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• Appointments / Titles: Tutbury, Staffordshire, England; Lord
• FSID: 9SPK-69R
• Appointments / Titles: 1138, Derbyshire, England; 1st Earl of Derby

Notes:

Robert I de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby (c. 1068 – 1139) was born in Derbyshire, England, a younger son of Henry de Ferrières and his wife Bertha l'Aigle. His father, born in Ferrières, Normandy, France accompanied William the Conqueror during his invasion of England. The family was rewarded with a grant of Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire and 114 manors in Derbyshire.

Robert's elder brother William's main interests were in France. He joined Robert Curthose and was captured at Tinchebrai. His other brother Engenulf died shortly after his father and so Robert succeeded to the estates in 1088.

From the beginning, he gave great support to Henry I. As part of his tenure of Duffield Frith in 1129–30, he is on record as having interests in lead mines at Wirksworth. At about this time he granted the church of Potterspury, Northamptonshire, to Bernard the Scribe.

It is, however, during his last years that he is most in evidence as a leading supporter of King Stephen. He took a large body of Derbyshire men northwards to assist in repelling an invasion of the Scots under King David I of Scotland, nominally on the behalf of Matilda. Little actual fighting took place, but Thurstan, Archbishop of York, won the Battle of the Standard on Stephen's behalf, fought near Northallerton, on 22, August, 1138.

Robert was mainly instrumental in securing the victory for his Sovereign, who for this and other important services created him Earl of Derby, although charters and chronicles during this period refer to him interchangeably as Earl Ferrers, earl of Nottingham or earl of Derby.

He died in the following year (1139) and was succeeded in his earldom by his second but eldest surviving son Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby often known as Robert de Ferrars the Younger.

As with most Norman lords, the Ferrers brought their Norman underlords to England with them – in this case, the Curzon (of Kedleston), Livet (Levett) and Boscherville (Baskerville) families, who held their fiefs in Normandy from the Ferrers, and who subsequently held their English lands from Ferrers as well. (The undertenant family names derive from Notre-Dame-de-Courson, Livet-en-Ouche and Boscherville, all part of the Ferrers barony in Normandy.) These undertenant retained their ties to the Ferrers after the families had moved to England following the Norman Conquest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Ferrers,_1st_Earl_of_Derby

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Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby was born circa 1066 at Derbyshire, England.
He was the son of Henry de Ferrieres and Bertha Roberts.
He married Hawise de Vitre, daughter of Andre de Vitre and Agnes de Mortaigne, circa 1087 at Vitre, Bretagne, France.
He was created 1st Earl of Derby in 1138.
He died in 1139.

Child of Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby and Hawise de Vitre
- Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby b. c 1090, d. 1162

http://www.thepeerage.com/p15855.htm#i158541

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Issue

Assuming Robert was born 1062 and Hawise was born 1086, assume they were not married earlier than her 16th birthday, or 1102. Brown suggests 1087 as the wedding date, which is too early if Hawises was born 1086. Children are shown born beginning in 1105, when she would have been 19, and continuing until she was 1118, when she would have been 32. These estimated birth years are realistic although unproved.

Group A

Agnes, born Berkshire 1105. Married Paynel
Isabel, born Staffordshire 1105. Married Robert de Caus. Her parentage and marriage are recorded in Domesday Descendants, which does not cite the corresponding source reference. She married Robert de Cauz.
Unknown, born 1110, Married Maminot
Robert, born Staffordshire 1118. Child of Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby and Hawise de Vitre. Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby b. c 1090, d. 1162

Group B

William, child of Robert de Ferrers and his wife Hawise,who d. s. p.
Robert, child of Robert de Ferrers and his wife Hawise,his successor
Walcheline, child of Robert de Ferrers and his wife Hawise,of Okeham;
Isolda, child of Robert de Ferrers and his wife Hawise,m. to Stephen de Beauchamp
Maud, child of Robert de Ferrers and his wife Hawise,m. to Bertram de Verdon.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ferrers-8

Family/Spouse: de Guingamp, Havise. Havise (daughter of de Vitré, André and de Mortaigne, Agnes) was born on 17 Jun 1063 in Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; died in DECEASED in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. de Ferrers, Matilda was born in 1142 in Tutbury, Staffordshire, England; died in 1175 in England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Tutbury, Staffordshire, England; Lord
• Appointments / Titles: Ferrières, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; Lord
• FSID: LTWR-DQ6
• Occupation: Doomsday Commissioner

Notes:

Henry de Ferrers (died by 1100), magnate and administrator, was a Norman who after the 1066 Norman conquest was awarded extensive lands in England.
He was the eldest son of Walkeline de Ferrers and in about 1040 inherited his father's lands centered on the village of Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire.

