Baron Ferrers of Groby
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The peerage
title Baron Ferrers of Groby (or Baron Ferrers de Groby
) was created in the Peerage of England
in 1300 when William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby was summoned to parliament. He was a grandson of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby
. In 1475 the eighth baron was created the Marquess of Dorset
, with which the barony merged. It was forfeited along with the marquessate when the third marquess was attainted in 1554.
The barony was forfeit in 1554, when the Duke of Suffolk was tried for high treason
and executed.
Peerage
The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
title Baron Ferrers of Groby (or Baron Ferrers de Groby
Groby
Groby is a large English village in the county of Leicestershire, to the north west of the city of Leicester. The population at the time of the 2001 census was 7,301.-Description:...
) was created in the Peerage of England
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....
in 1300 when William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby was summoned to parliament. He was a grandson of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby
William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby
William III de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby was an English nobleman and head of a family which controlled a large part of Derbyshire including an area known as Duffield Frith....
. In 1475 the eighth baron was created the Marquess of Dorset
Marquess of Dorset
The title Marquess of Dorset has been created three times in the Peerage of England. It was first created in 1397 for John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, but he lost the title two years later. It was then created in 1442 for Edmund Beaufort, 1st Earl of Dorset, who was created Duke of Somerset...
, with which the barony merged. It was forfeited along with the marquessate when the third marquess was attainted in 1554.
Barons Ferrers of Groby (1300)
- William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (1270–1325)
- Henry Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby (1303–1343)
- William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby (1333–1372)
- Henry Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Groby (1356–1388)
- William Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby (1373–1445)
- Elizabeth (Ferrers) Grey, 6th Baroness Ferrers of Groby (1419–1483)
- Edward Grey, Baron Ferrers of Groby (c. 1415–1457) was summoned to parliament in right of his wife from 14 December 1446 to 26 May 1455. Women were not permitted to attend in their own right
- Their son and heir, Sir John Grey of GrobyJohn Grey of GrobySir John Grey, of Groby, Leicestershire was a Lancastrian knight, the great-great-grandfather of Lady Jane Grey.-Titles:...
(c. 1432–1461) predeceased his mother Elizabeth Grey, Baroness Ferrers of Groby, and neither was he summoned to parliament - John BourchierJohn Bourchier (died 1495)Sir John Bourchier was a 15th century English knight and nobleman.He was the 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby by virtue of the fact that his wife Elizabeth Grey was the heiress of the title. Their marriage occurred before May 1462....
, knight (died 1495), second husband of the 6th Baroness, was Baron Ferrers of Groby in right of his wifeJure uxorisJure uxoris is a Latin term that means "by right of his wife" or "in right of a wife". It is commonly used to refer to a title held by a man whose wife holds it in her own right. In other words, he acquired the title simply by being her husband....
, Elizabeth (Ferrers, Grey) Bourchier, from 1462 to her death in 1483 - Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of DorsetThomas Grey, 1st Marquess of DorsetThomas Grey, 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and 1st Marquess of Dorset, KG , was an English nobleman, courtier and a man of mediocre abilities pushed into prominence by his mother Elizabeth Woodville's second marriage to the king, Edward IV.-Family:Thomas was born about 1455,...
(1451–1501) (created Marquess of DorsetMarquess of DorsetThe title Marquess of Dorset has been created three times in the Peerage of England. It was first created in 1397 for John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, but he lost the title two years later. It was then created in 1442 for Edmund Beaufort, 1st Earl of Dorset, who was created Duke of Somerset...
, 1475), was the son of Sir John Grey of Groby - Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of DorsetThomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of DorsetThomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, KG, KB was an English peer, courtier, soldier and landowner, the grandfather of Lady Jane Grey, briefly Queen of England.-Early life:...
(1472–1530) was summoned to parliament as Baron Ferrers of Groby in 1509 - Henry Grey, 1st Duke of SuffolkHenry Grey, 1st Duke of SuffolkHenry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, KG was an English nobleman of the Tudor period and the father of Lady Jane Grey.-Henry VIII's reign:...
(1517–1554)
The barony was forfeit in 1554, when the Duke of Suffolk was tried for high treason
High treason
High treason is criminal disloyalty to one's government. Participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplomats, or its secret services for a hostile and foreign power, or attempting to kill its head of state are perhaps...
and executed.
Barons Grey of Groby
- Henry GreyHenry Grey, 1st Baron Grey of GrobyHenry Grey, 1st Lord Grey of Groby , courtier, administrator and local politician, was the only surviving son of Lord John Grey of Pirgo, Essex, and Mary, daughter of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu and Magdalen Dacre....
(c. 1547–1614), nephew of Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, was created Baron Grey of Groby, 21 July 1603.