Guy Ferre (died 1323)
Guy Ferre, known as the younger, was a 14th century Gascon knight and administrator who served as Seneschal of Gascony (1298-99 and 1308-1309).
Ferre was the son of John Ferre and nephew of Guy Ferre the Elder. He was a household knight of Eleanor, Queen consort of England between 1277 and 1290 and household steward between 1288 and 1290. [1] Appointed on 12 March 1308 as Seneschal of Gascony, replacing John de Havering, Ferres served until he was replaced by John de Hastings in 1309.[2] He was married to Eleanor Mountender and died without issue in 1323.
References
[edit]- ^ Wingfield College and Its Patrons: Piety and Patronage in Medieval Suffolk. Peter Bloore, Edward A. Martin. Boydell & Brewer, 2015. ISBN 9781843838326. p.27 (n.85).
- ^ Royal and other historical letters illustrative of the reign of Henry iii, selected and ed. by W.W. Shirley, Volume 2. Shirley, Walter Waddington, 1866. pp. 399–400.
Further reading
[edit]- Boehm, Jay Lathen (1992). "The Maintenance of Ducal Authority in Gascony: The Career of Sir Guy Ferre the Younger, 1298–1320". Essays in History. 34: 34–57. Archived from the original on 7 September 2006.