[Sir Knight] William De Ferrers [Sir Knight] ![Click to view [Sir Knight] William De Ferrers [Sir Knight] in the family tree](images/svg.gif "I77161")
William De was born about 1240 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. William De's mother was Margaret De Quincy. He had a brother and five sisters, named Robert De, Elizabeth De, Joan De, Agnes De, Berta De and Margaret De. He died on December 20th, 1287 in Groby, Leicestershire, England.General Notes
Seal to Parents: 29 JUN 1967 SLAKE - Salt Lake City, UTThe Honourable William Ferrers, 2nd son of William, 7th Earl of Derby, obtained by gift of Margaret, his mother, one of the daus. and co-heirs of Roger de Quinci, Earl of Winchester, the manor of Groby, co. Leicester, whereupon he assumed the arms of the family of de Quinci. He m. 1st, Joane, dau. of Hugh le Despencer; and 2ndly, Eleanor, dau. of Matthew Lovaine, and by the former had issue, William, his successor; and Anne, m. to John, Lord Grey, of Wilton. He d. in 1288, and was s. by his son, William. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 198, Ferrers, Barons Ferrers, of Groby, co. Leicester]
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