Robert Ferrers (1373-1396)
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Sir Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem (c. 1373 – bef. 29 November 1396). He was born in Willisham
, Suffolk
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Robert was the son of Sir Robert Ferrers and Elizabeth Boteler, 4th Baroness Boteler of Wem, who died in June 1411, and paternal grandson of Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Chartley
and Agnes or Aeneas de Bohun. Upon the death of his father in December 1380, he became Baron Boteler of Wem jure matris
.
Robert Ferrers married Joan Beaufort in 1391 at Beaufort-en-Vallée
, Anjou
. They had two daughters:
Willisham
Willisham is a small village in the suburbs of the county town of Ipswich, Suffolk.The small parish village has been present since the 18th century and was once home to wheat and barley farmers....
, Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
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Robert was the son of Sir Robert Ferrers and Elizabeth Boteler, 4th Baroness Boteler of Wem, who died in June 1411, and paternal grandson 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 or Aeneas de Bohun. Upon the death of his father in December 1380, he became Baron Boteler of Wem jure matris
Jure matris
Jure matris is a Latin phrase meaning "by right of his mother" or "in right of his mother".It is commonly encountered in the law of Inheritance when a noble title or other right passes from mother to son. It is also used in the context of monarchy in cases where a woman holds a title in her own...
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Robert Ferrers married Joan Beaufort in 1391 at Beaufort-en-Vallée
Beaufort-en-Vallée
Beaufort-en-Vallée is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France....
, Anjou
Anjou
Anjou is a former county , duchy and province centred on the city of Angers in the lower Loire Valley of western France. It corresponds largely to the present-day département of Maine-et-Loire...
. They had two daughters:
- Elizabeth Ferrers, 6th Baroness Boteler of Wem (1393 – 1434). She is buried at Black Friars Church, YorkYorkYork is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
. She married John de Greystoke, 4th Baron Greystoke (1389 – 1436) on 28 October 1407 in Greystoke CastleGreystoke CastleGreystoke Castle is in the village of Greystoke west of Penrith in the county of Cumbria in northern England. .In 1069, after the Norman conquest the English landlord Ligulf of Greystoke was re-granted his land and he built a wooden tower surrounded by a pale . The first stone structure on the...
, GreystokeGreystoke, CumbriaGreystoke is a village and civil parish on the edge of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England, about west of Penrith. The village centres on a green surrounded by stone houses and cottages.-Buildings:...
, CumberlandCumberlandCumberland is a historic county of North West England, on the border with Scotland, from the 12th century until 1974. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria....
, and had issue. - Mary Ferrers (1394 – 25 January 1457/1458). She married her stepbrother, Sir Ralph Neville, son of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, c. 1413 in Oversley, WarwickshireWarwickshireWarwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
and had issue.