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William de Ferrers (1240-1287) of

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was the younger son of

William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby William III de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (c. 1193 – 28 March 1254) of Chartley Castle in Staffordshire, was an English nobleman and major landowner, unable through illness to take much part in national affairs. From his two marriages, he left ...

(c.1193-1254) of

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in Staffordshire, by his second wife Margaret de Quincy, daughter and heiress of

Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester (c. 1195 – 25 April 1264), (Roger de Quincy is a subarticle in his father's article.) His dates are given as 1195?-1265 at the beginning of the subarticle, but his death date is given as 25 April 12 ...

(c.1195-1264). He founded the line of Ferrers of Groby, having been given

by his mother Margaret de Quincy. Having rebelled against King Henry III, he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Northampton in 1264, but was later pardoned. In 1282 He was with King Edward I in the Army of Wales.

Marriages & issue

He married twice: *Firstly, Anne, whose identity is uncertain, possibly a daughter of Hugh le Despenser,

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by his wife Aline Basset (per ''The Complete Peerage''), or of

Alan Durward Alan Hostarius (or Alan Durward) ( gd, Ailean Dorsair) (died after 1264, or in 1275) was the son of Thomas de Lundin, a grandson of Gille Críst, Mormaer of Mar. His mother's name is unknown, but she was almost certainly a daughter of Máel ...

and Margery of Scotland, (per Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).{{Cite ODNB, url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/54521/65399, doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/65399, year = 2004, title = Ferrers, William (C. 1240–1287) By his first wife he had issue: **

William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (31 January 1272 – 20 Mar 1325) was an English peer who lived under two kings, Edward I and Edward II. His baronial caput was Groby in Leicestershire. Origins He was born in 1272 at Yoxall in Staffor ...

(1272-1325), who adopted the arms of his paternal grand-mother de Quincy, in lieu of his paternal arms (''Vairy or and gules''). *Secondly he married Alianore de Lovaine (d.post 1326), a daughter of Matthew de Lovaine,

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in Essex. After Ferrers' death she was abducted in 1289 and married by Sir William de Duglas (d.1299), who was imprisoned for his action. She married thirdly , before 1305, Sir William Bagot of Hide and Patshull in Staffordshire, whom she survived, and was buried in Dunmow Priory in Essex. Her surviving seal displays the arms of her first husband: ''Vairy, a bordure charged with horse shoes''.G. E. Cokayne, ''

The Complete Peerage ''The Complete Peerage'' (full title: ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant''; first edition by George Edward Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms; 2nd edition revis ...

'', n.s., vol.5, p.342, note (e)

References

1287 deaths 1240 births Younger sons of earls