Sixth Generation  

32. 9th Baron Reginald de BRAOSE Abergavenny [81928] (4th Lord William de BRAOSE of Bramber¹⁷, Bertha Fitzmiles de HEREFORD¹⁰, Miles of Hereford (1st Earl)⁶, Walter de Pitres², Roger de Pitres¹) was born between 1150 and 1155 in Bramber Sussex England, died between May 1227 and Jun 1228 in Brecon Breconshire Wales, and was buried in Priory Church Brecon Breconshire Wales.

Reginald married Grecia de BRIWERE [81929]. Grecia was born about 1161 in Stoke Devon England and died in 1223 in Bramber Sussex England aged about 62.

Children from this marriage were:

   55    i. Matilda de BRAOSE [122609] was born about 1172 in Carmarthenshire Wales and died on 29 Dec 1210 aged about 38.

   56    ii. John de BRAOSE of Landimers [122610] was born about 1202 in Brecknock [Brecon] Breconshire Wales.

+ 57    iii. Baron William de BRAOSE Abergavenny [81926] was born about 1204 in Brecon Breconshire Wales and died on 2 May 1230 in Aber Garth Celyn Abergwyngregyn Gwynedd Wales aged about 26.

   58    iv. Mary de BRAOSE [122611] was born in 1204 in Brecknock [Brecon] Breconshire Wales.

Reginald next married Gwladys Ddu verch LLEWELYN [81952]. Gwladys was born on 5 Dec 1194 in Gwynedd Wales and died in 1251 in Windsor Berkshire England at age 57.

33. William de BRAOSE [122375] (4th Lord William de BRAOSE of Bramber¹⁷, Bertha Fitzmiles de HEREFORD¹⁰, Miles of Hereford (1st Earl)⁶, Walter de Pitres², Roger de Pitres¹) was born about 1172 in Bramber Sussex England and died about 1210 in Corfe Castle Dorset England aged about 38.

General Notes: A Comment on "Geni" says,
He and his Mother were left to starve in Corfe Castle on the Orders of King John.

William married Mathilde de CLARE [122376]. Mathilde was born about 1181 in Clare Suffolk England and died in 1213 aged about 32. Another name for Mathilde was Maud de CLARE.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 59    i. Sir John de BRAOSE Lord of Bramber & Gower [122364] was born about 1197 in Gower Glamorganshire Wales, died on 18 Jul 1232 in Bramber Sussex England aged about 35, and was buried in Priory Church Aconbury Herefordshire England.

   60    ii. Matilda de BRAOSE [122641] was born about 1198 in Gower Glamorganshire Wales and died in 1301 in Ludlow Herefordshire England aged about 103.

   61    iii. Phillip de BRAOSE [122642] was born about 1202.

   62    iv. Walter de BREWES [122643] was born about 1206 in Bramber Castle Sussex England and died in 1234 aged about 28.

   63    v. Giles de BRAOSE [122644] was born about 1208 in Bramber Sussex England and died in Jan 1218 aged about 10.

45. 4th Earl William de FERRERS of Derby [81909] (Sybil de BRAOSE¹⁸, Bertha Fitzmiles de HEREFORD¹⁰, Miles of Hereford (1st Earl)⁶, Walter de Pitres², Roger de Pitres¹) was born about 1168 in Derbyshire England and died on 22 Sep 1247 in Derbyshire England aged about 79.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of this William,
William II de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby (c. 1168 \endash c. 1247), was a favourite of King John of England. He succeeded to the estate (but not the title) upon the death of his father, William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby, at the Siege of Acre in 1190. He was head of a family which controlled a large part of Derbyshire which included an area known as Duffield Frith.
AND,
He adopted his father's allegiance to King Richard as the reigning king. On Richard's return from the Third Crusade, in the company of David Ceannmhor and the Earl of Chester he played a leading role in besieging Nottingham Castle, on 28 March 1194, which was being held by supporters of Prince John. For seven weeks after this he held the position of Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.[1]

On the accession of John after the death of his brother, in 1199, William gave him his allegiance, and became a great favourite. He restored to the de 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.[2]

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.

In the same year, 1214, the King granted the Earl the royal castle of Harestan (Horsley Castle). William was a patron of at least 2 abbeys and 4 priories. In 1216, John made him bailiff of the Peak Forest and warden of the Peak Castle.

In that year, John was succeeded by the nine-year-old Henry III. 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. William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke acting on behalf of the young King sought to repel the invaders and pacify the barons. His forces, with the assistance of de Ferrers, the Earl of Chester and others, defeated the rebels at the siege of Lincoln.

De Ferrers was allowed to retain the royal castles of Bolsover, Peak and Horston (Horsley) until the King's 14th birthday. The latter had been given him in 1215 as a residence for his wife, during his planned absence with the King on Crusade.[3] and the Earl was among those who made representation to the King, which would in 1258 led to the Provisions of Oxford .

