his father as

John de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley John de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (c. 1331 – 3 April 1367) was the son of Robert de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley and a woman named Margaret. John de Ferrers was born in Southhoe, Huntingdonshire. He inherited the title of ...

. After the death of Margaret, Robert remarried to Joan de la Mote before 1350. They had one son, Sir Robert Ferrers, summoned to parliament as 'Robert Ferrers of Wem' as husband of

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, by whom he had

Robert Ferrers of Wem Robert Ferrers of Wem (c. 1373 – bef. 29 November 1396). He was born in Willisham, Suffolk. Robert was the son of Baron Sir Robert Ferrers of Wem and Elizabeth Boteler, 4th Baron Boteler, Baroness Boteler of Wem, who died in June 1411, and pate ...

. Robert de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley, died on 28 August 1350.

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