FERRERS, Knight William de II

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• Name	FERRERS, William de
  Prefix	Knight
  Suffix	II
  Birth	Abt 1240	Groby, Leicestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Burial	Dec 1287
  Death	24 Jan 1298	Tower of London, Middlesex, England
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  Person ID	I48157	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
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  Father	FERRERS, Earl William ,   b. 1193, Ferrers, Derbyshire, England Ferrers, Derbyshire, Englandd. 28 Mar 1254, Evington, Leicestershire, England (Age 61 years)
  Mother	DE QUINCY, Lady Margaret ,   b. 1208, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Englandd. 30 Mar 1266, Hampstead, Clerkenwell, London, England (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	1238
  Family ID	F22755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	SPENCER, Anne de ,   b. 1244, Louchborough, Leicestershire, England Louchborough, Leicestershire, England
  Marriage	1264	Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England
  Children	1 son and 1 daughter
  1. FERRERS, Anne de ,   b. Abt 1264, Groby, Leicestershire, England Groby, Leicestershire, Englandd. 1324, Groby, Leicestershire, England (Age 60 years) + 2. FERRERS, Baron William de ,   b. 30 Jan 1271, Yoxall, Staffordshire, England Yoxall, Staffordshire, Englandd. 20 Mar 1325, Groby Old Hall, Groby, Leicestershire, England (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F24842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	LOVAINE, Ailanore
  Marriage	Abt 1280
  Family ID	F24860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Uprising of William Wallace Following the Battle of Dunbar, a large section of the Scots nobility were languishing in prison in England. The countryside was fomenting and there was talk of a new champion for the Scots people, William Wallace of Elderslie had started his campaign. Douglas was summoned to attend King Edward in London on 7 July 1297, with fifty other barons to accompany him on an expedition to Flanders to aid Guy of Dampierre, Count of Flanders against Philip le Bel King of France. Douglas refused and joined company with Wallace. Most Scots magnates thought that Wallace was beneath their dignity, but Douglas had no such compunction. He was the first nobleman to join with Sir William Wallace in 1297 in rebellion; combining forces at Sanquhar, Durisdeer and later Scone Abbey where the two liberated the English treasury. With that booty Wallace financed further rebellion. Wallace joined his forces with that of Sir Andrew Moray and together they led the patriot army in the Battle at Stirling Bridge fought on 11 September 1297. They were joined by other patriots such as Robert Wishart Bishop of Glasgow, and the Morays of Bothwell, with a contingent of Douglases at the national muster at Irvine, North Ayrshire. Bruce raid on Douglas Castle[edit] When Edward heard of Douglas' supposed treason he commanded the future King of Scots Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick, then governor of Carlisle for the English to take retribution. Bruce swept into Douglasdale at the king's order. However, young Bruce, who was twenty-two years old at the time, stated, "I must join my own people and the nation in which I was born." He then was joined by the men of Douglas and Lady Douglas, proceeding to join the rebels at Irvine.[9] Capitulation of Irvine[edit] The third time Douglas was held a prisoner of Edward Plantagenet, was after 9 July 1297 when he was accused by Sir Henry de Percy of breaking his covenant of peace with Edward that was agreed to in the document known as the Capitulation at Irving Water, where Douglas was in the company of Robert Brus, Alexander de Lindsay and John and James (the latter three his brothers in law). By the time Sir Andrew de Moray and William Wallace won their great victory at Stirling, Sir William the Hardy was again Edward's prisoner at Berwick Castle; staying in what was now called 'Douglas Tower'. Death[edit] Following Wallace's success at Stirling Bridge the English fled Berwick on Tweed with Douglas and another Scottish prisoner Thomas de Morham; both were later committed to the Tower of London on 12 October 1297 with Douglas meeting his end there in 1298 due to mistreatment. Issue William the Hardy was twice married and had three sons By Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland: Sir James Douglas By Eleanor de Lovaine of Groby, daughter in law of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby and great-great granddaughter of Godfrey III of Leuven: Hugh Douglas Sir Archibald Douglas Sir William 'Le Hardi' of Douglas was the son of Sir William of Douglas. He died in 1298 at London, England, as a prisoner. Citations 1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IV, page 432. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.