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. 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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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1062 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.1139 in Charterley, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1118 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.< 1160 in Merevale, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1083 in Vitre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
- b.1140 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.<21 Oct 1190 in Seige of Acre, Jerusalem, Palestine
- b.1080 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England d.1155 in Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England
- b.~ 1118 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1088 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England d.1149
- b.1172 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.22 Sep 1247
- b.1075 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.1112 in Holy Land, Palestine
- b.1112 in Abergavenny, Over Gwent, Monmouthshire, Wales d.< 1193 in Weobley, Herefordshire, England
- b.1084 in Barnstable, Devonshire, 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.~ 1070 in Briquessart, Livry, France d.JAN 1128/29 in Chester, Cheshire, England
- b.~ 1100 in Guernon Castle, Normandy, France d.16 Dec 1153 in Chester, Cheshire, England (poisoned)
- b.~ 1070 in Crowland & Spalding, Lincolnshire, England d.> 1130
- b.1147 in Kevelioc, Monmouthshire, Wales d.30 Jun 1181 in Leeke, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1090 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France d.31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1117 in Gloucestershire, England. d.29 Jul 1189
- b.~ 1094 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d.1157 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1174 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.02 Nov 1247
- b.~ 1070 in Montfort-l'Amaury Castle, Ile-de-France, France d.1124
- b.1117 in Montfort-l'Amaury Castle, Ile-de-France, France d.13 MAR 1180/81 in France
- b.~ 1090 in Garlende, France d.1181
- 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.~ 1223 in Winchester, Hamptonshire, England d.BEF 12 MAR 1280/81
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