Title: High Sheriff of Lancaster
Name: William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby
Herald date: 1223-1227
Vairy Or and Gules on a border Azure an orle of horseshoes Argent
Earl of Derby, son of the Earl of Gloucester. William’s sister Isabella was the first wife of King John, while he was also related to the Mortimer’s via the marriage of his other sister, Millicent, and the powerful William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke through his daughter-in-law, Sybil.
William died on September 22nd 1247.
