Leon E. Rites NOYES was born ¹ on 5 Jan 1911 in Vermont, United States. He died ² on 22 Mar 2007 in Rutland, Vermont, United States. Leon married ³ Mary Edith FARR on 18 Jan 1941 in Shrewsbury, Rutland, Vermont, United States.

Sir Alexander de FREVILLE [Parents] was born ¹ in 1255 in Caxton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. He died ² on 1 Mar 1328 in Tamworth Castle, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. Alexander married Joan de CROMWELL in 1291 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

Dear Newsgroup ~

Although the secondary sources have muddled the early history of the
Freville family, the line of descent is actually quite clear if one
studies the descent of lands.

The head of this family, Baldwin de Freville (died 1257) married (1st)
Lucy de Scalers, by whom he had one son, Richard (died 1299), of Caxton
and Shelford, Cambridgeshire, Munden-Freville, Hertfordshire.
Following Lucy's death, he married (2nd) Maud Giffard, daughter of Hugh
Giffard, of Boyton, Wiltshire, by Sibyl, daughter and co-heiress of
Walter de Cormeilles, of Weston-under-Edge, Taddington, etc., co.
Gloucester. Baldwin (died 1257) had two sons by his 2nd marriage to
Maud Giffard, namely Sir Baldwin (who died without issue in 1289), and
Sir Alexander (died 1328), of Tamworth. Maud Giffard married (2nd)
William Devereux, Knt., of Holme Lacy, Herefordshire, who was slain at
the Battle of Evesham 4 August 1265. They had further issue. In 1286
Godfrey Giffard, Bishop of Worcester, granted Maud Devereux and Sibyl,
her daughter, an acre of land in the field of Wyston, which after their
deaths should go to the prioress and nuns of Wyston. Maud died 20
August 1297.

That Sir Alexander de Freville was the son of Maud Giffard is proven by
two records. First, I find that Alexander had a grant of land in
Marden, Herefordshire from his uncle, Godfrey Giffard, Bishop of
Winchester. Second, Sir Alexander was heir through his mother to a
one-sixth share of the barony of Tarrington, Herefordshire, which lands
were Giffard estates.

I find that Sir Alexander de Freville (died 1328) and his wife, Joan
Cromwell, had issue one son, Sir Baldwin de Freville (died 1343), of
Tamworth, and two daughters, Margaret (wife of Sir Henry de Wilington)
and Elizabeth (wife of Eustace de Whitney).

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

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Joan de CROMWELL [Parents] was born ¹ in 1264 in Cromwell, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. She died ² before 27 Oct 1339 in Tamworth Castle, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. Joan married Sir Alexander de FREVILLE in 1291 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

Baldwin De FREVILLE [Parents] was born ¹ about 1208. He died ² before 8 Feb 1257. Baldwin married Maud GIFFARD.

Maud GIFFARD was born ¹ about 1228. She died ² on 20 Aug 1297. Maud married Baldwin De FREVILLE.

Ralph De CROMWELL [Parents] was born ¹ about 1230. He died ² before 18 Sep 1289. Ralph married Mazera MARMION.

Mazera MARMION [Parents] was born ¹ about 1242. She died ² before 1270. Mazera married Ralph De CROMWELL.

Tamworth passed to Joan, daughter of Mazeera Marmion, and wife of Alexander de Freville, and Scrivelsby eventually passed with Margaret de Ludlow to Sir John Dymoke, in whose family it has since remained along with the title 'Champion of England'.

Robert ASTON Knight. Robert married Joyce FREVILLE.

Joyce FREVILLE [Parents] was born before 1401. She died before 1418. Joyce married Robert ASTON Knight.

