‎man Sir William de Ferrers Baron Ferrers of Groby‏‎, son of Sir William de Ferrers IV of Groby and Joan (Anne) le Despenser‏.
Born ‎ Jan 30, 1271/72 at of Groby, Leicestershire, died ‎ Mar 20, 1324/25‎, approximately 53 years

William Ferrers who, doing homage, had livery of his lands in England in the 21st Edward I [1293], and in the 24th, of the lands which he inherited in Scotland. In the following year, he was summoned to parliament as Baron Ferrers, of Groby. His lordship was engaged in the wars of Scotland in the reigns of Edward I and Edward II. He m. Margaret, dau. of John, 2nd Lord Segrave, and dying in 1325, left two sons and a dau., Henry and Thomas, and Anne, m. to Edward le Despencer, who d. in 1342. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 198, Ferrers, Barons Ferrers, of Groby, co. Leicester]

Married ‎± 1297 (approximately 46 years married) to:

‎woman Margaret (Ellen) de Segrave‏‎, daughter of John de Segrave Baron Segrave and Christiana de Plessetis‏.
Born ‎between 1271 BET., - and , died ‎ Jun 1343‎

Children:

1.
‎woman Anne de Ferrers‏‎
Died ‎ Aug 8, 1367
2.
‎man Thomas de Ferrers‏‎ PRIVACY FILTER
3.
‎man Henry de Ferrers Baron Ferrers of Groby‏‎
Born ‎between 1294 BET., - and at Groby, Leicestershire, died ‎ Sep 15, 1343 at Groby, Leicestershire‎

Henry, 2nd Baron Ferrers, of Groby, summoned to parliament from 5 June, 1331, to 20 November, 1342. This nobleman, being actively engaged in the wars of King Edward III, both in Scotland and France, acquired very large territorial possessions by grant from the crown for his services. His lordship m. Isabel, 4th dau. and co-heir of Theobald, 2nd Lord Verdon, and in the 5th Edward III [1332], upon doing homage, had livery of the lands of her inheritance lying in Ireland. Of this marriage there were issue, William, Ralph, Philippa, and Elizabeth. His lordship d. in 1343, and was s. by his son, William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers, of Groby. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 198, Ferrers, Barons Ferrers, of Groby, co. Leicester]