In England he progressively acquired landholdings, which he had to manage. As one of the leading magnates, he also served King William I of England and his successor William II in administrative capacities and is said to have been castellan of Stafford Castle. In about 1080, he and his wife founded Tutbury Priory and in 1086 he was one of the royal commissioners in charge of the Domesday survey, which records his 210 manors.

He died between September 1093 and September 1100 and was buried in Tutbury Priory.

His first three tranches of land came to him from dispossessed English holders. First, in about 1066 or 1067, he was granted the lands of Goderic, the former sheriff of Berkshire, in Berkshire and Wiltshire. Then, by about the end of 1068, he obtained lands in Buckinghamshire, Essex and Northamptonshire, as well as more in Berkshire, that had belonged to Bondi the Staller. Finally, after the 1071 revolt, he was awarded the lands of Siward Barn in Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire as well as further lands in Berkshire and Essex. Also after the revolt, he became holder of the Wapentake of Appletree centred on Tutbury Castle, which had been in the hands of Hugh d'Avranches and stretched across Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire.
Among his under-tenants were members of families believed to have come from villages near his original home at Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire, such as the Curzons from Notre-Dame-de-Courson, the Baskervilles from Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville and the Levetts from Jonquerets-de-Livet.

Family
With his wife Bertha he had four known children:
1. William, probably the eldest, who inherited the estates in Normandy and was a supporter of Duke Robert Curthose.
2. Enguenulph, keeper of Duffield Castle, who did not long outlive his father.
3. Robert, who inherited the estates in England and was made Earl of Derby.
4. Amice, who married Nigel d'Aubigny, the probable brother of William d'Aubigny.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_de_Ferrers

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Henry de Ferrieres was born circa 1036 at Ferrieres, Normandy, France.
He was the son of Walchelinde de Ferrieres.
He married Bertha Roberts.
He died in 1088 at Tutbury, Staffordshire, England.

Child of Henry de Ferrieres and Bertha Roberts
- Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby b. c 1066, d. 1139

http://www.thepeerage.com/p15855.htm#i158545

Henry married Roberts, Bertha in 1061 in Chambray, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. Bertha was born on 4 May 1044 in Normandy, France; died on 30 Jul 1095 in Derby, Derbyshire, England; was buried on 30 Jul 1095 in Tutbury Priory, Tutbury, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: 99SY-CGW

Notes:

Although Bertha was once speculated to be part of the de Laigle (l'Aigle) family, there is no primary evidence that supports that. [Medieval Lands.]

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• Appointments / Titles: Lord
• FSID: 99QR-18P

Notes:

Vauquelin (Walkelin) de Ferrières, Seigneur of Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire. The Ferrers family holding at Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire was the capitol of their large Norman barony.

Valkelin married Mahaut de Darbury in 1034. Two of his sons were supporters of William the Conqueror, William de Ferrers and Henry de Ferrers, who became a major landowner in England after the conquest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauquelin_de_Ferrers

Walkelin married de Durbury, Mahaut in 1035 in France. Mahaut (daughter of de Durbuy, Heinrich I and de Tutbury, Bertha) was born on 1 May 1019 in Namur, Belgium; died on 23 Jul 1090 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: Durbuy, Luxembourg, Belgium; Countess
• FSID: L8TJ-8KT

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• Appointments / Titles: Lord of Oakham
• FSID: GHBR-SBC

Henry married Tinsley, Lady Bertha. Bertha (daughter of Tinsley, Issac and Rucker, Margaret) was born in 985 in Ferrières, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1031 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: GWBP-KJ6
• Appointments / Titles: 1000, Ferrières, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; Baroness/Lady of Ferrers

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• Appointments / Titles: Count of Durbuy
• FSID: KZ1H-5N4

Heinrich married de Tutbury, Bertha. Bertha was born in 1001 in Tutbury Castle, Tutbury, Staffordshire, England; died in 1078 in Tutbury Castle, Tutbury, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: G7Q3-1XY