FERRERS, George (c.1510-79), of Markyate and Flamstead, Herts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1510, 1st s. of Thomas Ferrers of St. Albans by Alice, da. of John Cockworthy of Cockworthy, Devon. educ. Camb. BCnL 1531; L. Inn Nov. 1534. m. (1) 1541, Elizabeth, wid. of Humphrey Bourchier; (2) Mar. 1546, Jane, da. of John Southcote of St. Albans, 1s.; (3) 1569, Margaret Preston, wid., of St. Albans; at least 3 other s. and 2da.Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 359; Vis. Herts.(Harl. Soc. xxii), 141-2; PCC 16 Alenger, 45 Alen; Herts. Gen. and Antiq.iii. 108-9; Mar. Lic. Fac. Off. (Harl. Soc. xxiv), 7; Mar. Lic. Bp. London (Harl. Soc. xxv), 44; Par. Regs. St. Albans Abbey (Brigg 1897), 129; C3/153/11; C142/186/2; St. Ch. 5/F4/36; Req. 2/1/67.

Offices Held

Servant of Thomas Cromwell by 1538; page of the chamber by 1542 – aft.47; j.p. Herts. 1547 – 54; master of the King’s pastimes Christmas 1551, 1552; lord of misrule Christmas 1553; escheator Beds. and Bucks. 1562 – 63, Essex and Herts. 1566–7.LP Hen. VIII, xiii, xiv; Holinshed, Chron. (1808), iii. 824 seq.; Loseley Mss, ed. Kempe, 19–35; APC, ed. Nicolas, vii. 332; Folger L. b. 257; LC/2/2, f. 64.

Parlimentarian

FERRERS, George (c.1510-79), of Markyate and Flamstead, Herts.

Main residences: Markyate; Flamstead, Herts.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

FERRERS, George (c.1510-79)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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