Sir William de Ferrers IV of Groby 
Sir William was born in 1240 in of Groby, Leicestershire, England. Sir William's father was William de Ferrers III Earl of Derby and his mother was Margaret de Quincy. His paternal grandparents were William de Ferrers II Earl of Derby and Agnes le Meschines of Chester; his maternal grandparents were Roger de Quincy Earl of Winchester and Helen MacDonald de Galloway. He had a brother and four sisters, named Robert de Ferrers, Agnes, Elizabeth, Joan and Berta. He had a half-brother and eight half-sisters, named Sir John, Agnes, Isabel, Sybil, Joane, Agatha, Eleanor, Maud and Vyvien. He died at the age of 47 on December 20th, 1287.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.1162 in of Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.22 Sep 1247
- b.~ 1193 in of Derbyshire, England d.24 MAR 1253/54 in Evington, Leicestershire, England
- b.1174 in of Tutbury, Staffordshire, England d.02 Nov 1247
- b.1240 in of Groby, Leicestershire, England d.20 Dec 1287
- b.1155 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.03 Nov 1219 in Acre, Palestine or Damietta, Palestine
- b.~ 1174 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.25 Apr 1264 in England
- b.1154 in Hampshire, England d.12 JAN 1234/35
- b.~ 1218 in of Winchester, Hampshire, England d.12 MAR 1283/84
- b.BET. 1195 - 1208 in of Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland d.>21 Nov 1245 in Brackley, England
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They had a son and a daughter, named Sir William de Ferrers and Anne.
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Children
Sir William de Ferrers Baron Ferrers of Groby
Sir William de Ferrers was born in of Groby, Leicestershire.
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