Joyce Freville married Sir Roger Aston, Sheriff of Staffordshire, Constable of the Tower of London, Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire, son of Sir Thomas de Aston and Elizabeth Leigh, circa 1410; His 1st marriage; they had 1 son (Sir Robert) and 1 daughter (Joan, wife of Sir Roger Draycot).2,3,4,5,6,7 Joyce Freville died before 1418.1,2,4,6 Family Sir Roger Aston, Sheriff of Staffordshire, Constable of the Tower of London, Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire d. 1447 Children Thomas Aston+ b. c 1412, d. c 1463 Sir Robert Aston, Sheriff of Staffordshire+1,2,4,6 b. c 1414, d. 1464

William De FERRERS 7th Earl of Derby [Parents] [scrapbook] ¹ was born ² about 1193 in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. He died ³ on 24 Mar 1254 in Evington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. He was buried in Merevale, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. William married ⁴ Sibilla MARSHALL ⁵ before 14 May 1219.

Other marriages:

QUINCY, Margaret De

Most authorities name this William the 5th Earl of Derby not taking into account that his grandfather William de Ferrers was a Templar and was not allowed to bear a coat of arms. He was the 5th Earl of Derby and his father, Robert de Ferrers, was stripped of his coat of arms because of his rebellion and was 4th Earl of Derby. These two Ferrers' show no armorials and are skipped by many authorities but not by all. Cecil Stewart Filmer Ferrers(among others) in his book, "The Ferrers Family History" shows all eight Earl Ferrers' of Derby instead of the usual six.

The Chartley line is through William's oldest son, Robert 8th Earl of Derby. The Groby line is through his second son, William 1st Baron of Groby.

Sibilla MARSHALL [Parents] ¹ was born about 1204. She died before 1238. Sibilla married ² William De FERRERS 7th Earl of Derby ³ before 14 May 1219.

William De FERRERS 7th Earl of Derby [Parents] [scrapbook] ¹ was born ² about 1193 in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. He died ³ on 24 Mar 1254 in Evington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. He was buried in Merevale, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. William married ⁴ Margaret De QUINCY in 1238.

Other marriages:

MARSHALL, Sibilla

Most authorities name this William the 5th Earl of Derby not taking into account that his grandfather William de Ferrers was a Templar and was not allowed to bear a coat of arms. He was the 5th Earl of Derby and his father, Robert de Ferrers, was stripped of his coat of arms because of his rebellion and was 4th Earl of Derby. These two Ferrers' show no armorials and are skipped by many authorities but not by all. Cecil Stewart Filmer Ferrers(among others) in his book, "The Ferrers Family History" shows all eight Earl Ferrers' of Derby instead of the usual six.

The Chartley line is through William's oldest son, Robert 8th Earl of Derby. The Groby line is through his second son, William 1st Baron of Groby.

Margaret De QUINCY [Parents] was born ¹ about 1218. She died ^{2, 3} about 12 Mar 1281. Margaret married ⁴ William De FERRERS 7th Earl of Derby ⁵ in 1238.

William De FERRERS 6th Earl of Derby [Parents] [scrapbook] ¹ was born ² in 1172 in Tutbury, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. He died ³ on 22 Sep 1247 in Duffield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. William married Agnes De KEVELIOC also known as Meschines ⁴.

William's death is erroneously said to have died in Chartley Castle, of the gout-- in fact his gout-related death was due to injury, as recounted in an anecdote in Burke's: "His lordship, who from his youth had been a martyr to the gout, and in consequence obliged to he drawn from place to place in a chariot, lost his life by being thrown through the heedlessness of his driver over the bridge at St. Neots, co. Huntingdon." He died in an inn enroute to Chartley, and Agnes his wife of 55 years died upon the arrival of his body-- so he was not conveyed to Merevale Abbey (as has been reported), and the two of them were given a joint funeral and burial at Chartley.

Agnes De KEVELIOC also known as Meschines [Parents] ¹ was born ² about 1174. She died ³ on 2 Nov 1247. Agnes married William De FERRERS 6th Earl of Derby ⁴.

Agnes de Kevelioc, alias Agnes of Chester, was Lady Chartley in her own right, and conveyed that honor into the Ferrers family as he dowery. She and the Earl were married for over 50 years, died within days of one another, and were given a joint requiem on their burial together.

The Ferrers family kept Chartley for generations even though William held it in tail for the duration of his wife's life-- it has been said the portentous nature of their double burial there had some influence on the King's conveyance of Chartley to William's son the 5th Earl.