Geoffrey Fitzpiers

• Preferred Name: Geoffrey Fitzpiers^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Occupation: Constable of the Tower of London in London, England
  
• Birth: ABT 1162
  
• User Reference Number: with note: Description: 26319
  
• Occupation: Chief Justicier of EnglandBET 1190 AND 1213
  
• Burial: AFT 14 OCT 1213 in Shouldham, Norfolk, England at LATI: N2.6544 LONG: E0.4924
  
• FSID: L19Q-5K2
  
• Title of Nobility: 27 MAY 1199 in Essex, England at LATI: N1.8523 LONG: E0.6147 with note: Description: 1st Earl of Essex
  
• Record+Change: 19 MAY 2003 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Occupation: Constable of the Tower of LondonBET 1198 AND 1205 in London, England
  
• Occupation: CHIEF JUSTICIER OF ENGLANDBET 1190 AND 1213 in England
  
• Christening: AFT 14 OCT 1162 in Cherhill, Wiltshire, England at LATI: N1.4324 LONG: E1.9388
  
• _FSFTID: with note: Description: L19Q-5K2
  
• Death: 14 OCT 1213 in Shouldham, Norfolk, England at LATI: N2.6544 LONG: E0.4924
  
• Occupation: Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Westmorland, Hampshire, & Shropshire,
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 4th Earl of Essex3 SEP 1189 in Essex, England at LATI: N1.8523 LONG: E0.6147 with note: He was made the 4th Earl of Essex by the King Richard "Coeur de Lion" on the day of his coronation
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Geoffrey Fitz Piers, Earl of Essex (c. 1162-1213) was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John. He was the son of Piers de Lutegareshale (born 1134, Cherhill, Wiltshire, died 14 Jan 1179, Pleshy, Essex), a forester of Ludgershall & Maud de Manderville (1138, Rycott, Oxford, England).
  
  Life
  He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simon Fitz Piers was at various times High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for the last five years of Henry II's reign.
  
  Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter and eventual co-heiress of William de Say II. This William was the elder son of William de Say I and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex. This connection with the Mandeville family was later to prove unexpectedly important. In 1184 Geoffrey's father-in-law died, and he received a share of the de Say inheritance by right of his wife, co-heiress to her father. He also eventually gained the title of earl of Essex by right of his wife, becoming the 4th earl.
  
  When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the five judges of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh de Puiset, Bishop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of the regents during the king's absence. Late in 1189, Geoffrey's wife's cousin William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving no direct heirs. His wife's inheritance was disputed between Geoffrey and Beatrice's uncle, Geoffrey de Say, but Geoffrey Fitz Piers used his political influence to eventually obtain the Mandeville lands (although not the earldom, which was left open) for himself.
  
  He served as Constable of the Tower of London from 1198 to 1205.
  
  He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1198 to 1201 and again in 1203 and as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire from 1200 to 1205.[1] On 11 July 1198, King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar, which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. On his coronation day the new king ennobled Geoffrey as Earl of Essex.
  
  King John granted Berkhamsted Castle to Geoffrey; the castle had previously been granted as a jointure palace to Queen Isabel prior to the annulment of the royal marriage. Geoffrey founded two hospitals in Berkhamsted, one dedicated to St John the Baptist and one to St John the Evangelist; the latter is still commemorated in the town with the name St John's Well Lane.[2]
  
  After the accession of King John, Geoffrey continued in his capacity as the king's principal minister until his death on 14 October 1213.[3]
  
  Marriage and issue
  Spouses
  m1. Beatrice de Say, daughter of William de Say and heiress of the Mandeville Earls of Essex.
  m2. Aveline de Clare, daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford.
  
  Children of Beatrice
  Note that his sons by this marriage took the de Mandeville surname.
  - Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex.
  - William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex.
  - Henry Fitz Geoffrey, Dean of Wolverhampton.
  - Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.
  
  Children of Aveline
  - John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland.
  - Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.
  - Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.
  
