Robert Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Wemme
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Robert De Ferrers (c. 1373 - before November 29, 1396). He was born in Willisham, Suffolk, England.
Robert was the son of Robert Ferrers and Elizabeth Botiller (Boteler). He was the great-grandson of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (name to become Boone in descedants) and Princess Elizabeth of England, daughter of Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile, daughter of Ferdinand III of Castile and his second wife Jeanne de Dammartin, Countess of Ponthieu.
According to "The Fighting Kentuckian", Robert De Ferrers was 3rd cousins 15 times removed to Daniel Boone. Their last common ancestors were Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile.
Robert De Ferrers married Joan Beaufort in 1391 at Chateau De Beaufort,Maine-Et-Loire,France. They had 2 children:
- Elizabeth De Ferrers (1393-1434). She is buried at Black Friars Church,York,Yorkshire,England. She married John Greystoke (1389-1436) on October 28, 1407 in Greystoke, Cumberland England. He is buried at Collegiate Church, Greystoke, Northumberland, England. They had 12 Children.
- Mary De Ferrers (1394- January 25, 1457/1458). She married Ralph De Neville abt: 1413 in Oversley, Warwickshire, England b.1392-February 25, 1457/1458.
They had 2 children
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