He was married to Agnes De Kevelioch, sister of Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester, for 55 years. (In 1254 they would pass to Edward, Henry's son, exacerbating Robert, the sixth's earl's resentment against the prince.) Henry reached his fourteenth birthday in 1222 and his administration sought to recover the three royal castles, to de Ferrers indignation. and the Earl was among those who made representation to the King, which would in 1258 led to the Provisions of Oxford. The last named had been given him in 1215 as a residence for his wife, during its planned absence with the King on Crusade. His forces with the assistance of de Ferrers, the Earl of Chester and others, defeated the rebels at the siege of Lincoln.ĭe Ferrers was allowed to retain the royal castles of Bolsover, Peak and Horston (Horsley until the King's 14th birthday. William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke acting on behalf the young King sought to repel the invaders and pacify the barons. Because of continuing discontent about John's violations of the Magna Carta, some of the barons had approached Prince Louis of France who invaded in that year. In that year, John was succeeded by the nine year-old Henry III. In 1216, John made him bailiff of the Peak Forest and warden of the Peak Castle Peveril Castle. William was a patron of at least 2 abbeys and 4 priories. In the same year, 1214, the King granted the Earl the royal castle of Harestan (Horsley Castle). When, in 1213, John surrendered his kingdoms of England and Ireland to the Pope, William was one of the witnesses to the 'Bulla Aurea.' In the following year William gave surety on behalf of the king for the payment of a yearly tribute of 1,000 marks. He restored to the Ferrars' family the title of Earl of Derby, along with the right to the 'third penny', and soon afterwards bestowed upon him the manors of Ashbourne and Wirksworth, with the whole of that wapentake, subject to a fee farm rent of £70 per annum. On the accession of John after the death of his brother, in 1199, William gave him his allegiance, and became a great favourite. For seven weeks after this he held the position of Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. On Richard's return from the Third Crusade, in the company of Earl David Ceannmhor and the Earl of Chester he played a leading role in besieging Nottingham Castle, on the 28th March 1194, which was being held by supporters of John Lackland.

He adopted his father's allegiance to King Richard as the reigning king. He was head of a family which controlled a large part of Derbyshire which included an area known as Duffield Frith. He succeeded to the estate (but not the title) upon the death of his father at the Siege of Acre in 1190. William II de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby, was a favourite of King John of England. Husband of Agnes of Chester, Countess of Derbyįather of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby Reginald de Ferrers, of Bere Ferrers Ivette de Ferrers Thomas Ferrers, of Chartley Bertha de Ferrers and 3 others Sybil de Ferrers, Baroness of Appleby Hugh de Ferrers and Robert de Ferrers « lessīrother of Agatha de Ferrers Millicent de Ferrers Son Ferrers Robert de Ferrers, Lord Eggington Lady Petronille de Ferrers, of Derby and 2 others Henry de Ferrers and Eleanor de Ferrers « lessĤth Earl of Derby, High Sheriff of Lancashire, Knight Son of William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby and Sybil de Braose

'High Sheriff of Lancashire', '4th Earl of Derby', '4th Earl Derby & Earl Ferriers', 'Earl of Chester', 'Sherriff of Nottinghamshire', 'Derbyshire', 'and Lancashire' Sir William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby

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