Sir Humphrey De Ferrers 
Sir Humphrey was born in 1475 in Tamworth Castle, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. Sir Humphrey's father was Sir John De Ferrers and his mother was Maud Stanley. His paternal grandparents were Thomas II de Ferrers and Anne Hastings. He had two brothers and four sisters, named Sir John, Richard, Maude, Alice, Isabelle and Catherine. He was the third oldest of the seven children. He had a half-brother named Sir Edward. He died at the age of 78 in 1553 in Tamworth Castle, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England.General Notes
1512: Sir Humphrey Ferrers, son of Sir John. He also was High Steward. It was during his time that Leland, the historian and surveyor to Henry VIII, visited Tamworth and recorded of the Castle:- "the base court and great ward of the castle is cleane decayed, and the wall fallen down, and therein be now but houses of office, of noe notable buildings," referring to the buildings below the mound, and adding "the Dungeon Hill yet standeth, and a great round tower of stone wherein Mr Ferrers dwelleth, and now repaireth it. "Sir Humphrey spent the later years of his life at his manor of Walton-on-Trent.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1398 in Groby, Leicestershire, England d.15 JAN 1458/59 in Tamworth Castle, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
- b.1423 in Tamworth Castle, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England d.22 Aug 1498 in Tamworth Castle, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
- b.1339 in Tamworth Castle, Staffordshire, England d.30 Dec 1387 in Tamworth Castle, Staffordshire, England
- b.1368 in Tamworth Castle, Staffordshire, England d.Oct 1401 in Ashtead, Epsom, Surrey, England
- b.1350 in Weoley Castle, Northfield, Worcestershire, England
- b.1402 in Tamworth Castle, Staffordshire, England
- b.1377 in Masham, Yorkshire, England d.1418 in Tamworth Castle, Staffordshire, England
- b.1446 in Tamworth Castle, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England d.1485 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England
- b.1424 in Kirby Castle, Leicestershire, England
- b.1475 in Tamworth Castle, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England d.1553 in Tamworth Castle, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
- b.1452 in Wirrel Forest, Staffordshire, England d.1483 in Tamworth Castle, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
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Details of Sir Humphrey's family with Margaret Pigot
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