Henry de Ferrières1

M, #4231, d. after 1088

Father*Walkelin Ferrières1,2 d. a 1066
Henry de Ferrières|d. a 1088|p142.htm#i4231|Walkelin Ferrières|d. a 1066|p142.htm#i4233||||||||||||||||

Of* Ferrières and Chambrais, Normandy, France1 
Marriage* Principal=Berthe (?)1,2 
Death*after 1088 1 
Burial* Tutbury Castle, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England1,2 
DNB Ferrers, Henry de (d. 1093x1100), magnate and administrator, was the eldest son of Walkeline de Ferrers (d. c.1040), and inherited his father's Norman patrimony, centred on Ferrières-St Hilaire. It is not known whether Henry de Ferrers fought at Hastings; although it is impossible to arrive at precise dates, he may have begun to acquire lands in England as early as 1066–7. The pattern of Ferrers's tenure by 1086, as revealed in Domesday Book, resulted from grants both from the personal holdings of Anglo-Saxon thegns and of old Anglo-Saxon administrative units. Serving William I, perhaps first as castellan of Stafford, Ferrers received the lands of three Anglo-Saxon antecessors. Probably about 1066 or 1067 he was granted the lands in Berkshire and Wiltshire of Goderic, former sheriff of Berkshire. By about the end of 1068 he also held the lands of Bondi the Staller in Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Northamptonshire, and Essex. Following the dispossession of Siward Barn for his part in the 1071 revolt, Ferrers acquired his substantial estates, comprising lands in Berkshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire and also in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The latter in particular complemented Ferrers's major territorial acquisition of Appletree wapentake, which stretched from eastern Staffordshire across most of south Derbyshire, and which he probably received in the wake of William I's defeat of the rebellion in the north in 1070–71. It was centred on Tutbury, Staffordshire, previously held by the new earl of Chester, Hugh d'Avranches. This large and compact estate was supplemented by lands in north Derbyshire and western Leicestershire.

It was two manors from Appletree wapentake which formed Ferrers's original endowment of Tutbury Priory, which he founded with his wife, Bertha, in (probably) 1080. Mid-twelfth-century evidence indicates that from its foundation Tutbury was a dependency of the Norman abbey of St Pierre-sur-Dives. As a key administrator in Derbyshire and Staffordshire, Ferrers appears regularly as a witness to the extant acta of the Conqueror and William Rufus. His particular prominence in English acta confirms his place among the most powerful Anglo-Norman magnates. In 1086 he was a legatus (‘commissioner’) on the west midlands circuit of the Domesday survey.

Henry de Ferrers had four children with Bertha. The eldest is likely to have been William, who inherited the family's Norman estates and was a firm supporter of Duke Robert Curthose. Engenulph did not long outlive his father and Ferrers's English lands passed to his third son, Robert de Ferrers (d. 1139), whom King Stephen later made an earl. A daughter, Amicia, married Nigel d'Aubigny, probably the brother of Henry I's butler. Ferrers was still alive in September 1093, when he was among the addressees of a royal charter, but had almost certainly died by 14 September 1100 when Engenulph attested an early charter of Henry I; he was buried in Tutbury Priory.

Marios Costambeys
Sources

P. E. Golob, ‘The Ferrers earls of Derby: a study of the honour of Tutbury, 1066–1279’, PhD diss., U. Cam., 1985 · J. C. Holt, ‘1086’, Domesday studies: papers read at the novocentenary conference of the Royal Historical Society and the Institute of British Geographers [Winchester 1986], ed. J. C. Holt (1987), 41–64 · R. Fleming, Kings and lords in conquest England (1991) · A. Farley, ed., Domesday Book, 2 vols. (1783), 1.274r · Reg. RAN, vols. 1–2 · VCH Staffordshire, 3.331 · Dugdale, Monasticon, 3.392 · GEC, Peerage, new edn · D. J. A. Matthew, The Norman monasteries and their English possessions (1962)
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Henry de Ferrers (d. 1093x1100): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/93613 
Feudal*1086 210 manors, most in Derbyshire4 

Family

Berthe (?)
Children

Last Edited24 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 100.
  3. [S376] Unknown editor, unknown short title.
  4. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 82.

