FERRERS  , the name of a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman-See also:

• ENGLISH

English feudal See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, derived from Ferrieres-St-Hilaire, to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• BERNAY

Bernay, in See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy . Its ancestor Walkelin was slain in a See also:

• FEUD

feud during the Conqueror's minority, leaving a son See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry, who took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest . At the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the Domesday survey his See also:

• FIEF

fief extended into fourteen counties, but the great bulk of it was in See also:

• DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire and See also:

• LEICESTERSHIRE

Leicestershire, especially the former . He him-self occurs in See also:

• WORCESTERSHIRE

Worcestershire as one of the royal commissioners for the survey . He established his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief seat at See also:

• TUTBURY

Tutbury See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle, See also:

• STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire, on the Derbyshire border, and founded there a Cluniac priory . As was the usual practice with the great Norman houses, his eldest son succeeded to Ferrieres, and, according to Stapleton, he was ancestor of the See also:

• OAKHAM

Oakham house of Ferrers, whose memory is preserved by the horseshoes See also:

• HANGING

hanging in the See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall of their castle . See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert, a younger son of Henry, inherited his vast English fief, and, for his services at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

Standard (1138), was created See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• DERBY
• DERBY, EARLS OF

Derby by See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen . He appears to have died a See also:

• YEAR

year after . Both the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title and the arms of the earls have been the subjectof much discussion, and they seem to have been styled indifferently earls of Derby or See also:

• NOTTINGHAM
• NOTTINGHAM, CHARLES HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF1 (1536-1624)
• NOTTINGHAM, EARLS OF

Nottingham (both counties then forming one shrievalty) or of Tutbury, or simply (de) Ferrers . Robert, the and earl, who founded Merevale See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey, was See also:

• FATHER

father of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William, the 3rd earl, who began the opposition of his house to the See also:

• CROWN

crown by joining in the great revolt of 1173, when he fortified his castles of Tutbury and Duffield and plundered Nottingham, which was held for the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king . On his subsequent submission his castles were razed . Dying at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• ACRE
• ACRE, or AQUIRY

Acre, 1190, he was succeeded by his son William, who attacked Nottingham on See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard's behalf in 1194, but whom King See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John favoured and confirmed in the earldom of Derby, 1199 .

A claim that he was See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir to the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of Peveral of Nottingham, which has puzzled genealogists, was compromised with the king, whom the earl thenceforth stoutly supported, being with him at his See also:

• DEATH

death and witnessing his will, with his See also:

• BROTHER

brother-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law the earl of See also:

• CHESTER
• CHESTER, EARLS OF

Chester, and with William See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal, earl of See also:

• PEMBROKE
• PEMBROKE (Penfro)
• PEMBROKE, EARLS OF

Pembroke, whose daughter married his son . With them also he acted in securing the See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young Henry, joining in the siege of Mountsorrel and the battle of See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln . But he was one of those great nobles who looked with See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy on the rising See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the king's favourites . In 1227 he was one of the earls who See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose against him on behalf of his brother Richard and made him restore the See also:

• FOREST

forest charters, and in 1237 he was one of the three counsellors forced on the king by the barons . His See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence had by this time been further increased by the death, in 1232, of the earl of Chester, whose See also:

• SISTER

sister, his wife, inherited a vast See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate between the Ribble and the See also:

• MERSEY

Mersey . On his death in 1247, his son William succeeded as 5th earl, and inherited through his wife her See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share of the great possessions of the Marshals, earls of Pembroke . By his second wife, a daughter of the earl of See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester, he was father of Robert, 6th and last earl . Succeeding as a See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor in 1254; Robert had been secured by the king, as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1249, as a See also:

• HUSBAND

husband for his wife's niece, See also:

• MARIE

Marie, daughter of See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh, See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• ANGOULEME
• ANGOULEME, CHARLES DE VALOIS, DUKE OF (1573-1650)

