barred from pursuing it further by Edward I in 1301. He was summoned in 1298/9 to Parliament, thereby becoming the first Baron Ferrers of Chartley. Barons Ferrers of Chartley (1299) John de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1271–1312), son of Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby, summoned by writ to parliament, thereby becoming Baron Ferrers of Chartley; John de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Chartley (died by 1324); Robert de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1309–1350); John de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1329–1367); Robert de Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1360–1413); Edmund de Ferrers, 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1389–1435); William de Ferrers, 7th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1412–1450); Anne de Ferrers, 8th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley (1438–1468), who as a female was able to succeed to a barony created by writ. Her husband Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley, was summoned to parliament as Lord Ferrers jure uxoris (in her right) and died 1485. John Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1463–1501), succeeded on his mother's death; Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford, 10th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1491–1558); Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, 2nd Viscount Hereford, 11th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1540–1576); Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, 3rd Viscount Hereford, 12th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1567–1601), on his death in 1601 the peerage was forfeited; Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 4th Viscount Hereford, 13th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1591–1646), titles restored in 1604; on his death in 1646 the barony fell into abeyance. Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers, 14th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1650–1717), abeyance of the barony terminated in 1677, in 1711 created 1st Earl Ferrers; Elizabeth Shirley, 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley (1694–1741), on her death in 1741 the barony again fell into abeyance. Charlotte Compton, 16th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley (c.1710–1770), abeyance terminated in 1749; George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend, 17th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1755–1811); George Ferrars Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend, 18th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1788–1855), on his death the peerage again fell into abeyance, where it remains today. References 1299 establishments in England Noble titles created in 1299 Abeyant baronies in the Peerage of England