'Ferne1'
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Families covered: Ferne of Crakemarsh, Fern of Hognaston, Ferne of Parwick (Parwich)e, Fern of Snitterton, Ferne of Temple Belwood
| William Ferne (a temp Edward III who r. 1327-1377, d Pitts) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Robert (or John) Ferne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Beatrix Rochford (dau/heir of Walter Rochford) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | James Ferne ("Bow-Bearer to Henry V. in Normandy") | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Ferne | ||||||||||||||
| a. | William Ferne of Ferne Hall, Essex | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Ferne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Whitgreave (dau/heir of George Whitgreave of Staffordshire) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Fern(e) of Parwicke (Parwich), Derbyshire the first mentioned by FMG | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joane Beresford (dau of Thomas Beresford of Fenny Bentley, sister of Adam) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Fern(e) of Parwicke shown by FMG as 2nd son | ||||||||||||||
| m. Phillis (Felicia) Milward (dau of Robert Milward of Eaton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Ferne of Temple Belwood 'of Doncaster' (Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire) (a 1568, 1585) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Sheffield (bur 27.08.1601, dau/heir of John Sheffield of Gonnas & Beltoft) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir John Ferne of Temple Belwood & York (d 1610, Secretary of the Council of York) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Nedham (dau of John Nedham of Wymondley, m2. Sir Thomas (not Henry) Neville of Holt) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | William Ferne of Temple Belwood (bpt 21.02.1592-3, bur 01.05.1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Joane Wilkes (bur 04.09.1616, dau of Robert Wilkes of Islington) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | John Ferne (bpt 03.09.1615, bur 09.09.1615) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Martha Thorold (bur 19.03.1632-3, dau of Sir John Thorold of Corringham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii))+ | other issue - John (bpt 08.10.1624, bur 05.07.1626), Alice (bur 12.12.1620) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | John Ferne | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Visitation (Staffordshire, 11614+1663-4, 'Ferne of Crakemarshe'). | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | William Ferne of Crakemarsh, Staffordshire (d c1651) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joane Crowe of Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | John Ferne of Crakemarsh (d c11.1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Bellott (dau of John Bellott of Moreton) | |||||||||||||||
| (((1))) | William Ferne (b 1656-7) | ||||||||||||||
| William's wife is identified in Visitation (Armytage & Rylands (1912), Staffordshire, 1664-1700, Ferne) as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Kniveton (dau/heir of William Kniveton of Castleton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | William Ferne of Crakemarsh | ||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Thomas Ferne of North Kelsey (bur 02.09.1630, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.01.1618-9) Anne Brampton (dau/heir of James Brampton of South Reston, m2. John Legard) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Elizabeth Ferne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Micklethwaite of Hessle | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii))+ | other issue - Brampton (b c1623, a 1639, dsp), Peregrine (d young), James (d young), Anne | ||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Mathew Ferne of London (a 1633, grocer, 6th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Rolfe (dau of Walter Rolfe of Clifton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i))+ | issue - Mathew, James, Walter | ||||||||||||||
| ((E)) | Anne Ferne | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Key of Woodsam (b c1578, d 1641) | |||||||||||||||
| ((F))+ | other issue - George (dsp), Edward (bpt 12.04.1592, bur 01.09.1592), Benjamin (bpt 23.07.1593), Thomas (bpt 12.10.1595), Henry (b 1606, d 16.03.1661-2, Bishop of Chester), James, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Douglas Ferne (bpt 04.05.1562, dsp bur 14.11.1586) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ralph Rokeby of Skyre | |||||||||||||||
| ((3))+ | other issue - Edmund (bpt 22.04.1557), Francis (bpt 16.11.1564, bur 24.12.1564) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | John Ferne of Crakemarsh, Staffordshire (a 1583) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from FMG with some initial support from Visitation (Staffordshire, 1583, 'Ferne of Crakemarshe'). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Jackson (dau of Roger Jackson of Ashburne-in-le-Peke) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | William (or Edward) Fern | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Edmund Fern | ||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Edmund Fern of Bonsall | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Hannah Fern | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anthony Evans of Winster | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Robert Fern of Bonsal | ||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Henry Fern of Snitterton (d 22.07.1723) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Dayrell (dau/coheir of Nicholas Dayrell of King's Clear) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Robert Fern of Snitterton (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | Elizabeth Fern | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edmund Turner of Stoke Rochford | |||||||||||||||
| ((c))+ | other issue - Isabella, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Elizabeth Fern | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Hodgkinson of Overton | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Mary Fern | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel (probably not Anthony) Bradshaw of Holbrook | |||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue - John, Mary, Dorothy, Anne, Phellis | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Edward Ferne | ||||||||||||||
| (d) | Anne Ferne | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Fitzherbert of Somershall | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Elizabeth Ferne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anthony Whorwood of Sandal & Rotherwood | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Thomas Fern(e) of Grene (Derbyshire) & Hook Norton (Oxfordshire) | ||||||||||||||
| FMG identifies Thomas as 'of Hognaston' and provides the following. | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Rowland Fern of Hognaston, Derbyshire (d 1598) | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | John Fern of Hognaston (d 1636) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Maria Fern | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anthony Lowe of Alderwasley | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Maria Greatorex (dau/heir of _ Greatorex of Hopton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Mary Fern | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Stuffyn of Sherbrook | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | John Stuffyn of Sherbrook (d 1696) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Brighton (dau of Thomas Brighton of Wirksworth, m2. Gilbert Mundy of Allestry) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Mary Stuffyn | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Hacker of Trowel, Nottinghamhire | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | John Hacker of Sherbrook | ||||||||||||||
| ((iii))+ | other issue - William, Hercules, Bridge (D 1700) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Maddison's 'Lincolnshire Pedigrees' (1904, 'Ferne of Temple Belwood') with some input/support from FMG (vol 1, MS65, 'Fern-Evans-Nightingale', p141+) and further input as reported above
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