Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
FERRANT
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
FERRAND. FERRANT. " Imported at a very early period into the deanery of Craven, in Yorkshire, from Normandy, where it is still to be met with. From William de Fortibiis, earl of Albemarle, Hugh Ferrand, in the XIII. cent, had a deed of grant to himself and his heirs of the office of Warder of Skipton castle." B.L.G.