Margaret (Quincy) de Ferrers (bef. 1223 - bef. 1281)

Born before 1223 in England

Ancestors

Wife of William (Ferrers) de Ferrers — married about 1238 in England

Descendants

Died before 12 Mar 1281 at about age 58 in England

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Biography

Margaret (or Margery) de Quincy, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Roger de Quincy, Knt., 2nd Earl of Winchester, and Ellen of Galloway,^[1] was born before 1223.^[2]

Marriage and Children

She married in or before 1238, as his second wife, William de Ferrers, Knt., 5th Earl of Derby, son and heir of William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby and Agnes of Chester.^[1][2] They had two sons and three daughters:

• Robert, Knt., 6th Earl of Derby, born in 1239, died before 27 April 1279, married first to Mary (or Marie) de Lusignan and second to Eleanor de Bohun^[1][2]
• William, Knt., married first to Anne Durward and second to Eleanor de Lovaine^[2]
• Elizabeth, married William de Mareschal and David ap Gruffydd, Knt., Prince of North Wales^[2]
• Joan, married Thomas de Berkeley, Knt., 1st Lord Berkeley.^[2]
• Agnes, married Robert de Muscegros, Knt.^[2]

William de Ferrers died at Evington, Leicestershire, on 24 or 28 March 1254, and was buried at Merevale Abbey, Leicestershire^[2] on 31 March 1254.^[1] Margaret was named in the undated extent and appraisement of William's lands by writs dated 7 May 1255.^[3]

Inheritance and Other

In 1264, Margaret was co-heiress to her father, inheriting the hereditary office of Constable of Scotland along with manors in Leicestershire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Oxfordshire, etc. In 1270, she resigned the office of Constable of Scotland to her brother-in-law, Alexander Comyn, Knt., Earl of Buchan.^[2] Margaret was assigned the Quincy dower lands^[2] on 3 December 1274.^[1]

15 Mar 1264: "Protection without clause, until Whitsunday, for Margaret de Ferrariis, countess of Derby."^[4]

Plea Rolls:

Banco Roll, Michaelmas, 2—3 E. I (1274)

"Staff. Margaret de Ferrars Countess of Derbeye sued Thomas Meverel to give up to her Agnes, the niece and heir of William Herberd, (fn. 2) whose wardship belongs to her, inasmuch as the said William held his land of her by knight's service."^[5]

Banco Roll, Easter, 8 E. I (1280)

"Leye. and Suff. Philip de Chetewynt appeared against Alexander Comyn Earl of Boghan and Elizabeth his wife in a plea that jointly with Margaret de Ferrars and Elena la Zouche, (fn. 5) they should warrant to him the third part of eight messuages, eighty acres of land, and 20s. of rent in Tudenham near Camham in co. Suffolk, which Roger de Trumpington claimed against him. The defendants did not appear, and are to be re-summoned for the Octaves of St. John the Baptist. m. 17, dorso."^[6]

Death and Legacy

Margaret died shortly before 12 March 1280/1,^[1] the date the custody of her lands was given to Richard Fukeram. Her lands were held while her children were in their minorities^[2]

Inquisition Post Mortem: Monday after the Invention of the Holy Cross, 9 Edw. I. (September 1281)

"413. Margaret de Ferrariis, countess of Derbeye."

"... on the complaint of William de Ferrariis that the sheriff of Essex had taken into the king's hand the manors of Wodeham, Stubbyng and Feirstude which he had demised to the said Margaret, his mother, who had restored them to him long before her death, 15 April, 9 Edw. I."

"The manors with a messuage in Cheche were given by Sir William de Ferrariis, sometime earl of Derbeye, to William de Ferrariis his son at Nottingham about the feast of St. Lucy, 36 Hen. III, ..."

