Dates

• Existence: 1520 - 1586

Biography

Jean de Ferrières (1520–1586), Vidame de Chartres, Seigneur de Maligny, was an influential Huguenot in the French Wars of Religion in the 16th century. He died a prisoner in a galley, unable to pay his ransom, and was succeeded by his nephew, Pregent de La Fin.

Citation:

Robert Beale collection of letters, 1569-1597 ǂb (Vidame)

UPB files, July 3, 2021 ǂb (Ferrières, Jean de, Vidame de Chartres)

Wikipedia, via WWW, December 16, 2020 ǂb (Jean de Ferrières (1520-1586), Vidame de Chartres, Seigneur de Maligny, was an influential Huguenot in the French Wars of Religion in the 16th century. He died a prisoner in a galley, unable to pay his ransom, and was succeeded by his nephew, Pregent de La Fin; died in France)

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, via WWW, July 3, 2021 ǂb (Jean de Ferrieres, vidame (chief lay officer) of the bishop of Chartres)

Vie de Jean de Ferrières, Vidame de Chartres, Seigneur de Maligny, 1858: page 207 (died in prison in 1586)

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