Abt 1162 - 1213 (51 years)
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Name |
Geoffrey FitzPiers |
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Relationship | with Robert Alan Roy
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Birth |
Abt 1162 [7] |
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. [2] |
Offices Held |
1184 to 1189 (Age 22) [2] |
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 (Age 23) [2] |
He was the Justice of the Forest from 1185 to 1189. |
Heir or Heiress |
1189 (Age 27) [2] |
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 (Age 36) |
Yorkshire, England [2, 7] |
Geoffrey FitzPiers served as the Sheriff of York from 1198 to 1200. |
Offices Held |
1198 to 1204 (Age 36) |
Staffordshire, England [2] |
He was the Sheriff of Staffordshire at the same time as York that is 1198 to 1204. |
Religion |
1198 (Age 36) [8] |
In 1198 he founded Shouldham Priory where he was partially buried. |
Offices Held |
11 Jul 1198 (Age 36) [2, 7] |
On 11 July 1198 he was appointed the Justiciar of England. |
Title(s) |
27 May 1199 (Age 37) [2] |
On 27 May 1199 he was created the 4th Earl of Essex. |
Death |
14 Oct 1213 [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8] |
Burial |
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Shouldham Priory, Shouldham, Norfolk, England [2, 8] |
- Part of his body was buried at Holy Trinity Priory in London, the rest in Shouldham Priory. [8]
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Siblings |
1 Sibling |
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Person ID |
I2301 |
| Roy Line, Boudreau Line |
Last Modified |
9 Jul 2021 |
Father |
Piers de Lutegareshale, b. 1134, Cherhill, Wiltshire, England d. 14 Jan 1179, Pleshey, Essex, England (Age 45 years) |
Mother |
Maud de Mandeville, b. 1138, Rycote, Oxfordshire, England |
Marriage |
yes date unknown |
Family ID |
F1794 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Beatrice de Say, Countess Essex, b. Abt 1160, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England d. 19 Apr 1197, Downham Market, Norfolk, England (Age 37 years) |
Marriage |
Before 25 Jan 1184 [2, 3, 7] |
Age at Marriage |
He : ~ 22 years and 1 month - She : ~ 24 years and 1 month. |
Children |
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Family ID |
F1793 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
9 Jul 2021 |
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Event Map |
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| Offices Held - 1198 to 1200 - Yorkshire, England |
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| Offices Held - 1198 to 1204 - Staffordshire, England |
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| Child - Sir John FitzGeoffrey, Justiciar of Ireland - 1205 - Shere, Surrey, England |
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| Burial - — - Shouldham Priory, Shouldham, Norfolk, England |
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Pin Legend |
: Address
: Location
: City/Town
: County/Shire
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: Country
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Sources |
- [S1380] Beran, Evelyn. Email: 1998-11-05 "Ancestors of Thomas Trowbridge" , (Email message from eberan (at)ITIS.COM, 5 November 1998).
- [S1444] Cokayne, George E. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland Volume V (L-M), (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1926).
- [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html).
- [S1460] Norr, Vernon M. Some Early English Pedigrees , (Washington DC: by author, 1968).
- [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008).
- [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982).
- [S304] Wikipedia, Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex.
- [S304] Wikipedia, Aveline Fitz Peter, Countess of Essex.
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