Baron Ferrers of Groby
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The peerage title Baron Ferrers of Groby (or Baron Ferrers de Groby) was created in the Peerage of England in 1300 when William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby was summoned to parliament. He was a grandson of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby. In 1475 the eighth baron was created the Marquess of Dorset, with which the barony merged. It was forfeited along with the marquessate when the third marquess was attainted in 1554.
[edit] 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 (died 1495), was Baron Ferrers of Groby in right of his wife, from 1462 to 1483
- Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (1451–1501) (created Marquess 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.
[edit] References
- Douglas Richardson & Kimball G. Everingham, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, p. 359
