Biography of William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby 1272-1325
Paternal Family Tree: Ferrers
Maternal Family Tree: Hawise Reginar 1200-1256
William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby and Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby were married. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 30 Jan 1272 William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby was born to William Ferrers (age 32) and Anne Despencer (age 20) at Yoxall, Staffordshire.
Around 1295 [his son] William Ferrers was born to William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 22) and Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby (age 13).
On 22 Jul 1298 King Edward I of England (age 59) defeated the Scottish army led by William Wallace during the Battle of Falkirk at Falkirk [Map] using archers to firstly attack the Scottish shiltrons with the heavy cavalry with infantry completing the defeat.
John de Graham and John Stewart of Bonkyll (age 52) were killed.
The English were described in the Falkirk Roll that lists 111 men with their armorials including:
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 26).
Walter Beauchamp (age 55).
Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 53).
Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex (age 49).
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 24).
[his uncle] Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester (age 37).
William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 26).
Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 52).
Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley (age 27).
Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Codnor (age 43).
Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 58).
John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton (age 30).
John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 29).
Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 48).
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 11).
William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley (age 43).
John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 42).
Nicholas Segrave (age 42).
Robert de Vere 6th Earl of Oxford (age 41).
Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 30).
Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 20).
Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 17).
John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey (age 67).
Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 25).
Hugh Courtenay 9th Earl Devon (age 21).
Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of Arundel (age 31).
Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 19).
John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 59).
Philip Darcy (age 40).
Robert Fitzroger.
Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 51), or possiby a Roger Fitzwalter?.
Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 23).
John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 30), and.
Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 47).
William Scrope (age 53) was knighted.
John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 29) fought.
John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel (age 44) fought.
Around 1299 [his daughter] Anne Ferrers was born to William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 26) and Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby (age 17).
Around 1299 [his son] Thomas Ferrers was born to William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 26) and Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby (age 17).
In 1300 William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 27) was created 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby. Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby (age 18) by marriage Baroness Ferrers of Groby.
Before 09 Mar 1301 seven Earls and 96 Barons signed a letter to the Pope refuting the Pope's claim that Scotland was subject to the Pope's feudal overlordship. The letter was never sent. Those who signed include: John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey (age 70), Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 23), Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (age 31), Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 25), Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 56), Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of Arundel (age 34), Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 29), Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 26), William Leybourne 1st Baron Leybourne (age 59), Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 20), William Latimer 1st Baron Latimer of Corby (age 58), Edmund Hastings, John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Bergavenny (age 14), Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (age 50), Fulk Fitzwarin 2nd Baron Fitzwarin (age 16), Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 27), Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 54), John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset (age 26), William de Braose 2nd Baron de Braose 10th Baron Bramber (age 41), John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort (age 36), Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 61), John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 32), Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 55), Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford, John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 48), Thomas Multon 1st Baron Multon (age 25), Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 26), Walter Beauchamp (age 58), Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 33), John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 45), William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 29), Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 51), Piers Mauley, Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 38), John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 32), Roger Scales 1st Baron Scales, Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall (age 41), Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf (age 41), Gilbert Talbot 1st Baron Talbot (age 24), William Deincourt 1st Baron Deincourt, Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 28), Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg (age 81).
In 1303 [his son] Henry Ferrers 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby was born to William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 30) and Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby (age 21).
Around 1303 [his son] Ralph Ferrers was born to William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 30) and Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby (age 21).
On 20 Mar 1325 William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 53) died in Groby, Leicestershire. His son [his son] Henry Ferrers 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 22) succeeded 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby.
[his father] William Ferrers and Anne Durward were married. He the son of [his grandfather] William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby and [his grandmother] Margaret Quincy Countess Derby. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
[his father] William Ferrers and [his mother] Anne Despencer were married. He the son of [his grandfather] William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby and [his grandmother] Margaret Quincy Countess Derby. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
[his father] William Ferrers and Eleanor of Louvain were married. He the son of [his grandfather] William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby and [his grandmother] Margaret Quincy Countess Derby. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 9 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 11 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 9 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Anne Neville Queen Consort England
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England
Queen Catherine Howard of England
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland
Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ferrers 1st Earl of Derby
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Ferrers 2nd Earl of Derby
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise de Vitre Countess Derby
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ferrers 3rd Earl of Derby
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "The Younger" Peverell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Peverell Countess Derby
Great x 4 Grandmother: Avicia Taillebois
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Ferrers 4th Earl of Derby
Great x 4 Grandfather: Phillip de Braose 2nd Baron Bramber
Great x 3 Grandfather: William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Totnes Baroness Bramber
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sybil de Braose Countess Derby
Great x 4 Grandfather: Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford
GrandFather: William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf le Meschin Gernon 3rd Earl Chester
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Bolingbroke Countess Chester
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester 
Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzrobert Countess Chester Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Gernon Countess Derby 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amaury Montfort Count Évreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon "Chauve" Montfort 4th Count Évreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux
Father: William Ferrers 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Saer Quincy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Quincy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Senlis
Great x 2 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Gael Countess Leicester
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Grandesmil
Great x 3 Grandmother: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester
GrandMother: Margaret Quincy Countess Derby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alan Lord of Galloway
Great x 1 Grandmother: Helen Galloway Countess Winchester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria 
Great x 3 Grandfather: David Dunkeld 8th Earl Huntingdon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Dunkeld 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Gernon Countess Huntingdon 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester
William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Despencer
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Despencer
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Recuara Harcourt 
GrandFather: Hugh Despencer
Mother: Anne Despencer 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Basset 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Basset
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Englefield
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alan Basset
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Dunstanville
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adeliza Dunstanville
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Basset 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Fitzrobert Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester
Great x 2 Grandmother: Aline Fitzrobert Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Aline Basset 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar
Great x 4 Grandmother: Imagina Loon Duchess Lower Lorraine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Matthew Reginar
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzwilliam Hastings
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Hastings
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hawise Reginar