The peerage title Baron Ferrers of Groby (or Baron Ferrers de Groby) was created in the Peerage of England in 1300 when William Ferrers was summoned to parliament. In 1475 the eighth baron was created the Marquess of Dorset, with which the barony merged. It was forfeited along with the marquessate when the third marquess was attainted in 1554. The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. ... Events Beginning of the Renaissance. ... Events August 29 - Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England. ... The title Marquess of Dorset has been created three times in the Peerage of England. ... Events February 12 - After claiming the throne of England the previous year, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason alongside her husband. ...
On the death, in 1450, of the last Ferrers lord of Chartley, the barony passed with his daughter to the Devereux family and then to the Shirleys, one of whom was created Earl Ferrers in 1711.
The barony has been in abeyance since 1855 The line of Ferrers of Groby was founded by William, younger brother of the last earl, who inherited from his mother Margaret de Quinci her estate of Groby in Leicestershire, and some Ferrers manors from his father.
His son was summoned as a baron in 1300, but on the death of his descendant, William, Lord Ferrers of Groby, in 1445, the barony passed with his granddaughter to the Grey family and was forfeited with the dukedom of Suffolk in 1554.
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