Thomas Ferrers

1395 - 1459  (64 years)

• Name	Thomas Ferrers  [1, 2]
  Birth	1395	Groby, Leicestershire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1459	Tamworth, Staffordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Burial	Tamworth, Staffordshire, England   [2]
  Person ID	I14394	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	5th Lord Ferrers of Groby Sir William Ferrers,   b. 25 Apr 1372, Luton, Bedfordshire, England d. 18 May 1445, Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Philippa Clifford,   b. 1374, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Westmorland, England d. 4 Jul 1405, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Westmorland, England (Age 31 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F5529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elisabeth Freville,   b. 1398, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England bur. Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
  Children	1. Thomas Ferrers,   b. 1423, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England d. 20 Aug 1498, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5211	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1395 - Groby, Leicestershire, England Death - 1459 - Tamworth, Staffordshire, England Burial - - Tamworth, Staffordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-FERRERS Ferrers/de Ferrers Coat of Arms

  
  

• Sources

  [S202] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;). [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Thomas Ferrers 1395-1459. Sir Thomas Ferrers, 1st Lord of Tamworth by marriage. He made Tamworth the seat of an important branch of the Ferrers of Groby. It had a covert role as a "safe house" of sorts for the preeminent Catholic families of England during the Tudor era-- and yet the heirs of Lord Tamworth developed a strongarm organization to enforce the laws of the Crown in Staffordshire, and clean up problems that had only naturally existed in the environs of such a formidable castle. Better roads were to make enforcement by the central government easier by the 16th century, and of course cannon made obsolete the notion of an impregnable fortress-- caretakers under the Ferrers stewardship understood this, and since they led double lives (as Catholics) they understood and preserved the arts of playing both sides, a way of life during the Dynastic Wars, but lost to memory as new generations of royalty grew more and more comfortable in their power. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71636833/thomas-ferrers