de Ferrers, Walchelin 1a

Birth Name de Ferrers, Walchelin
Gender male
Age at Death 79 years

Narrative

# Note:

Ferrers, the name of a great Norman-English feudal house, derived from Ferrières-St.-Hilaire, to the south of Bernay, in Normandy. Its ancestor Walkelin was slain in a feud during the Conqueror's minority, leaving a son Henry, who took part in the Conquest and held a great fief in the midlands. [Encyclopædia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 9, p. 184, Ferrers]

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slain in the civil wars which distracted Normandy during the minority of Duke William, later William the Conqueror.

The name Ferrers means in French 'to bind with iron' or 'to shoe a horse'. FerriŠres in Normandy was known for its iron-working industry. The Ferrers coat of arms was black horseshoes on a silver background.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1010 Tutbury, Staffordshire, England   2
Death 1089 Normandy, France   2
Event Note

Slain in Normandy Civil Wars

Age: 79y

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father de Ferrers, Henry985
Mother , Bertha
         de Ferrers, Walchelin 1010 1089

Families

Family of de Ferrers, Walchelin and

Married Wife ( * 1014 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1035 Normandy   2
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Ferrers, Henry10361088
Ferreres, Gundella1036
de Ferrers, Hugh1038
de Ferrers, Isbel1040

Source References

  1. Errol Bevan: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bevangenealogy&id=I6975 @ RootsWeb Ancestries of Errol S. BEVAN and Hollie C. ATKINSON BEVAN to ADAM and EVE including REINHARDT and BLOCKER Cousins and more
      • Source text:

        ID: I6975
        Name: Walchelinde De FERRERS
        Surname: Ferrers
        Given Name: Walchelinde De
        Sex: M
        Birth: ABT 1010 in Of Tutbury, Stfrd, England
        Death: 1089 in , Normandy, France
        Ancestral File #: FLH6-QT
        LDS Baptism: 22 Apr 1936
        Endowment: 16 Jun 1936
        Note:
        Ancestral File Number: 8PVD-F9
        !-Royal Ancestors- by Michel Call, 1989, chart # 11526.
        1
        Change Date: 3 Apr 2007 at 01:00:00

        Marriage 1 Mrs Walchelin De FERRERS b: ABT 1014 in Of Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England
        Married: ABT 1035 in Of Normandy
        Sealing Spouse: 8 Mar 1967 in SLAKE
        Note: _UID9BA0709C00D4B643AA7FC3436E4407E6E2D1
        Children
        Isbel De FERRERS b: 1040 in Normandy, France
        Hugh DE FERRERS b: 1038 in Of, Ferrieres, Normandy, France
        Henry De FERRERS (FERRIERES) b: ABT 1036 in Of Ferrieres, Normandy, France
        Gundella (Gunred) (Gundreda) FERRERS b: ABT 1036 in Of Normandy, France

        Sources:
        Repository:
        Name: Family History Library
        Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA

        Title: Ancestral File (R)
        Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
        Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998

         

      • Citation:

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  2. Errol Bevan: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I6972&style=TABLE @ RootsWeb Ancestries of Errol S. BEVAN and Hollie C. ATKINSON BEVAN to ADAM and EVE including REINHARDT and BLOCKER Cousins and more