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William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby III

William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby III

Male 1193 - Bef 1254  (< 61 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby IIIWilliam de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby III was born in 1193 in Derby, Derbyshire, England; died before 28 Mar 1254 in Evington, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 31 Mar 1254 in Merevale Abbey. Merevale, Warwickshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Burial: Merevale, Warwickshire, England
    • Name: William de Ferrers

    Notes:

    William de Ferrers, 7th Earl of Derby, upon doing homage in the 32nd Henry III [c. 1248], had livery of Chartley Castle and the other lands of his mother's inheritance; and the same year he sat in the parliament held in London wherein the king made so stout an answer to the demands of his impetuous barons. His lordship m. 1st, Sibel, one of the daus. and co-heirs of William Mareschal, Earl of Pembroke, by whom he had seven daus., viz., Agnes, m. to William de Vesci; Isabel m. 1st to Gilbert Basset, of Wycombe, and 2ndly, to Reginald de Mohun; Maud, m. 1st to William de Kymes; 2ndly to William de Vyvon, and 3rdly, to Emerick de Rupel Carnardi; Sibil m. 1st to John de Vipont, 2ndly to Franco de Mohun; Joane m. to William Aguillon, and 2ndly to John de Mohun; Agatha m. to Hugh Mortimer of Chelmersh; Eleanor m. 1st to William de Vallibus, 2ndly to Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winton, and 3rdly to Roger de Leybourne, but had no issue. The earl m. 2ndly Margaret, one of the daus. and co-heirs of Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, and had issue: Robert, his successor; William, upon whom his mother conferred the lordship of Groby, co. Leicester; Joan, m. Thomas, Lord Berkeley; and Agnes, m. to Robert de Muscegros, Lord of Deerhurst.

    His lordship, who from his youth had been a martyr to the gout, and in consequence obliged to he drawn from place to place in a chariot, lost his life by being thrown through the heedlessness of his driver over the bridge at St. Neots, co. Huntingdon, in 1254. He was survived by his eldest son, Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 197, Ferrers, Earls of Derby]

    William married Sibyl Marshal before 14 May 1219. Sibyl (daughter of 1st Earl of Pembroke William Marshal and Isabel FitzGilbert de Clare) was born about 1191 in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died before 1238. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Eleanor de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1190; died on 16 Oct 1274.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. 6th Earl of Derby Robert de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1239; died in 1279.
    2. 4. William de Ferrers, 7th Earl of Derby  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1240 in Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England; died before 20 Dec 1287 in Groby, Leicestershire, England; was buried in Groby, Leicestershire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Margaret de Quincy. Margaret (daughter of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester and Helen "of Galloway") was born in 1218 in England; died in 1281 in England; was buried in Merevale, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. 6th Earl of Derby Robert de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1239; died in 1279.
    2. 4. William de Ferrers, 7th Earl of Derby  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1240 in Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England; died before 20 Dec 1287 in Groby, Leicestershire, England; was buried in Groby, Leicestershire, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Eleanor de FerrersEleanor de Ferrers Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born about 1190; died on 16 Oct 1274.

    Family/Spouse: Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester. Roger (son of Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester IV and Margaret de Beaumont) was born about 1195 in Winchester, Hamptonshire, England; died on 25 Apr 1264 in Buckley, Northamptonshire, England; was buried in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  6th Earl of Derby Robert de Ferrers6th Earl of Derby Robert de Ferrers Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born in 1239; died in 1279.

    Family/Spouse: Alianore de Bohun. Alianore (daughter of Humphrey de Bohun and Eleanor de Braose) died in 1313. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  William de Ferrers, 7th Earl of DerbyWilliam de Ferrers, 7th Earl of Derby Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born in 1240 in Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England; died before 20 Dec 1287 in Groby, Leicestershire, England; was buried in Groby, Leicestershire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Death: 24 Jan 1288, Groby, Leicestershire, England

    Family/Spouse: Anna Durward. Anna (daughter of Alan Durward and Marjory) was born in 1248 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England; died in 1280 in Groby, Leicestershire, England; was buried in Groby, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. William de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jan 1272 in Yoxall, Staffordshire, England; died on 20 Mar 1325 in Groby, Leicestershire, England; was buried in Groby, Leicestershire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. William de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jan 1272 in Yoxall, Staffordshire, England; died on 20 Mar 1325 in Groby, Leicestershire, England; was buried in Groby, Leicestershire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  William de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of GrobyWilliam de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby Descendancy chart to this point (4.William2, 1.William1) was born on 30 Jan 1272 in Yoxall, Staffordshire, England; died on 20 Mar 1325 in Groby, Leicestershire, England; was buried in Groby, Leicestershire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Ellen de Menteith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1303; died in 1343.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1303; died in 1343.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of GrobyHenry de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby Descendancy chart to this point (5.William3, 4.William2, 1.William1) was born in 1303; died in 1343.

    Family/Spouse: Isabel de Verdun. Isabel (daughter of 2nd Lord Verdon Theobold de Verdon and Elizabeth de Clare) was born on 21 Mar 1316/17 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 25 Jul 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby William de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Feb 1332/33 in Groby, Leicestershire, England; died on 8 Jan 1370/71 in Stebbing, Essex, England.
    2. 8. Elizabeth de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1327; died on 22 Oct 1375.