Ferrers may refer to:

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Ferrers family The Ferrers family were a noble Anglo-Norman family that crossed to England with the Norman Conquest of England, Norman Conquest and gave rise to a line that would hold the Earldom of Derby for six generations before losing it in rebellion. They ...

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Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...

, (1861–1924), British army general * Elizabeth Ferrers, (c. 1250 – c. 1300), daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby *

George Ferrers George Ferrers ( – 1579) was a courtier and writer. In an incident which arose in 1542 while he was a Member of Parliament for Plymouth in the Parliament of England, he played a key role in the development of parliamentary privilege. As a wri ...

, (1500? – 1579), Member of Parliament for Plymouth in the Parliament of 1542 *

Henry de Ferrers Henry de Ferrers (died by 1100), magnate and administrator, was a Normans, Norman who after the 1066 Norman conquest of England, Norman conquest was awarded extensive lands in England. Origins He was the eldest son of Vauquelin de Ferrers and i ...

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Norman Macleod Ferrers Norman Macleod Ferrers (11 August 1829 – 31 January 1903) was a British mathematician and university administrator and editor of a mathematical journal. Career and research Ferrers was educated at Eton College before studying at Gonville and ...

, (1829–1903), British mathematician * Robert Ferrers (1373–1396), (c. 1373 – bef. 1396), *

Lady Katherine Ferrers Katherine Ferrers (4 May 1634 – c. 13 June 1660) was an English gentlewoman and heiress. According to popular legend, she was also the "Wicked Lady", a highwaywoman who terrorised the English county of Hertfordshire before dying from gunsho ...

, (1634–1660), highwaywoman *''several people'' named Walkelin de Ferrers, **

Walchelin de Ferriers Walchelin de Ferrieres (or Walkelin de Ferrers) (died 1201) (List of Latinised names, Latinised to ''de Ferrariis'', literally "from the smiths") was an Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman baron and principal captain of Richard I of England, King Richard ...

, (died 1201), Norman baron and principal captain of Richard I of England **

Walkelin de Derby Walkelin de Derby (c. 1135 – 1190), also known as Walkelin de Ferrieres, anglicized as Walkelin de Ferrers, was a Norman lord of Egginton in the English county of Derbyshire. He was the last moneyer of the Derby Mint and the principal founder ...

, (c. 1135–1190), Norman lord of Eggington ;Noble title *

Baron Ferrers of Chartley The title Baron Ferrers of Chartley was created on 6 February 1299 for John de Ferrers, son of Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby. The daughter of the 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, Anne, married Walter Devereux who was summoned to parliament ...

, English title created on 1299, fell into abeyance in 1855 * Baron Ferrers of Groby, title in the Peerage of England created in 1300, forfeit in 1554 *see

Earl of Derby Earl of Derby ( ) is a title in the Peerage of England. The title was first adopted by Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby, under a creation of 1139. It continued with the Ferrers family until the 6th Earl forfeited his property toward the en ...

, title in the Peerage of England, created in 1139 **

Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby Robert I de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby ( 1068 – 1139) was born in Derbyshire, England, a younger son of Henry de Ferrières and his wife Bertha (perhaps l'Aigle). His father, born in Ferrières, Normandy, France accompanied William the Conqu ...

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Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby Robert II de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby (c. 1100 – 1162) was a younger, but eldest surviving son of Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby and his wife Hawise. He succeeded his father as Earl of Derby in 1139 (William, his elder brother, hav ...

, ** William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby, **

William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby William II de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby (c. 1168 – c. 1247), was a favourite of King John of England. He succeeded to the estate (but not the title) upon the death of his father, William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby, at the Siege of Acre i ...

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William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby William III de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (c. 1193 – 28 March 1254) of Chartley Castle in Staffordshire, was an English nobleman and major landowner, unable through illness to take much part in national affairs. From his two marriages, he lef ...

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Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby (1239–1279) was an English nobleman. He was born at Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire, England, the son of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby, by his second wife Margaret de Quincy (born 1218), a daug ...

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Earl Ferrers Earl Ferrers is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1711 for Robert Shirley, 14th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. The Shirley family descends from George Shirley (died 1622) of Astwell Castle, Northamptonshire. In 1611 he w ...

, title in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1711.

Places etc. in England

Bere Ferrers Bere Ferrers, sometimes called ''Beerferris'', is a village and civil parish on the Bere peninsula in West Devon in the England, English county of Devon. It is located to the north of Plymouth, on the west bank of the River Tavy. It has Bere F ...

, Devon, a village ** Bere Ferrers railway station * Churston Ferrers, Devon, an historic parish **

Churston Ferrers Grammar School Churston Ferrers Grammar School (also known as CFGS) is a selective coeducational Grammar School with Academy status, situated in the village of Galmpton in Torbay, South Devon, England. It is also a specialist Humanities College. Year 7 annua ...

Higham Ferrers Higham Ferrers is a market town and civil parish in the Nene Valley in North Northamptonshire, England, close to the Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire borders. It forms a single built-up area with Rushden to the south and had a population of 8,82 ...

, Northamptonshire, a town **

Higham Ferrers (UK Parliament constituency) Higham Ferrers was a parliamentary borough in Northamptonshire, which was represented in the House of Commons from 1558 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act. It was one of the very small number of English boroughs in that ...

** Higham Ferrers railway station *

Newton Ferrers Newton Ferrers is a village and former Manorialism, manor, civil parish, civil and ecclesiastical parish, now in the parish of Newton and Noss, in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England. It is situated on a creek of the River Y ...

, Devon, a village * Newton Ferrers, Cornwall, a former manor *

South Woodham Ferrers South Woodham Ferrers is a town and civil parish in the City of Chelmsford in Essex, England. It is approximately east of London and south-east of Chelmsford, and had a population of 16,453 at the 2011 Census, a decrease from 16,629 at the ...

, Essex, a town ** South Woodham Ferrers railway station *

Woodham Ferrers Woodham Ferrers is a small village and former civil parish about southeast of Chelmsford, located between South Woodham Ferrers and Bicknacre, now in the civil parish of Woodham Ferrers and Bicknacre in the county of Essex, England. The village ...

, Essex, a village

People

Places etc. in England

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