Angouleme, but, in spite of this, he joined the opposition in 1263 and distinguished himself by his violence . He was one of the five earls summoned to See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon de See also:

• MONTFORT
• MONTFORT, SIMON DE, EARL OF LEICESTER (d. 1265)

Montfort's See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, though, on taking the earl of See also:

• GLOUCESTER
• GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
• GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
• GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
• GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
• GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Gloucester's part, he was arrested by Simon . In spite of this he was compelled on the king's See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph to forfeit his castles and seven years' revenues . In 1266 he See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out again in revolt on his own estates in Derby-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, but was utterly defeated at See also:

• CHESTERFIELD
• CHESTERFIELD, PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, 4TH EARL, OF (1694–1773)

Chesterfield by Henry " of Almain," deprived of his earldom and lands and imprisoned . Eventually, in 1269, he agreed to pay £50,000 for restoration, and to See also:

• PLEDGE

pledge all his lands See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save Chartley and Holbrook for its See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment .

As he was not able to find the See also:

• MONEY

money, the lands passed to the king's son, See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund, to whom they had been granted on his See also:

• FORFEITURE (from " forfeit," originally an offence, and hence a fine exacted as a penalty for such; derived through the O. Fr. forfeit, from the late Lat. foris factum, a trespass, that which is done foris, outside)

forfeiture . The earl's son John succeeded to Chartley, a Staffordshire estate See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long famous for the See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle in its See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849– )

chase, and was summoned as a See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron in 1299, though he had joined the baronial opposition in 1297 . On the death, in 1450, of the last Ferrers See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of Chartley, the See also:

• BARONY

barony passed with his daughter to the Devereux See also:

• FAMILY

family and then to the Shirleys, one of whom was created Earl Ferrers in 1711 . The barony has been in See also:

• ABEYANCE (O. Fr. abeance, " gaping")

abeyance since 1855 . The See also:

• LINE

line of Ferrers of Groby was founded by William, younger brother of the last earl, who inherited from his See also:

• MOTHER

mother See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret de Quinci her estate of Groby in Leicestershire, and some Ferrers manors from his father . His son was summoned as a baron in 1300, but on the death of his descendant, William, Lord Ferrers of Groby, in 1445, the barony passed with his granddaughter to the See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

Grey family and was forfeited with the dukedom of See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk in 1554 . A younger son of William, the last lord, married the heiress of See also:

• TAMWORTH

Tamworth Castle, and his line was seated at Tamworth till 1680, when an heiress carried it to a son of the first Earl Ferrers . From See also:

• SIR

Sir Henry, a younger son of the first Ferrers of Tamworth, descended Ferrers of Baddesley See also:

• CLINTON
• CLINTON, DE WITT (1769-1828)
• CLINTON, GEORGE (1739-1812)
• CLINTON, HENRY FYNES (1781-1852)
• CLINTON, SIR HENRY (c. 1738-1795)

Clinton, seated there in the male line till towards the end of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The line of Ferrers of Wemme was founded by a younger son of Lord Ferrers of Chartley, who married the heiress of Wemme, Co . Salop, and was summoned as a baron in her right; but it ended with their son . There are doubtless male descendants of this great Norman house still in existence . Higham Ferrers, Northants, and Woodham Ferrers, See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, take their names from this family .

It has been alleged that they See also:

• BORE

bore horseshoes for their arms in allusion to Ferrieres (i.e. See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-See also:

• WORKS

works); but when and why they were added to their coat is a See also:

• MOOT

moot point . See See also:

• DUGDALE, SIR WILLIAM (16o5-1686)

Dugdale's Baronage; J . R . See also:

• PLANCHE, JEAN BAPTISTE GUSTAVE (1808–1857)

Planche's The Conqueror and his Companions; G . E . C(okayne)'s See also:

• COMPLETE

Complete See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

Peerage; See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

Chronicles and Memorials (Rolls See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

Series) ; T . Stapleton's Rotuli Scaccarii Normannie, (J . H .