"... and the issues of the manors were collected by Robert de Duffeld his guardian (custodem) and placed in ward (custodiam) at Tyleteya, and in the fifth year they were rendered to the said William, and so he remained in peaceful seisin until he was made a knight and was of full age. Afterwards he granted these manors, &c. to Lady Margaret de Ferrariis his mother for her life for lands, &c. in Scotland and Gaweye of which she enfeoffed him, and into the aforesaid manors he had ingress sixteen days before his mother's death by her assent."^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. IV. London: St. Catherine, 1910. Online at Archive.org, page 196.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, vol. II, pages 150-153, FERRERS 3, Margaret de Quincy.
3. ↑ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and Other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office. (H.M. Stationery Office, London, 1904) Vol. 1: Henry III. Online at Archive.org, pages 88-89: #333.
4. ↑ Henry III, vol. 5, p. 307 .pdf
5. ↑ G. Wrottesley ed. "Plea Rolls for Staffordshire: 2 Edward I." in Staffordshire Historical Collections, Vol. 6 Part 1. (London: Staffordshire Record Society, 1885), pages 61-66. Online at British History Online, accessed 26 Mar 2020.
6. ↑ G. Wrottesley, ed. "Plea Rolls for Staffordshire: 8 Edward I," in Staffordshire Historical Collections, Vol. 6 Part 1. (London: Staffordshire Record Society, 1885), pages 102-112. Online at British History Online, accessed 26 Mar 2020.
7. ↑ J E E S Sharp, ed. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 28," in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 2, Edward I. (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1906), pages 230-238. Online at British History Online, accessed 26 Mar 2020.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry

See also:

• Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edition, vol. II, page 150.
• Richardson, Royal Ancestry (2013), vol. II, pages 561-565.
• Lewis, Marlyn. Margaret de Quincy entry in Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors website, accessed 26 Mar 2020.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #48920554: image, unsourced and "Margaret, wife of Sir William de Ferrers, was buried with him in Merevale Abbey, Warwickshire" (also unsourced).
• Camden Society Series, (London, 1916) Third Series, Vol. 27 "The Estate Book of Henry De Bray of Harleston, co. Northants, c.1289-1340". Online at Archive.org, page 141.
• For additional information about early baronies, see the top-level category page Early English Feudal Baronies. Individual category pages (links below) should include information specific to the category.

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Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta project on 26 Mar 2020 ~ Thiessen-117.

Margery (Quincy) de Ferrers is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project to the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Robert Abell (MCA I:1-2 ABELL): badged in September 2017. See the trail HERE.
• Dannett Abney (2 trails): badged November 2015 and June 2022. See the trails HERE.
• Jeremy Clarke: re-reviewed January 2023. See the trail HERE.
• Elizabeth Covert (MCA I:555-559 COVERT): badged in 2015 and re-reviewed in March 2020. This trail can be seen HERE.
• Margaret Domville: does not appear Magna Carta Ancestry, but see this post: soc.genealogy.medieval. Trail was developed and badged in Jul 2020 and can be seen HERE.
• John Fisher: badged in 2015 and re-reviewed in April 2020. See the trail HERE.
• Agnes Mackworth (MCA III:91-93 MACKWORTH): badged March 2022. See the trail HERE.
• Manwaring Gateways (Oliver and Mary) (MCA III:126-129 MANWARING): badged in Feb 2015 and re-reviewed in February 2024. See the trail HERE.
• Elizabeth Marshall: badged May 2020. See the trail HERE.
• John Stockman (MCA IV:107-111 STOCKMAN): badged January 2023. See the trail HERE.
• Torrey Gateways (William and Samuel) (MCA II:376-380 HAVILAND): badged in May 2022. See this trail HERE.
• Mary Wolseley (MCA IV:362-365 WOLSELEY): badged June 2022. See trail HERE.

Margery (Quincy) de Ferrers is also in unbadged trails (needing work) to the following Gateways:

• Deighton Gateways (Jane, Frances, and Katherine) (MCA II:34-40 DEIGHTON): trail has not yet been developed. See the trail HERE.
• Humphrey Gateways (Daniel, Benjamin, Rebecca, and Anne) (MCA III:279-281 OWEN): trail has not yet been developed and is set out HERE.
• Owen Gateways (Rebecca, Joshua and Elizabeth) (MCA III:279-281 OWEN): trail has not yet been developed and is set out HERE.
• Washington Gateways (John and Lawrence) (MCA IV:293-295 WASHINGTON): needs development. See the trail HERE.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".