Berthe (?)1

F, #4232

Marriage* Principal=Henry de Ferrières1,2 

Family

Henry de Ferrières d. a 1088
Children

Last Edited16 Feb 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 100.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 82.

Walkelin Ferrières1

M, #4233, d. after 1066

Of Ferrieres St. Hilaire, Normandy, France1 
Death*after 1066 Normandy, France1 
Note* He sided with Philip Augustus and was slain in the civil wars which occured in Normandy during Duke William's youth.2 
Name Variation Gaulchline2 

Family
Children

Last Edited28 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 100.

Reginald de St. Valery1

M, #4234, d. 1166

Father*Guy de St. Valery1 d. 1141
Mother*Albreda St. Valery1
Reginald de St. Valery|d. 1166|p142.htm#i4234|Guy de St. Valery|d. 1141|p142.htm#i4247|Albreda St. Valery||p142.htm#i4248|Ranulph d. St. Valerie||p142.htm#i4249||||||||||

Marriage* 1 
Death*1166 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

William de Braose1

M, #4235, b. circa 1049, d. after 1089

Father*Philip de Braiose2
Mother*Gunnora of Bavent & Rouvres1
William de Braose|b. c 1049\nd. a 1089|p142.htm#i4235|Philip de Braiose||p512.htm#i15348|Gunnora of Bavent & Rouvres||p363.htm#i10871|||||||||||||

Of Brienze, Normandy, France1 
Birth*circa 1049 1 
Marriage* Principal=Agnes de St. Clair1 
Death*after 1089 Bramber, Sussex, England1 
Name Variation Braiose2 
Note* His patron was Rodulf de Warenne, Principal=Rodulf de Warenne2 
Title*1073 Seigneur of Briouze Saint Gervase2 

Family

Agnes de St. Clair
Children

Last Edited14 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 39.

Agnes de St. Clair1

F, #4236

Father*Waldren de St. Clare1
Agnes de St. Clair||p142.htm#i4236|Waldren de St. Clare||p363.htm#i10870||||||||||||||||

Birth* of Barnstaple, Devonshire, England1 
Marriage* Principal=William de Braose1 

Family

William de Braose b. c 1049, d. a 1089
Children

Last Edited19 Oct 2004

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 39.

Emma de Batedon1

F, #4237

Father*Drue (?)1
Emma de Batedon||p142.htm#i4237|Drue (?)||p142.htm#i4244||||||||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Walter FitzRoger1 

Family

Walter FitzRoger b. c 1065, d. 1127
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Guermond de Picquigny1

M, #4238

Marriage* Principal=Adele (?)1 

Family

Adele (?)
Child

Last Edited14 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Adele (?)1

F, #4239

Marriage* Principal=Guermond de Picquigny1 

Family

Guermond de Picquigny
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Alvred the Giant1

M, #4240

Title* Lord of Barnstable and Totnes in Devonshire1 
Name Variation Alured1 
Name Variation Alored2 

Family
Child

Last Edited14 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 39.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Arnoul de Picquagny1

M, #4241

Father*Eustace de Picquigny1 d. 1085
Arnoul de Picquagny||p142.htm#i4241|Eustace de Picquigny|d. 1085|p198.htm#i5917||||Guermond de Picquigny||p142.htm#i4238|Adele (?)||p142.htm#i4239|||||||

Family
Children

Last Edited14 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Roger de Pistres1

M, #4242, b. circa 1030

Birth*circa 1030 1 
Marriage* Principal=Eunice de Baalun1 
Note* He was Constable under Henry I2 
Name Variation Pîtres2 
Event-Misc*1086 At Domesday he was a tenant-in-chief2 

Family

Eunice de Baalun b. c 1036
Child

Last Edited5 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 111.

