Sir John de Ferrers

Lord Ferrers

Constable of the Army of Scotland (1306)

Seneschal of Gascony (1311/12)

John was the principal supporter of the earls of Hereford and Norfolk in their quarrel with the king in 1297. (CP 5:307).

Events

Date of Birth: 20 June 1271.

Place of Birth: Cardiff.

The date and place are given by the Complete Peerage (5:305) and by Costambeys (ODNB).

Date of Death: probably August 1312.

Place of Death: Gascony.

The date is given by Costambeys (ODNB). The place is given by the Complete Peerage (5:309), which states that John was probably poisoned.

Relationships

Father: Robert de Ferrers, sixth earl of Derby.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (5:305), by Maddicott (ODNB), and by Costambeys (ODNB).

Mother: Eleanor de Bohun.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (5:305) and by Costambeys (ODNB).

Spouse: Hawise de Muscegros. Married between 2 February 1297/8 and 13 September 1300.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (5:308) and by Costambeys (ODNB).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from the Complete Peerage (5: pedigree chart after p. 320).

John de Ferrers (died s.p. before 23 July 1324) of Southoe and Keyston.

Sir Robert de Ferrers (25 March 1309 - 28 August 1350) of Chartley, married (1) Margaret; married (2) Joan de la More, lady of Willisham.

Perronelle married Richard de Monemuthe of Rowley Regis.

Eleanor married Sir Thomas de Lathum of Lathom.

References

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Costambeys, Marios. “Ferrers, John de, first Lord Ferrers of Chartley (1271-1312)” in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Maddicott, J.R, ‘Ferrers, Robert de, sixth earl of Derby (c.1239–1279)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.