Bertha de Ferrers, daughter of Sir William de Ferrers, the 4th Earl of Derbyshire, and his wife Agnes de Meschines, was born about 1205 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.She married first Thomas Furnival, and after his death married Sir Ralph Bigod of Stockton, Norfolk, England and there had their only child by about 1245: son Sir John Bigod.Sir Ralph Bigod died sometime before July 28, 1260 in an unknown location and wife Bertha was still living as of 1278/9 and was buried in Grey Friars churchyard in Dunwich, Suffolk, England.(Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Ed. (Everingham: Salt Lake City, UT, 2011), page 49).
Bertha de Ferrers, daughter of Sir William de Ferrers, the 4th Earl of Derbyshire, and his wife Agnes de Meschines, was born about 1205 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.She married first Thomas Furnival, and after his death married Sir Ralph Bigod of Stockton, Norfolk, England and there had their only child by about 1245: son Sir John Bigod.Sir Ralph Bigod died sometime before July 28, 1260 in an unknown location and wife Bertha was still living as of 1278/9 and was buried in Grey Friars churchyard in Dunwich, Suffolk, England.(Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Ed. (Everingham: Salt Lake City, UT, 2011), page 49).
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