Sir John Fereby

He fought in the battle of Agincourt & was awarded a coat of arms by King Henry V for his valor in this battle.( The sacking of Meremont Castle). He was Clerk of the Greencloth.

The Clerk of the Green Cloth was a position in the British Royal Household. The clerk acted as secretary of the Board of Green Cloth, and was therefore responsible for organising royal journeys and assisting in the administration of the Royal Household.

John Fereby was the first husband of Margery, daughter of Philippa Dallingridge and Richard de Berners (See Dallingridge genealogy).

http://knightlyfamilies.com/dallingridge.htm

Philippa's and Richard's daughter Margaret or Margery, was firstly married at the age of 15 to John Fereby, who on 8 Feb. 1423 was appointed Comptroller of the Household of Henry VI (Proceedings of the Privy Council). On 13 July 1408 John Feriby the younger, son of Hugh Feriby of Barton, and Robert Webster received the keeping of 2 messuages and land in South Feriby (CFR). John had been present at the Battle of Agincourt 1415. - In 1426 and 1436 John had been sheriff of Surrey and Sussex. In the latter year, he was ordered to deliver the counties of Surrey and Sussex to William Peyto (CRF). - John died without issue in 1441-2, seised of Berners manor in Ikelyngham and the advocation of the church in Suffolk (CIPM).