Henry de Ferrers

"The Domesday Book records over 200 manors given to Henry de Ferrers"

Henry de Ferrers (died by 1100), magnate and administrator, was a Norman who after the 1066 Norman Conquest was awarded extensive lands in England.

Origins He was the eldest son of Vauquelin de Ferrers and in about 1040 inherited his father's lands centred on the village of Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire.

He died between September 1093 and September 1100 and was buried in Tutbury Priory.

Family With his wife Bertha he had four known children: William, probably the eldest, who inherited the estates in Normandy and was a supporter of Duke Robert Curthose. who did not long outlive his father. Robert, who inherited the estates in England and was made Earl of Derby. Amice, who married Nigel d'Aubigny of Cainhoe, probable builder of Cainhoe Castle in Bedfordshire.