_Robert I DE FERRERS ______________+
| (1062 - 1139) m 1087
_Robert II DE FERRERS _|
| (1100 - 1160) m 1135 |
| |_Hawise DE VITRE __________________+
| (1080 - ....) m 1087
|
|--William I DE FERRERS
| (1140 - 1189)
| _William "The younger" DE PEVEREL _+
| | (1080 - 1155) m 1112
|_Margaret DE PEVEREL __|
(1114 - ....) m 1135 |
|_Avice DE LANCASTER _______________+
(1088 - 1149) m 1112
[148]
Earl of Derby
n 1174 the Earl of FERRES and Derby, with other powerful lords, came to
Nottingham on behalf of a young Henry, son of Henry II., and took the
castle from Richard de LUCY, whom the king had appointed guardian of
the realm during his absence in Normandy. This un-natural state of
things, fortunately, did not exist long, and three years afterwards we
find Henry II., holding a great council at Nottingham, which no doubt
assembled in the castle. From the beginning of the reign of Henry II.,
according to THOROTON, Nottingham Castle "hath for the most part
belonged to the crown, neither is there any place anything so far
distant from London that I know of in all England, which hath so often
given entertainment and residence to the kings and queens of this realm
since the Norman conquest."
n 1194 Richard Coeur de LION personally besieged this fortress, which,
with the whole estate of PEVEREL and six earldoms including that of
Nottingham, he had, previous to his expedition to the Holy Land,
bestowed on his ungrateful and perfidious brother John. Roger de
HOVEDEN thus describes the siege: "Earl David, brother of the King of
Scotland, and Ranulph, Earl of Chester, and Earl de FERRES besieged
Nottingham Castle with a large army. The commanders who were in the
castle did not send any person to the king, who, on that account being
enraged, came to Nottingham on Friday, the day of the Annunciation,
with such a great multitude of men, and so much noise of trumpets and
horns, that those who were in the castle, hearing and seeing these
things, were astonished, alarmed, and disturbed. Terror seized them,
yet they could not believe that the king was present, but supposed that
this was done by the commanders of the army to deceive them. The king
took his station so near the castle, that the archers from it shot the
men that were at his feet.
Upon this the king, in anger, armed himself, and with his forces
commenced an attack upon the fortifications. A severe conflict took
place, and many fell slain or wounded on both sides, the king himself
killing a soldier with an arrow. Richard prevailed in the engagement,
and, having forced the garrison back into the castle, took some of the
out-works which had been erected, and burnt the exterior gates of the
fortifications. Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, arrived the same day.
On the 26th of March the King of England ordered machines to be made
for an assault upon the castle, and determined not to make any more
attacks until they should be completed; he also ordered a gallows to be
erected near the fortifications, on which some of the servants of Earl
John, taken on the outside of the castle, were hanged.
On the 27th of March Hugh, Bishop of Durham, and those who were with
him at the siege of the Castle of Tickhill, came to the king at
Nottingham, bringing with them the prisoners who were taken in that
castle. The king went out to meet them: when the bishop perceived his
approach, he descended from his horse; the king also dismounted, and on
their meeting kissed him; they then got upon their horses and proceeded
to the siege. On the same day, when the king was at dinner, Ralph
MURDOC and William de WENDEVAL, the constables of the castle, sent two
of their companions to see the king. On their return to the castle they
informed them what they had seen of the king and his attendants. When
William de WENDEVAL and Roger de MUNTBEGUM had heard their report they
left the castle along with twelve others, and threw themselves on the
king's mercy, not returning again. On the 28th of March, through the
mediation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Ralph MURDOC, Philip de
WORCESTER, and Ralph de WORCESTER, his brother, along with the rest of
the garrison, surrendered the castle and delivered themselves up to the
king's mercy, for their lives, members, and estates. On the 28th of
March the king went to see Clipston and the Forest of Sherwood for the
first time, and was much pleased with them; he returned to Nottingham
the same day.
On Wednesday, the 30th of March, Richard, King of England, held his
first day's council there; there were present at it, Eleanor, his
mother, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who sat on his right hand;
Geoffrey, Archbishop of York, the Bishop of Durham, William, Bishop of
Ely (the king's chancellor), William, Bishop of Hereford, Henry, Bishop
of Worcester, Henry, Bishop of Exeter, John, Bishop of Candida Casa, in
Scotland, Earl David, brother to the King of Scotland. The council sat
three days."
Previous to the above siege the castle had been wrested from John by
the king's regents, who were suspicious of the intentions of the
prince; but the traitor unfortunately regained possession of the
fortress. This was in 11
_Roger DE MORTIMER ______________+
| (1328 - 1360) m 1354
_Edmund "The Good" DE MORTIMER _|
| (1352 - 1381) m 1359 |
| |_Philippa DE MONTAGU ____________+
| (1332 - 1382) m 1354
|
|--Elizabeth DE MORTIMER
| (1371 - 1417)
| _Lionel PLANTAGENET _____________+
| | (1338 - 1368) m 1342
|_Philippa PLANTAGENET __________|
(1355 - ....) m 1359 |
|_Elizabeth, (Isabella) DE BURGH _+
(1332 - 1363) m 1342
_Henry DE PERCY _____+
| (1159 - 1198) m 1190
_William DE PERCY ___|
| (1193 - 1245) m 1233|
| |_Isabel DE BRUS _____+
| (1150 - 1230) m 1190
|
|--Geoffrey DE PERCY
|
| _Ingram DE BALLIOL __
| |
|_Ellen DE BALLIOL ___|
(.... - 1281) m 1233|
|_ DE BERKELEY _______+
_Joel Thomas MEADOWS _________+
| (1779 - 1850) m 1801
_Samuel Porter MEADOWS _|
| (1816 - 1884) m 1842 |
| |_Henrietta Porter MCREYNOLDS _+
| (1783 - 1831) m 1801
|
|--Sarah Elizabeth MEADOWS
| (1844 - 1877)
| ______________________________
| |
|_Elizabeth P HILL ______|
(1819 - 1866) m 1842 |
|______________________________
[382] Name is given by another source (Ruth Mott) as Mary Isab
_____________________
|
_Zachariah PHILLIPS _|
| (1763 - 1839) |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Nancy PHILLIPS
|
| _Israel MEADOWS _____+
| | (1755 - 1827)
|_Nancy MEADOWS ______|
(1779 - 1830) |
|_Barbara GREEN ______
(1755 - 1845)
_Nobleman VISIGOTHS _
|
_Leuvigild VISIGOTHS _|
| (.... - 0572) |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Recared I VISIGOTHS
|
| _____________________
| |
|_Theodosia ___________|
|
|_____________________