Robert de Ferrières 1st Earl of Derby

   Another name for Robert was Robert de Ferrers First Earl of Derby.

  General Notes:

Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, Ralph Paynel was of Dudley, Worcestershire, and heir of William Fitz Anscult. He joined the rebellion against King Stephen in 1138. Ralph de Paynel was living in 1141, and was dead by 1153. He most likely married a daughter of Robert de Ferrières and his wife Hawise de Vitré, daughter of Andre, Seigneur de Vitré en Bretagne by Agnes, daughter of Robert comté de Mortain. ¹⁶⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ¹⁴⁰
Robert de Ferrières, 3^rd son, succeeded to the greater part of his father's possessions in England. He was one of the commanders at the Battle of the Standard, in Aug 1138, and was, for his services, created Earl of Derby by King Stephen, shortly afterwards. He married Hawise, daughter of André, Seigneur de Vitré in Brittany, by Agnes, daughter of Robert, Count of Mortain. He died in 1139.

~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, (Derby), Vol. IV, p. 191

Robert married Hawise de Vitré Countess of Derby, daughter of André I, seigneur de Vitré and Agnes de Mortaigne.¹⁴⁰ (Hawise de Vitré Countess of Derby was born about 1086 in Brittany, Normandy, France.)