192 DERBY Stephen, he founded the Abbeys of Merevale, co. Warwick;,(*) and Darley near DerbyjC") and was the virtual founder of the Priory of Bredon, co. Leicester. C) He went, or proposed to go, on pilgrimage to Santiago. C') He m. Margaret, da. and h. of William Peveril of Nottingham. Q He d. before ii6o,(*) and was bur. in Merevale Abbey, wrapped in an ox- hide.(8) III. 115-- 3- William (de Ferrieres), Earl of Derby, or Earl OF Ferrieres, s. and h.C") He was one of the adherents meus seu Robertus pater mens seu uxores vel barones scu milites vel homines eorum donaverunt ^'el concesserunt huic prefate ecclesie . . . Nigellus de Albiniaco et Amicia filiaavi mei dederunt ecclesiam de Catton." (ii) Charter of the same Robert, styling him- self " Comes junior de Notingham," to the Church of Tutbury, mentioning the same predecessors, (iii) "Anno ab incarnacione domini M°Cquadragesimo primo Ego Robertus junior Comes de Notingham concedo et do huic ecclesie Sancta Marie Tuttesbur' omnem decimam denariorum de Novo Burgo . . . pro salute anime mee . . . et maxime pro solucione marce argenti quam Robertus filius Wakelini de Roburna huic ecclesie solvebat singulis annis . . . post mortem Hauwisie matris mee." [Cartulary of Tutbury^ nos. 52, 70, 71: R.O. Transcripts, ii, no. 140 B, vol. iii, pp. 427, 428). (*) As " Robertus Comes de Ferrariis . . . pro anima Roberti Comitis de Ferrariis patris mei." (Foundation Charter, in Monasticon, vol. v, p. 482). (•*) (i) " Robertus comes de Ferr' Waltero Coventrensi episcopo . . . Ego fundavi domum unam religionis in Derb' in fisco regio concessu et confirmatione regis Stephani et concessu regis Henrici et posui in eam canonicos et abbatem Abbatem vero pre- sentavi utrique regum etdedi eis de terris meis et de redditibus in primis ecclesiam de Uttokishathara et Cruch' . . . et decimum denarium redditus mei de Derb' . . ." (ii) " Walterus dei gratia Cestrensis episcopus . . . Confirmando locum in quo fundata est ecclesia sancte Marie super Derewent . . . accepimus scilicet de dono Henrici regis Anglorum Derlegam et locum et fundationem ubi predicta ecclesia fundata est . . . Ex dono Roberti comitis de Ferr' et ex concessione regis Stephani quia de suo patrimonio est decimam de tertio denario de Derb' cum prato quod pertinet et ecclesiam de Uttok' . . ." [Cartulary of Darley, Cotton MSS., Titus, C 9, ff. 150, 154). ("=) As " Rodbertus Comes de Notingh'." [Cartulary ofNostell, Cotton MSS., Vesp., Ei9,f. 125). [^) "Robertus Comes de Ferrariis" gave 4 bovates in Bromley to the Church of Burton, "et infra primos xv dies postquam rediero de Sancto Jacobo adquietabo et de- liberabo terram predictam ad opus ecclesie et si non redeam heredes mei faciant." [Car- tulary of Burton, p. 50). if) See Appendix I in this volume, Peveril of Nottingham. (') A charter, by which one William de Ferrariis made a gift to Tutbury, is witnessed by Bernard, Abbot of St. Evroul, and is therefore of date X160 or before [Chronicle of St. Evroul). This gift was ratified, presumably about the same time, by William, Earl de Ferrariis. [Cartularf of Tutbury, nos. 68, 69, and R.O. Tran- scripts, ut supra, pp. 430, 431). if) Dugdale, Warwickshire, vol. ii, p. 1 090, from the Register of Merevale Abbey. C') "Ego Willelmus Comes de Ferrar' Episcopo Cestrensi R. . . . Sciatis me dedisse . . . huic ecclesie mee Tuttesbir' . . . unam bovatam terre in Merston' . . . Hanc donacionem feci illo die quo corpus Henrici de Ferrar' feci deferri et poni in
