Earl William DE FERRERS^[1]

Abt 1162 - 1247  (~ 85 years)

• Name	William DE FERRERS
  Prefix	Earl
  Born	Abt 1162	Tutbury, Staffordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	4th Earl of Derby
  Cause of Death	His lordship, who from his youth had been a martyr to the gout, and in consequence obliged to he drawn from place to place in a chariot, lost his life by being thrown through the heedlessness of his driver over the bridge at St. Neots, co. Huntingdon.  [2]
  Died	20 Sep 1247	Huntingdonshire, England
  Person ID	I40201	Main
  Last Modified	26 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Sir William DE FERRERS,   b. Abt 1140,   d. 1190, Acre, HaTzafon, Israel  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Mother	Sibyl DE BRAOSE,   b. Abt 1152, Bramber, Sussex, England ,   d. Aft 5 Feb 1228, Derbyshire, England  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Family ID	F31730	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Agnes MESCHINES,   b. 1174, Chester, Cheshire, England ,   d. 28 Oct 1247, Tutbury, Staffordshire, England  (Age 73 years)
  Children	+ 1. Bertha FERRERS,   b. Abt 1204, Ferrers, Derbyshire, England ,   d. Aft 10 Feb 1266, England  (Age ~ 62 years) + 2. Earl William DE FERRERS,   b. Abt 1193, Derbyshire, England ,   d. 28 Mar 1254, Warwickshire, England  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Last Modified	3 May 2019
  Family ID	F27872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Was a favorite of King John of England. Participated in the Siege of Lincoln, fighting on behalf of the king. He died in an inn enroute to Chartley, and Agnes his wife of 55 years died upon the arrival of his body, and the two of them were given a joint funeral and burial at Chartley. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S151] WikiTree, Ferrers-93. [S229] Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with Their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects, The, Burke, John & Burke, John Bernard, (Churton, 1848). [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 71693287.