Eunice de Baalun1

F, #4243, b. circa 1036

Father*Drue (?)1
Eunice de Baalun|b. c 1036|p142.htm#i4243|Drue (?)||p142.htm#i4244||||||||||||||||

Birth*circa 1036 Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England1 
Marriage* Principal=Roger de Pistres1 

Family

Roger de Pistres b. c 1030
Child

Last Edited4 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Drue (?)1

M, #4244

Marriage* 1 

Family
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

(?) de Picquagny1

F, #4245

Father*Arnoul de Picquagny1
(?) de Picquagny||p142.htm#i4245|Arnoul de Picquagny||p142.htm#i4241||||Eustace de Picquigny|d. 1085|p198.htm#i5917||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Johel de Toteneis1 

Family

Johel de Toteneis b. c 1049
Child

Last Edited14 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Bernard III de St. Valerie1

M, #4246, d. after 1096

Father*Walter de St. Valerie1 d. a 1097
Mother*Isabel de Montlhéry1 b. c 1040
Bernard III de St. Valerie|d. a 1096|p142.htm#i4246|Walter de St. Valerie|d. a 1097|p142.htm#i4250|Isabel de Montlhéry|b. c 1040|p142.htm#i4251|Bernard I. d. St. Valerie||p147.htm#i4382||||Guy de Montlhéry|b. c 1009\nd. 1095|p113.htm#i3380|Hodierne de Gometz||p113.htm#i3381|

Marriage* 1 
Death*after 1096 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Guy de St. Valery1

M, #4247, d. 1141

Father*Ranulph de St. Valerie1
Guy de St. Valery|d. 1141|p142.htm#i4247|Ranulph de St. Valerie||p142.htm#i4249||||Walter d. St. Valerie|d. a 1097|p142.htm#i4250|Isabel de Montlhéry|b. c 1040|p142.htm#i4251|||||||

Marriage* Principal=Albreda St. Valery1 
Death*1141 1 

Family

Albreda St. Valery
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Albreda St. Valery1

F, #4248

Marriage* Principal=Guy de St. Valery1 

Family

Guy de St. Valery d. 1141
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Ranulph de St. Valerie1

M, #4249

Father*Walter de St. Valerie1 d. a 1097
Mother*Isabel de Montlhéry1 b. c 1040
Ranulph de St. Valerie||p142.htm#i4249|Walter de St. Valerie|d. a 1097|p142.htm#i4250|Isabel de Montlhéry|b. c 1040|p142.htm#i4251|Bernard I. d. St. Valerie||p147.htm#i4382||||Guy de Montlhéry|b. c 1009\nd. 1095|p113.htm#i3380|Hodierne de Gometz||p113.htm#i3381|

Marriage* 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Walter de St. Valerie1

M, #4250, d. after 1097

Father*Bernard II de St. Valerie1
Walter de St. Valerie|d. a 1097|p142.htm#i4250|Bernard II de St. Valerie||p147.htm#i4382||||Gulbert St. Valerie|d. a 1011|p91.htm#i2706|Papia (?)||p91.htm#i2707|||||||

Marriage*circa 1066 Principal=Isabel de Montlhéry1 
Death*after 1097 1 

Family

Isabel de Montlhéry b. c 1040
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Isabel de Montlhéry1

F, #4251, b. circa 1040

Father*Guy de Montlhéry2,1 b. c 1009, d. 1095
Mother*Hodierne de Gometz2
Isabel de Montlhéry|b. c 1040|p142.htm#i4251|Guy de Montlhéry|b. c 1009\nd. 1095|p113.htm#i3380|Hodierne de Gometz||p113.htm#i3381|Milan I. (?)|d. a 1057|p147.htm#i4395|(Miss) de Montlhery||p147.htm#i4396|William d. Gommetz||p147.htm#i4394||||

