Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Groby

Henry, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Groby

• Birth: about 1294 Groby Leicestershire, England
• Death: Sep. 15, 1343 Groby Leicestershire, England

Son of William de Ferrers and Ellen. Husband of Isabel de Verdun, married before 20 Feb 1331. Father of Sir William de Ferrers, Phillipa de Ferrers (Mrs Guy de Beauchamp) and Elizabeth de Ferrers (Mrs David de Strathbogie.) Also father of Henry de Ferrers by an unknown mistress.

2nd Lord Ferrers of Groby, Fenny Drayton, Waltham, Leichestershire, Stebbing, Woodham Ferrers, Essex, Chapel Brampton, Northamptonshire. Chamberlain to the King (Edward III), Keeper of Berwick Upon Tweed, Justice of Chester, Keeper of the Channel Islands.

Henry was summoned to Parliament 1330 to 1338. He accompanied the king to Ireland in 1331, but was one of the 'disinherited" who took part in Edward de Baliol's invasion of Scotland in 1332. He received a pardon in 1338 for all offenses, including the capture of Roger de Mortimer. He was with the King at the Battle of Sluys in 1340. His wife, Isabel died of the pestilence (the Black Death) of 1349.

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• Parents: William De Ferrers (1272 - 1325)
• Spouse: Isabel de Verdun (1315 - 1349)

Children:

1. Elizabeth de Ferrers Malewayn (____ - 1375)*
2. William Ferrers (1332 - 1371)*

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Burial: Priory Of Saint Mary Ulverscroft Leicestershire, England

Maintained by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens Originally Created by: Jerry Ferren Record added: Dec 20, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 63097919

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_de_Verdun,_Lady_Ferrers_of_Groby

Isabel married Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Groby (born before 1303- 15 September 1343) in 1328 at Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire. He was the son of William de Ferrers, 1st Lord Ferrers of Groby and Ellen.. She was eleven years old at the time of her marriage.

The marriage produced at least five children, four of whom survived infancy:

• 1.Infant, whose name and sex is not known, died shortly after birth.
• 2.William de Ferrers, 3rd Lord Ferrers of Groby (28 February 1333 Newbold Verdon- 8 January 1371), married Margaret de Ufford, daughter of Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Margaret de Norwich, by whom he had issue, including Henry de Ferrers, 4th Lord Ferrers of Groby, who married Joan de Hoo, and Margaret de Ferrers, who married Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick.
• 3.Ralph de Ferrers, married Joan de Grey of Codnor.
• 4.Elizabeth de Ferrers (died 22 October 1375), married firstly David de Strathbogie, 12th Earl of Atholl, by whom she had issue. She married secondly, John Malewayn.[2]
• 5.Philippa de Ferrers (died 10 August 1384), married Guy de Beauchamp, son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer, by whom she had two daughters.

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References

• J. Ravilious, The Earls of Menteith: Murdoch, Earl of Menteith and the Ferrers family of Groby, The Scottish Genealogist (March 2013), Vol. LX, No. 1, pp. 12-25 PDF
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bhusler/Bill/Reun...
• https://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m26040x26041.htm
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ferrers,_2nd_Baron_Ferrers_of_G...