  Geoffrey's first two sons died without male issue. The earldom had been associated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, and the earldom was next granted to the son of their sister Maud and her husband Henry De Bohun instead of their half-brother John.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter%2C_1st_Earl_of_Essex
  
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  === Baron de Manderville, also the earldom o ===
  Baron de Manderville, also the earldom of Essex was created in 1199 and he was earl of Essex, and lord justice of England.
  
  === Sources: Norr; A. Roots 72, 246B, 246C; ===
  Sources: Norr; A. Roots 72, 246B, 246C; AF; Kraentzler 1134;Smallwood. K: Geoffrey Fitz-Piers de Mandeville, Earl of Essex. Of Shere, Surrey. Born about 1162. Died 2 Oct. 1213. Roots: Geoffrey Fitz Piers, Earl of Essex (right of 1st wife, Beatricede Say), Justiciar of England, 1198-1213. Adult 1184, died 14 Oct. 1213. Norr: Godfrey FitzPiers, born about 1150, widower of Beatrice de Say. SOURCES: 1. Weis, Frederick Lewis. _Ancestral Roots of Certain AmericanColonists_. Seventh Edition. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company,Inc., 1992; lines 97-27: Henry de Bohun, b. 1176, sheriff of Kent, 5thEarl of Hereford, 1200; Hereditary Constable of England; Magna ChartaSurety, 1215; d. on a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, 1 June 1220; md MaudFitz- Geoffrey de Mandeville, d. 27 Aug 1236, and after Henry's death,Countess of Essex; dau of Geoffrey FitzPiers, d. 1213, 4th Earl of Essex,and his (1) wife Beatrice de Say, dau of William de Say. She md (2) Rogerde Daunteseye, d. aft. 1238, div. 1232. (CP IV 669 chart, V 116-117,135, 437, VI 457-459). 2. Weis, Frederick Lewis. _The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215_. Fourth Edition. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.,1993; Line 160-3: Geoffrey FitzPiers (son of Maud de Mandeville and her(1) husband, Piers de Lutegareshale), d 14 Oct 1213, Earl of Essex,Justiciar of England 1198-1213, sheriff of the shires of Northampton, Essex,and Hertford; md (1) bef 25 Jan 1184/5, Beatrix de Say, d bef 19 Aug1197, dau of William de Say; md (2) Avelina de Clare, d bef 4 June 1225, sister of Richard de Clare, Magna Charta Surety, widow of Williamde Munchansey of Swanscombe, Kent, d bef 7 May 1204, and dau of Rogerde Clare and Maud de St. Hilary. (CP V 122)
  
  === SOURCE:Vis Corn 1620, Courtenay Ped, p 1 ===
  SOURCE:Vis Corn 1620, Courtenay Ped, p 105.
  
  === He was Baron Fitz Piers, Lord of Ludersh ===
  He was Baron Fitz Piers, Lord of Ludershal, Sheriff of Northampton, Essex, Hertford, Stafford, York, Westmoreland, Buckingham, Bedford, Hants, and Salop. Geoffrey Fitz Piers was also Justice of the Royal Forest in 1185. He took the Cross abt 1188. Was Chief Justicar of England in 1198. Was Constable of the Tower of London 1198-1213 and created Earl of Essex in 1199. Served as Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports in 1206 and was Joint Guardian of England in 1213.
  
  === From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ===
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, (Piers de Lutegareshale), (b.c a. 1162), d. 1213), was a prominent member of the government ofEngland du ring the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic issometimes render ed Fitz Piers.
  
  He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simonw as at various times sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire,and Bedf ordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, assheriff of Northamp tonshire for the last five years of Henry II'sreign.
  
  Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter andeventual c o-heiress of William de Say. He was the son of William deSay, 3rd Bar on de Say, and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey deMandeville, 1st Earl of Ess ex. This connection with the Mandevillefamily was to prove unexpectedly i mportant. In 1184 Geoffrey'sfather-in-law died, and he received a sha re of the de Sayinheritance.
  