Birth*circa 1040 Montlhery, S-Oise, France2 
Marriage*1065 Principal=Josselin de Courtenay2,1 
Marriage*circa 1066 Principal=Walter de St. Valerie2 
Name Variation Elizabeth de Montlhery2 

Family 1

Walter de St. Valerie d. a 1097
Children

Family 2

Josselin de Courtenay b. c 1030, d. c 1075
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 107-23.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Bonifacio del Vasto Marquis di Saluzzo1

M, #4252, b. circa 1182, d. 1212

Father*Manfredo II del Vasto Marquis di Saluzzo1 d. 22 Jun 1215
Mother*Alice de Montferrat1 b. c 1160
Bonifacio del Vasto Marquis di Saluzzo|b. c 1182\nd. 1212|p142.htm#i4252|Manfredo II del Vasto Marquis di Saluzzo|d. 22 Jun 1215|p142.htm#i4257|Alice de Montferrat|b. c 1160|p142.htm#i4258|Manfredo I. del Vasto Marquis di Saluzzo|b. a 1111\nd. 1175|p143.htm#i4265|Eleanore o. A. (?)||p143.htm#i4266|William I. (?) Marquis de Montferrat|d. 1188|p143.htm#i4275|Judith o. Austria|b. 1115\nd. a 1168|p143.htm#i4276|

Birth*circa 1182 2 
Marriage*24 August 1202 Principal=Maria of Torres (?)1,2 
Death*1212 1,2 

Family

Maria of Torres (?) d. a 1215
Child

Last Edited16 Jul 2004

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S285] Leo van de Pas, 30 Jun 2004.

Maria of Torres (?)1

F, #4253, d. after 1215

Father*Comita III of Torres1 d. 1216
Mother*Spella di Arborea1
Maria of Torres (?)|d. a 1215|p142.htm#i4253|Comita III of Torres|d. 1216|p142.htm#i4259|Spella di Arborea||p142.htm#i4260|Barisone I. (?)|d. 1186|p143.htm#i4284|Preziosa d. Orrubu||p143.htm#i4285|||||||

Marriage*24 August 1202 Principal=Bonifacio del Vasto Marquis di Saluzzo1,2 
Death*after 1215 2 

Family

Bonifacio del Vasto Marquis di Saluzzo b. c 1182, d. 1212
Child

Last Edited16 Jul 2004

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S285] Leo van de Pas, 30 Jun 2004.

Cecile des Baux1

F, #4254, d. 21 May 1275

Marriage*circa 18 December 1244 Orange, Principal=Count Amadeo IV of Savoy1 
Death*21 May 1275 1 

Family

Count Amadeo IV of Savoy b. 1197, d. 24 Jun 1253
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S285] Leo van de Pas, 30 Jun 2004.

Guglielmo II del Vasto Marquis de Ceva1,2

M, #4255, b. circa 1180, d. 1219

Father*Guglielmo I (?)1 b. c 1145, d. 1197
Mother*(Miss) di Vento1
Guglielmo II del Vasto Marquis de Ceva|b. c 1180\nd. 1219|p142.htm#i4255|Guglielmo I (?)|b. c 1145\nd. 1197|p143.htm#i4263|(Miss) di Vento||p143.htm#i4264|Anselmo del Vasto Marquis di Ceva|d. a 1140|p143.htm#i4267||||(Mr.) de Vento||p155.htm#i4643||||

Birth*circa 1180 1 
Marriage* Principal=di Saluzzo1,2 
Death*1219 1 

Family

di Saluzzo b. c 1185
Child

Last Edited16 Jul 2004

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S285] Leo van de Pas, 30 Jun 2004.

