General Notes

!Norman knight. [Roll of Battle Abbey]

NEWLIN, FOSTER, WAITE LINES - 26th ggrandfather

Fell in a contest with Hugh de Montfort I early in the reign of Duke William, in which both of these noblemen were killed. He had two sons, Henri and William, who were both at the Battle of Hastings. [Falaise Roll, p. 56]

b.c. 1010, d. 1089; father of Henry I de Ferrers. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD#100]

Sire de Ferrieres & Chambrais on Charantonne; baron in the chief iron-producing area of Normandy; slain in the civil wars which distracted Normandy during the youth of Duke William; d. 1089 in Normandy; father of Henry de Ferrieres. [Charlemagne & Others, Chart 2954]

Father of:
1. Henry who m. Bertha Roberts
2. Hugh who m. Margaret Say
3. Isabel who m. Roger Mortimer and Piers Fitz Herbert
[WFT vol 11 Ped 4329]

Father of William and Henri de Ferrierers; seigneur of St. Hilaire. The Walkelin herein referred could have been the son of William de Ferrierers, the elder brother, since the father Walkelin died in a joust before the Conquest. This Walkelin (sometimes Walchelin) was under-tenant to Earl Roger in Shropshire holding:
1. Faintree
2. Grinshill
[http://www.infokey.com/Domesday/Shropshire.htm]

Ferrara, in northern Italy, is an ancient walled city, with broad streets, numerous palaces and universities. It first appeared in documents of 753-4 among the free cities or republics that grew under their wealthy ruling families to rival kingdoms in their commerce and trade and their brilliant courts. Elleven hundred years later Ferrara became a part of the Kingdom of Italy, having been claimed as a fief by Pope Clement III in 1597, and remaining a part of the state of the church until 1859. The Papal states became a part of a unified Italy in 1870.
   In the 9th century religious leaders ion the Italian states began to appear, protesting against the want of spirituality in the Catholic Church and other abuses. They were forerunners of Protestantism and as a result of this feelign many fled Italy, through the mountains and to France, where they found refuge. The Normans embraced Christianity in 912.
   It is likely that Walkeline de Ferrariis, from whom all of the name in England and America have descended, was a descendant of one of these.
   Ferrers, the name of a great Norman-English feudal house, was derived from Ferrieres-St. Hilaire, to the south of Bernay in Normandy. It is said to have come from the Latin and French word meaning iron, and was first used to designate a locality where iron was made.
   As a family name it was first known in England from Gualkeline ro Walkeline de Ferrariis, a Norman of distinction attached to Duke William of Normandy before the Conquest, when William, who claimed the English throne, collected a large army, crossed the Channel, won the Battle of Hastings, and was crowned king on Christmas day 1066.
   Walkeline fought with Hugh de Montfort I early in the reign of Duke William, and both noblemen were killed. He left a son, Henri, who took part in the Conquest. [The Farrars, p. 1-2]

Son of Henry de Ferres and Bertha;  m. ?? of Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England; father of:
1. Henry who m. Bertha Roberts
2. Isbel
3. Hugh
4. Gundreda who m. Robert Le Blount
[Gary Lewis <gnl1@ix.netcom.com, 21 Dec 2001]