1337 Sir Hugh de Wrottesley ... "had obtained the custody of the King's manor on the 18th of March 1337, for which he was to pay 100s. annually into the Exchequer. At Michaelmas term, 12 Edward III, he paid 53s. 10d., and was debited on the Pipe Roll for the balance. In the same year the King granted the manor in fee to Sir Henry de Ferrers, the Baron of Groby [Originalia, 12 Edward III]." [1]
1343 it was found that Henry de Ferrars, at the time of his death, held one knight's fee in Burton [Noveray] and Upton; which Giles de Meignell then held. [Esch. 17 Edw. III, No. 57. Leic.] [2]
Research Notes:
The following source is incorrect. The second wife named for Henry de Ferrers was the mother of the first wife named. "Henry de Ferrers, 3rd baron of Groby, was summoned to parliament from June 5th, 1331, to Nov. 20th, 1341. He d. Sept. 15th, 1342. He m. 1st, Isabell, dau. and h. of Theobald, lord Verdon; 2nd, Elizabeth, dau. and coh. of Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester, by Joan dau. of Edw. I. By his 2nd wife, he had, besides a dau. Philippa, m. to Guy de Beauchamp., William de Ferrers." [3]
[1] The William Salt Archaeological Society, ed., Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Vol. 6, New Series, Part II, George Wrottesley, "A History of the Family of Wrottesley of Wrottesley, Co. Stafford, reprinted from "The Genealogist" (New Series, Vols. XV - XIX) (London: Harrison and Sons, 1903), 94, [GoogleBooks].
[2] John Nichols, The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, The Hundred of Sparkenhoe Vol. 4, Part 2 (London: 1811), 957, [HathiTrust].
[3] Charles Ferrers Palmer, The history of the town and castle of Tamworth, in the counties of Stafford & Warwick (1845), 364, [HathiTrust].