Joan De Ferrers

Joan De Ferrers

Female Abt 1248 - 1310  (~ 62 years)

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  • Name Joan De Ferrers 
    Born Abt 1248  Stourton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 19 Mar 1309/10  Augustine Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Englan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4338  avefamily
    Last Modified 25 Nov 2018 

    Father William De Ferrers,   b. ca 1193, Tutbury, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 or 28 Mar 1254, Evington, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Mother Margaret De Quincy,   b. Bef 1223, Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. ca 12 Mar 1280/1, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Family ID F1356  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas De Berkeley,   b. ca 1251, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1321, St Augustines Abbey,Bristol,Gloucestershire,England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Married 1267 
    Children 
    +1. Maurice De Berkeley,   b. ca 1271-81, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1326, Wallingford Castle (in prison) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 124 years)
    Last Modified 14 Jul 2015 
    Family ID F1322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Joan de Ferrers, born about 1248, was the daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby, by his second wife Margaret de Quincy, daughter and co-heiress of Roger de Quincy, Knt., 2nd Earl of Winchester, hereditary Constable of Scotland. [1]

      In 1267 Joan married Sir Thomas de Berkeley, Knt., of Berkeley, Gloucester, Wendon, Esses, etc., 1st Lord Berkeley, Vice-Constable of England, 2nd but 1st surviving son and heir of Maurice de Berkeley, 6th Baron Berkeley and Isabel de Dover. They had 4 sons and two daughters: [1]

      Sir Maurice, 2nd Lord Berkeley
      Sir Thomas
      John
      James
      Margaret, wife of Thomas FitzMaurice and Sir Reynold Rosel
      Isabel, Prioress at Buckland Priory
      During the period 1254-60, Robert de Ferrers granted the manor of Easton, Leicestershire, to his sister, Joan de Ferrers. [1] [2]

      Joan de Ferrers died on 19 March 1310 and was buried at St. Augustine's, Bristol, Gloucestershire. [1]

      Research Notes

      Birth date of 1248 is calculated based on Joan's marriage in 1267 and by ages of other family members.

      Sources

      ? 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, (2011) Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 3 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), volume 1, page 246
      ? Fitzhardinge, Francis William: Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters and Muniments in the Possession of Lord Fitzhardinge at Berkeley Castle C.T. Jefferies and Sons, Limited, Printers, 1892. p. 118. https://books.google.ca/books?id=NYBHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq
      see also:
      Joan de Ferrers, "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" (website, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR; accessed August 14, 2015)
      The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, Page: 88-4
      Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, pp. 26-29
      Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, Page: II:128