Henry reached his fourteenth birthday in 1222 and his administration sought to recover the three royal castles, to de Ferrers' indignation. In 1254 they would pass to Edward I, Henry's son, exacerbating Robert's, the sixth earl, resentment against the prince.[4]

He married Agnes of Chester, sister of Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester, for 55 years. As the Earl advanced in years he became a martyr to severe attacks of the gout, a disease which terminated his life in the year 1247. He was succeeded by his elder son, also William, the Fifth Earl of Derby.

Noted events in his life were:

• Appointment: High Sheriff of Lancashire.

William married Countess Alice Agnes de MESCHINES of Derby [81910]. Alice was born about 1174 in Tutbury Castle Staffordshire England and died on 2 Nov 1247 in Stowe-by-Chartley Staffordshire England aged about 73.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 64    i. 5th Earl William de FERRERS of Derby [81899] was born about 1193 in Ferrers Derby Derbyshire England and died on 28 Mar 1254 in Evington Leicestershire England aged about 61.

   65    ii. Reginald de FERRERS of Bere Ferrers [123553] was born about 1200 in Bere Ferrers Devon England and died on 22 Sep 1247 in Belper Derbyshire England aged about 47.

   66    iii. Ivette de FERRERS [123554] was born between 1200 and 1206 in Cambridge Cambridgeshire England.

   67    iv. Thomas de FERRERS of Chartley [123555] was born about 1202 in Derby Derbyshire England and died about 1266 aged about 64.

   68    v. Bertha de FERRERS [123556] was born about 1203 in Derbyshire England and died on 10 Feb 1267 in Worksop Nottinghamshire England aged about 64.

   69    vi. Hugh de FERRERS [123558] was born about 1204 in England and died on 10 Aug 1257 aged about 53.

   70    vii. Robert de FERRERS [123559] was born about 1206 in Derby Derbyshire England and died in 1279 aged about 73.

   71    viii. Sybil de FERRERS [123557] was born on 25 Jul 1216 in Derby Derbyshire England and died about 1247 in England aged about 31.

52. Lady Petronille de FERRERS of Derby [122386] (Sybil de BRAOSE¹⁸, Bertha Fitzmiles de HEREFORD¹⁰, Miles of Hereford (1st Earl)⁶, Walter de Pitres², Roger de Pitres¹) was born about 1198 in Castle Stafford Staffordshire England and died on 12 May 1237 in Castle Stafford Staffordshire England aged about 39.

Petronille married Sir Hervey de STAFFORD [122385]. Hervey was born about 1178 in Castle Stafford Staffordshire England and died on 11 May 1237 in Castle Stafford Staffordshire England aged about 59.

Children from this marriage were:

   72    i. Hervey de STAFFORD [122392] was born about 1216 in Stafford Castle Staffordshire England and died in 1241 aged about 25.

+ 73    ii. Robert de STAFFORD [122292] was born about 1220 in Stafford Castle Staffordshire England and died on 2 Apr 1261 in Stafford Staffordshire England aged about 41.

   74    iii. John de STAFFORD [122391] was born about 1225 in Stafford Castle Staffordshire England.

54. Earl Henry de BOHUN of Hereford [81919] (Earl Humphrey IV de BOHUN of Hereford²², Margaret FITZMILES de Pitres¹¹, Miles of Hereford (1st Earl)⁶, Walter de Pitres², Roger de Pitres¹) was born in 1176 in Warwick Warwickshire England and died on 1 Jun 1220 in Palestine at age 44.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of Henry,
He was the son and heir of Humphrey III de Bohun (pre-1144-1181) of Trowbridge Castle in Wiltshire and of Caldicot Castle in south-east Wales, 5th feudal baron of Trowbridge,[1] who served King Henry II as Lord High Constable of England. His mother was Margaret of Huntingdon, widow of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (d.1171) and a daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, son of King David I of Scotland by his wife Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon. Henry's half-sister was Constance, Duchess of Brittany.
His paternal grandmother was Margaret of Hereford, a daughter of Miles FitzWalter of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, Lord of Brecknock (died 1143), Sheriff of Gloucester and Constable of England. After the male line of Miles of Gloucester failed, in 1199 King John created Henry de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Constable of England. His lands lay chiefly on the Welsh Marches, and from this date the Bohuns took a foremost place among the Marcher barons.[2]
Henry de Bohun was one of the twenty-five barons elected by their peers to enforce the terms of Magna Carta in 1215. He was subsequently excommunicated by the Pope. In the civil war that followed Magna Carta, he was a supporter of King Louis VIII of France and was captured at the Battle of Lincoln in 1217

Noted events in his life were:

• Appointment: Heridetary Constable of England, 1199.

Henry married Countess Maud de MANDEVILLE of Essex [81920]. Maud was born in 1177 in Mandeville Warwickshire England and died on 27 Aug 1236 in Quendon Essex England at age 59. Another name for Maud was Maud FITZGEOFFREY.

Children from this marriage were:

   75    i. Henry de BOHUN [120225] . (Died young)

+ 76    ii. Sir Ralph de BOHUN Earl of Midhurst [120226] was born in 1202 in Warwick Warwickshire England and died in 1270 in Warwick Warwickshire England at age 68.

+ 77    iii. Earl [2nd] Humphrey IV de BOHUN of Hereford [81917] was born in 1204 and died on 24 Sep 1275 at age 71.