- Baron Ferrers of Groby
The
peerage title Baron Ferrers of Groby (or Baron Ferrers deGroby ) was created in thePeerage of England in1300 whenWilliam Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby was summoned to parliament. He was a grandson ofWilliam de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby . In1475 the eighth baron was created theMarquess of Dorset , with which the barony merged. It was forfeited along with the marquessate when the third marquess was attainted in1554 .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 Grey, Baroness Ferrers of Groby (1419 –1483 )
*Edward Grey, 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby (c.1415 –1457 ) was summoned to parliament in right of his wife from 14 December 1446 to 26 May 1455
*Their son and heir, Sir John Grey of Groby (c.1432 –1461 ) predeceased his mother Elizabeth Grey, Baroness Ferrers of Groby, and was not summoned to parliament
*John Bourchier, knight (died1495 ), was Baron Ferrers of Groby in right of his wife, from 1462 to 1483
*Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (1451 –1501 ) (createdMarquess of Dorset ,1475 ), was the son of Sir John Grey of Groby
*Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset (1472 –1530 ) was summoned to parliament as Baron Ferrers of Groby in 1509
*Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517 -1554 )The barony was forfeit in 1554, when the Duke of Suffolk was tried for
high treason and executed.References
*Douglas Richardson & Kimball G. Everingham, "Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families", p. 359
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