39979008. Earl William de Ferrers & 39979009. Sybil de Braose & 39979459. Goda de Toeni
1130, William born in Oakham, Rutland , England
12/22/1135, Stephen crowned king of England.
1140, Goda born in Eggington, Derbyshire , England
1142, Sybil, born in Bramber, Sussex, England, d/o 79958018. William de Braose & 79958019. Bertha de Gloucester.
12/19/1154, Henry II crowned king of England.
1155, King Henry II confiscated the lands of William Peverel [William’s
grandftather] when he fled the country. [William would later make a claim on
these lands through his mother. His son William would be granted lands in 1199.]
(S) King John, Warren, 1978, P122.
12/1158, The land of the Earl of Ferrers taken into the King’s
hands.
By 1159, William succeeded when his father became a monk.
1162, William succeeded his father as earl of Derby.
1164,Constitutions of Clarendon … in the fourth year of the
papacy of Alexander, in the tenth year of the most illustrious king of the
English, Henry II., in the presence of that same king, … in the presence of the
following: Robert count of I`eicester, Reginald count of Cornwall, …, John
count of Eu, Roger count of Clare, count Geoffrey of Mandeville, Hugo count of
Chester, William count of Arundel, …, William count of Ferrara, …, and many
other chiefs and nobles … (S) Yale Law School, The Avalon Project.
1166, William, Earl of Ferrers, Earl of Derby, returned his
carta showing that the earl his father had enfeoffed Geoffrey le Sauvage of ½
fee. (S) Honors and Knights’ Fees, Farrer, P101, P188. [William held a total of
79 knights fees.]
~1167, Notification by William, Comes de Ferrariis, of the sale
by Ralph de Seile, to Ralph de Gresele, fil. Willelmi, for thirteen marks of
silver, of his mill of Seal and four virgates of demesne land.
~1170, Charter of William earl Ferrars (de Ferrariis) addressed
to all his men and friends, clerk and lay, French and English. (S) Calendar of
Documents Preserved in France, 1899.
4/1173, Earl William supported “young” Henry as heir to the
throne.
1174, William married Sybil.
6/1174, William sacked and burned Nottingham.
7/31/1174, William submitted to the King, then imprisoned at
Caen, Normandy. His Tubury Castle was demolished.
Aft. 1183, William rebelled [unsuccessfully] against King Henry
II and his son Richard.
11/3/1189, Richard I crowned king of England.
1189, William lost his honors and estates; mostly conferred
upon King Richard’s brother Prince John [who restored the estates to William’s
son William once he became King.]
1190, William departed with King Richard on the 3rd
Crusade.
7/1190, The English and French armies met at Lyons; where they
learned that the German Emperor, leading his forces to the crusade, had died in
an accident.
1191, King Richard captured the city of Messina, Sicily, after
they had refused to let the English ships land.
6/5/1191, King Richard set sail for Acre. [The French forces
were already besieging the city].
William killed at the seige of Acre; buried in Normandy
7/1191, King Richard captured Acre .
5/27/1199, John crowned king
of England.
Aft. 2/5/1228, Sybil, countess of Ferrers, died in England
(S) The Coucher Book, Or Chartulary, of Whalley Abbey, 1847.
(S) The History of Derby
Family notes:
·
Robertus comes de Ferrariis donated
property to Dore Abbey, for the souls of Sibilla de Braosa, uxoris meæ matris
W. filii mei et sua, et … Bertæ (fuit filia Milonis comitis Herefordiæ) matris
uxoris meæ.
Children of William and Goda:
i. Hugh de Ferrers, born ? in England.
Hugh married Margery de Say, heiress & d/o Hugh de Say
& Mabel of Richard’s castle.
1204, Hugh died. (S) FRsHIII.
ii. Isabel de Ferrers (19989729), born ~1172 in England
Children of William and Sybil:
i. William de Ferrers (19989504), born ~1175 in England.