di Saluzzo1,2

F, #4256, b. circa 1185

Father*Manfredo II del Vasto Marquis di Saluzzo1 d. 22 Jun 1215
Mother*Alice de Montferrat1 b. c 1160
di Saluzzo|b. c 1185|p142.htm#i4256|Manfredo II del Vasto Marquis di Saluzzo|d. 22 Jun 1215|p142.htm#i4257|Alice de Montferrat|b. c 1160|p142.htm#i4258|Manfredo I. del Vasto Marquis di Saluzzo|b. a 1111\nd. 1175|p143.htm#i4265|Eleanore o. A. (?)||p143.htm#i4266|William I. (?) Marquis de Montferrat|d. 1188|p143.htm#i4275|Judith o. Austria|b. 1115\nd. a 1168|p143.htm#i4276|

Birth*circa 1185 1 
Marriage* Principal=Guglielmo II del Vasto Marquis de Ceva1,2 

Family

Guglielmo II del Vasto Marquis de Ceva b. c 1180, d. 1219
Child

Last Edited16 Jul 2004

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S285] Leo van de Pas, 30 Jun 2004.

Manfredo II del Vasto Marquis di Saluzzo1,2

M, #4257, d. 22 June 1215

Father*Manfredo I del Vasto Marquis di Saluzzo1 b. a 1111, d. 1175
Mother*Eleanore of Arborea (?)1
Manfredo II del Vasto Marquis di Saluzzo|d. 22 Jun 1215|p142.htm#i4257|Manfredo I del Vasto Marquis di Saluzzo|b. a 1111\nd. 1175|p143.htm#i4265|Eleanore of Arborea (?)||p143.htm#i4266|Bonifacio I. del Vasto Marchese di Vasto|b. 1060\nd. bt 1134 - 1135|p124.htm#i3709|Agnes d. V. (?)||p124.htm#i3710|Gonario (?)||p143.htm#i4269|Eleanora o. A. (?)||p143.htm#i4270|

Marriage*before June 1182 Principal=Alice de Montferrat1 
Death*22 June 1215 1 

Family

Alice de Montferrat b. c 1160
Children

Last Edited16 Jul 2004

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S285] Leo van de Pas, 30 Jun 2004.

Alice de Montferrat1

F, #4258, b. circa 1160

Father*William III (?) Marquis de Montferrat1 d. 1188
Mother*Judith of Austria1 b. 1115, d. a 1168
Alice de Montferrat|b. c 1160|p142.htm#i4258|William III (?) Marquis de Montferrat|d. 1188|p143.htm#i4275|Judith of Austria|b. 1115\nd. a 1168|p143.htm#i4276|Regnier (?)|d. 1137|p143.htm#i4277|Gisela of Burgundy|b. 1070\nd. a 1133|p118.htm#i3526|Margrave Leopold I. of Austria "the Saint"|b. 1073\nd. 15 Nov 1136|p119.htm#i3556|Agnes o. G. (?)|b. 1072\nd. 24 Sep 1143|p119.htm#i3557|

Birth*circa 1160 1 
Marriage*before June 1182 Principal=Manfredo II del Vasto Marquis di Saluzzo1 
Name Variation Adilasia de Monferrato2 

Family

Manfredo II del Vasto Marquis di Saluzzo d. 22 Jun 1215
Children

Last Edited19 Jul 2004

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S285] Leo van de Pas, 30 Jun 2004.

Comita III of Torres1

M, #4259, d. 1216

Father*Barisone II (?)1 d. 1186
Mother*Preziosa di Orrubu1
Comita III of Torres|d. 1216|p142.htm#i4259|Barisone II (?)|d. 1186|p143.htm#i4284|Preziosa di Orrubu||p143.htm#i4285|Gonariu I. (?)|b. 1123\nd. 1147|p143.htm#i4286|Elena d. Gunale||p143.htm#i4287|||||||

Marriage* Principal=Spella di Arborea1 
Death*1216 1 

Family

Spella di Arborea
Child

Last Edited16 Jul 2004

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Spella di Arborea1

F, #4260

Marriage* Principal=Comita III of Torres1 

Family

Comita III of Torres d. 1216
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
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