Sir John FitzGeoffrey, Justiciar of Ireland

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was the Lord of Shere.
• History: birth to death

Notes:

History:
From 1245 to 1256, he was Justiciar of Ireland.

John married Isabel de Bigod after 1230. Isabel (daughter of Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Maud Marshall, Countess of Norfolk ) died in 1239 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Isabel FitzJohn
2. Sir John FitzJohn died about 6 Nov 1275 in Lambeth, London, England.
3. Richard FitzJohn, Lord Fitzjohn died before 05 Aug 1297 in France.
4. Maud FitzJohn died about 18 Apr 1301; was buried on 7 May 1301 in Greyfriars, Worcester, Worcestershire, England.
5. Aveline FitzJohn died about 20 May 1274; was buried in Little Dunmow Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex, England.
6. Joan FitzJohn died about 28 May 1303.

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: Geoffrey, the 4thd Earl of Essex, was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John and served as the the Justiciar of England.
• Offices Held: 1184 to 1189; He was the Sheriff of Northants. He served again as Sheriff from 1191 to Easter 1194. From 1190 to 1193, he was Sheriff of Essex and Herts.
• Offices Held: 1185 to 1189; He was the Justice of the Forest from 1185 to 1189.
• Heir or Heiress: 1189; Geoffrey de Say inherited the Mandeville lands and titles but had to pay 7,000 marks to the crown for his succession. He failed to do so, and was then disseized. At this point Geoffrey FitzPies paid a fine of 3,000 marks and obtained all the Mandeville lands and titles through right of his wife, Beatrice.
• Offices Held: 1198 to 1200, Yorkshire, England; Geoffrey FitzPiers served as the Sheriff of York from 1198 to 1200.
• Offices Held: 1198 to 1204, Staffordshire, England; He was the Sheriff of Staffordshire at the same time as York that is 1198 to 1204.
• Religion: 1198; In 1198 he founded Shouldham Priory where he was partially buried.
• Offices Held: 11 Jul 1198; On 11 July 1198 he was appointed the Justiciar of England.
• Title(s): 27 May 1199; On 27 May 1199 he was created the 4th Earl of Essex.
• Last Full Review: 9 Jul 2021

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Buried:
Part of his body was buried at Holy Trinity Priory in London, the rest in Shouldham Priory.

Geoffrey married Aveline de Clare, Countess of Essex before 29 May 1205. Aveline (daughter of Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Clare and Maude de St. Hilaire) was born about 1178; died before 4 Jun 1225; was buried in Shouldham Priory, Shouldham, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Miscellaneous: 7 May 1204; King John granted the royal right over her remarriage to her step-brother, William, Earl of Arundel, along with the guardianship of her children by William de Montchesney/Munchanesy, on 7 May 1204.
• Land/House: say 1206; Soon after her second marriage she paid the crown for the wardship of John de Wahulle and custody of his land.
• Last Full Review: 9 Jul 2021

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Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was a forester of Ludgershall.

Piers married Maud de Mandeville on yes date unknown. Maud (daughter of Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex and Rohese de Vere) was born in 1138 in Rycote, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title(s): 1153; He became the second Earl of Hertford and Clare succeeding his brother, Gilbert.

Roger married Maude de St. Hilaire. Maude (daughter of James de St. Hilaire du Harcorurt, Lord of Field Dalling and Aveline) was born in 1132 in Buckenham, Norfolk County, England; died in 1173; was buried in Carbrooke Preceptory, Great Carbrooke, Norfolk County, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to death

Notes:

History:
In 1140, he was created the first Earl of Essex.

In February 1141, he deserted the King and joined with the Empress Maud, and thereby received not only a confirmation as Earl of Essex, but a more extensive charter, and the hereditary Constableship of the Tower. However, within two months, he deserted the Empress and again went over to the King. In 1142, he drove the rebels from the Isle of Ely, but soon after the King took ill, and once more he received recognition from the Empress Maud.

In October 1143, he was accused of treason, which he denied, but he was soon arrested at St. Albans and imprisoned. To avoid being hanged, he forfeited all his castles. Upon release however, he revolted, seized and fortified the Abbey of Ramsey, sacked Cambridge, and ravaged the fen country. By August 1144, he was besieging Burwell Castle in Cambridgeshire. With the heat of the day, he removed his headpiece, and was mortally wounded by an arrow.

Buried:
The Knights Templers could not bury him after his death as he was under excommunication. Once he was absolved in 1163, they buried him in the church yard.

Died:
He was killed

Geoffrey married Rohese de Vere about 1119 in England. Rohese (daughter of Aubrey II de Vere, Justiciar of England and Alice de Clare) was buried in Chicksands Priory, Chicksands, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: say 1146, Chicksands Priory, Chicksands, Bedfordshire, England; Rohese and Payn founded the Chicksand Priory.

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: According to Burke (1866) "Richard de Clare, being one of those, who by power of the sword entered Wales, there planted himself and became lord of vast territories, as also of divers castles in those parts, but requiring other matters of moment from the king, in which he was unsuccessful, he reared the standard of revolt, and soon after fell in an engagement with the Welsh."
• Title(s): Abt 1117; He succeeded as the 3rd Lord of Clare around 1117.
• Religion: 1124; He removed the monks out of Castle Clare into the church of St. Augustine at Stoke, and bestowed on them a little wood, called Stoke-Ho in 1124.
• Religion: say 1130, Tonbridge Priory, Tonbridge, Kent, England; He was the founder of the Priory of Tonbridge in Kent.
• Last Full Review: 5 May 2020

Notes:

Title: According to Cokayne (1913) "He is often supposed to have been created the EARL OF HERTFORD by King Stephen, if not by Henry I. There appears, however, to be no ground for this belief"

Died:
He being surprised and slain by the Welsh, near Abergavenny.

Richard married Alice de Keveliock in say 1098. Alice (daughter of Hugh de Keveliock, Earl of Chester and Bertrade d'Évreux de Montfort) was born about 1086. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Miscellaneous: 1136

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Name:
Her name was also spelt Adeliz de Keveliock and Alice de Meschines.

Miscellaneous:
When her husband was killed she was rescued from the
Welsh by Miles of Gloucester.

James married Aveline. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]