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b. 1565 /6 or 1569/70,Earlier date calculated from univ. admiss.; later date from fa.’s i.p.m. 1st s. of Sir Humphrey Ferrers of Tamworth and his 1st w. Anne, da. of Sir Humphrey Bradbourne of Lea, Derbys. C.F. Palmer, Hist. Tamworth, 365; The Gen. n.s. vii. 12. educ. Trin. Oxf. 16 Oct. 1583, aged 17; L. Inn 1584. LI Admiss.; Al. Ox. m. (1) by 22 Oct. 1592, FSL, L.e. 594, 22 Oct. 1592, Sir John Puckering to Sir Humphrey Ferrers describing latter as ‘Good Brother’. Dorothy (bur. 19 Dec. 1616), Soc. Gen. Tamworth par. reg. 1614-35, p. 18. da. of Sir John Puckering†, 1s. 3da.; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 7, 309. (2) by May 1625, Elizabeth, ?s.p. C78/251/16. suc. fa. 1608. The Gen. n.s. xvii. 282. Kntd. 23 Apr. 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 103. bur. 15 Aug. 1633 15 Aug. 1633. Soc. Gen. Tamworth par. reg. 1614-35, p. 143. sig. Jo[hn] Ferrers.
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Surveyor of woods, Tutbury honour, Derbys. 1603–d.; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 166. j.p. Warws. 1604 – d., Derbys. by 1608–d., FSL, L.e. 655; SP14/33, ff. 13v, 63v; SP16/212. Lichfield, Staffs. 1611-at least 1622, C181/2, f. 151; 181/3, ff. 52, 59. Tamworth, Warws. 1619; C231/4, f. 81. commr. subsidy, Warws. 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624; SP14/31/1; 14/123/78; C212/22/21, 23. sheriff, Staffs. 1614–15; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 147. commr. Forced Loan, Warws. and Derbys. 1626–7. SP16/50/54; 16/33/131.I.

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FERRERS, Sir John (1565/6 or 1569/70-1633), of Walton-on-Trent, Derbys. and Tamworth Castle, Warws.
Main residences: Walton-on-Trent, Derbys.; Tamworth Castle, Warws.
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A.D.T.
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Commons 1604-1629
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FERRERS, Sir John (1565/6 or 1569/70-1633)

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