John de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley (ca. 1331 – 3 April 1367) was the son of Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Chartley

Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Chartley

Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Chartley , was the son of John de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Hawise de Muscegros, a daughter of Robert de Muscegros....

 and Agnes (also known as Aeneas) de Bohun, a daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford

Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford

Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford was a member of a powerful Anglo-Norman family of the Welsh Marches and was one of the Ordainers who opposed Edward II's excesses.-Family background :...

 and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan

Elizabeth of Rhuddlan

Elizabeth of Rhuddlan was the eighth and youngest daughter of Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile...

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John de Ferrers was born in Southhoe, Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, covering the area around Huntingdon. Traditionally it is a county in its own right...

. He inherited the title of Baron Ferrers of Chartley

Baron Ferrers of Chartley

The title Baron Ferrers of Chartley was created on February 6, 1299 for John de Ferrers, son of Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby. The daughter of the 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, Anne, married Walter Devereux who was summoned to parliament as Lord Ferrers in her right. Their descendants...

 upon his father's death in 1350 but was never summoned to parliament.

Despite his youth, John fought in Gascony

Gascony

Gascony is an area of southwest France that was part of the "Province of Guyenne and Gascony" prior to the French Revolution. The region is vaguely defined and the distinction between Guyenne and Gascony is unclear; sometimes they are considered to overlap, and sometimes Gascony is considered a...

 for Edward III in 1345 and married Elizabeth de Stafford (1342 – 7 August 1375) - widow of Fulk le Strange and daughter of Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford

Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford

Ralph de Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, KG was an English nobleman and notable soldier during the Hundred Years War against France.-Early life and family:...

 and Margaret de Audley

Margaret de Audley

Margaret de Audley, suo jure 2nd Baroness Audley and Countess of Stafford was an English noblewoman. She was the only daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester by his wife Lady Margaret de Clare...

, a daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester

Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester

Hugh II de Audley, 1st Baron Audley and 1st Earl of Gloucester was the English Ambassador to France in 1341.-Family:...

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The couple had one son Robert, who became Robert de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley

Robert de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley

Robert de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley was the son of John de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Elizabeth de Stafford, a daughter of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret de Audley....

 upon the death of his father in 1367.

John de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley died on 3 April 1367 at the Battle of Nájera in Castile

Castile (historical region)

A former kingdom, Castile gradually merged with its neighbours to become the Crown of Castile and later the Kingdom of Spain when united with the Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Navarre...

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