William IV Ferrers , of Groby, Sir 
William IV was born about 1240 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. William IV's father was William III de Ferrers , 5th Earl of Derby and his mother was Margaret de Quincy. His paternal grandparents were William II de Ferrers , 4th Earl of Derby and Agnes of Chester , Lady of Chartley; his maternal grandfather was Roger de Quincy , 2nd Earl of Winchester. He had a brother and four sisters, named Robert de, Elizabeth de, Joan de, Agnes de and Berta de. He was the second oldest of the six children. He had five half-sisters named Isabel de, Agnes de, Maud (Matilda) de, Eleanor de and Joan de. He died on December 20th, 1287 in Groby, Leicestershire, England.General Notes
The 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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- b.~ 1118 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.< 1160 in Merevale, Warwickshire, England
- b.1140 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.<21 Oct 1190 in Seige of Acre, Jerusalem, Palestine
- b.~ 1118 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1172 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.22 Sep 1247
- b.1112 in Abergavenny, Over Gwent, Monmouthshire, Wales d.< 1193 in Weobley, Herefordshire, England
- b.1150 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.AFT 5 FEB 1227/28
- b.1092 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.24 Dec 1143 in Shot while hunting in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1130 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
- b.< 1093 in Aberhonwy, Brecon, Wales d.> 1143 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1193 in Derby, Derbyshire, England d.<28 Mar 1254 in Evington, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1100 in Guernon Castle, Normandy, France d.16 Dec 1153 in Chester, Cheshire, England (poisoned)
- b.1147 in Kevelioc, Monmouthshire, Wales d.30 Jun 1181 in Leeke, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1117 in Gloucestershire, England. d.29 Jul 1189
- b.~ 1174 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.02 Nov 1247
- b.1117 in Montfort-l'Amaury Castle, Ile-de-France, France d.13 MAR 1180/81 in France
- b.1155 in Montfort-sur-Risle, Eure, Normandy, France d.12 Jul 1227 in Evreux, Eure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1126 in Monmouth Castle, Gloucestershire, England d.~ 1164
- b.~ 1240 in Derby, Derbyshire, England d.20 Dec 1287 in Groby, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1098 in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England d.1158 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1138 in Long Buckley, England, Northamptonshire, England d.<29 Sep 1198
- b.1093 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.1140 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England
- b.1155 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.03 Nov 1219 in Damietta, Egypt, on way to Holy Land
- b.1107 in Leuchars, Fifes, Scotland
- b.~ 1135 in Leuchars, Fifes, Scotland d.<Jun 1203
- b.1174 in Winchester, Hamptonshire, England d.25 Apr 1264 in Buckley, Northamptonshire, England
- b.1104 in Leicestershire, England d.05 Apr 1168 in England
- b.< 1135 in Leicestershire, England d.31 Aug 1190 in Durazzo, Greece (went on crusade 1179)
- b.1108 in Montford de Gael, Brittany, France
- b.1154 in Leicestershire, England d.ABT 12 JAN 1234/35 in England
- b.1092 in Grentemesnil, Calvados, Normandy, France d.10 FEB 1197/98
- b.~ 1130 in Leicestershire, England d.01 Apr 1212 in Leicestershire, England
- b.1105 in Beaumont, Sur-Oise, Normandy, France d.11 Jul 1191 in Rheims, France
- b.~ 1223 in Winchester, Hamptonshire, England d.BEF 12 MAR 1280/81
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