Walchelin de Ferrers 
Walchelin was born in 1010 in Tutbury, Staffordshire, England.1 Walchelin's father was Henry de Ferrers and his mother was Bertha. His paternal grandparents were Eugenulf de Ferrers and <Unknown>. He was an only child. He died at the age of 79 in 1089 in Normandy, France.1 Death Notes
Slain in Normandy Civil Wars
General Notes
# Note:
Ferrers, the name of a great Norman-English feudal house, derived from Ferrières-St.-Hilaire, to the south of Bernay, in Normandy. Its ancestor Walkelin was slain in a feud during the Conqueror's minority, leaving a son Henry, who took part in the Conquest and held a great fief in the midlands. [Encyclopædia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 9, p. 184, Ferrers]
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slain in the civil wars which distracted Normandy during the minority of Duke William, later William the Conqueror.
The name Ferrers means in French 'to bind with iron' or 'to shoe a horse'. FerriŠres in Normandy was known for its iron-working industry. The Ferrers coat of arms was black horseshoes on a silver background.
Details of Walchelin's family with <Unknown>
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