  When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the fivejudg es of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh dePuiset, Bi shop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of theregents during t he king's absence. Later that year, Geoffrey's wife'scousin William de Ma ndeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving nodirect heirs. His inheritan ce was disputed between Geoffrey and hisin-laws, but Geoffrey used his po litical influence to eventuallyobtain it for himself.
  
  On July 11, 1198 King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar, which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. Hecon tinued in this capacity after the accession of king John. On hiscoronati on day the new king also recognized Geoffrey as Earl ofEssex.
  
  Marriage and issue
  
  Spouses
  m1. Beatrice de Say.
  m2. Aveline, daughter of Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford.
  
  Children of Beatrice
  Note that his sons by this marriage took the de Mandeville surname.
  
  Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex.
  William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex.
  Henry, Dean of Wolverhampton.
  Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.
  
  Children of Aveline
  John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland.
  Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.
  Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.
  Geoffrey's first two sons died without issue. Apparently the earldomwas a ssociated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, for theearldom was inh erited by the husband of their sister Maud, instead oftheir half-broth er John.
  
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  Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, (Piers de Lutegareshale), (b.c a. 1162), d. 1213), was a prominent member of the government ofEngland du ring the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic issometimes render ed Fitz Piers.
  
  He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simonw as at various times sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire,and Bedf ordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, assheriff of Northamp tonshire for the last five years of Henry II'sreign.
  
  Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter andeventual c o-heiress of William de Say. He was the son of William deSay, 3rd Bar on de Say, and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey deMandeville, 1st Earl of Ess ex. This connection with the Mandevillefamily was to prove unexpectedly i mportant. In 1184 Geoffrey'sfather-in-law died, and he received a sha re of the de Sayinheritance.
  
  When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the fivejudg es of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh dePuiset, Bi shop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of theregents during t he king's absence. Later that year, Geoffrey's wife'scousin William de Ma ndeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving nodirect heirs. His inheritan ce was disputed between Geoffrey and hisin-laws, but Geoffrey used his po litical influence to eventuallyobtain it for himself.
  
  On July 11, 1198 King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar, which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. Hecon tinued in this capacity after the accession of king John. On hiscoronati on day the new king also recognized Geoffrey as Earl ofEssex.
  
  Marriage and issue
  
  Spouses
  m1. Beatrice de Say.
  m2. Aveline, daughter of Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford.
  
  Children of Beatrice
  Note that his sons by this marriage took the de Mandeville surname.
  
  Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex.
  William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex.
  Henry, Dean of Wolverhampton.
  Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.
  
  Children of Aveline
  John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland.
  Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.
  Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.
  Geoffrey's first two sons died without issue. Apparently the earldomwas a ssociated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, for theearldom was inh erited by the husband of their sister Maud, instead oftheir half-broth er John.
  
  Retrieved from"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter%2C_1st_Earl_of_Essex"
  
  Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, (Piers de Lutegareshale), (b.ca. 1162), d. 1213), was a prominent member of the government ofEngland during the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic issometimes rendered Fitz Piers.
  
  He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of servicein mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simonwas at various times sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, andBedfordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, as sheriff ofNorthamptonshire for the last five years of Henry II's reign.
  
  Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter andeventual co-heiress of William de Say. He was the son of William deSay, 3rd Baron de Say, and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville,1st Earl of Essex. This connection with the Mandeville family was toprove unexpectedly important. In 1184 Geoffrey's father-in-law died,and he received a share of the de Say inheritance.
  
  When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the fivejudges of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh dePuiset, Bishop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of theregents during the king's absence. Later that year, Geoffrey's wife'scousin William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving nodirect heirs. His inheritance was disputed between Geoffrey and hisin-laws, but Geoffrey used his political influence to eventuallyobtain it for himself.
  
  On July 11, 1198 King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar,which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister.He continued in this capacity after the accession of king John. On hiscoronation day the new king also recognized Geoffrey as Earl of Essex.
  
  Marriage and issue
  
  Spouses
  m1. Beatrice de Say.
  m2. Aveline, daughter of Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford.
  
  Children of Beatrice
  Note that his sons by this marriage took the de Mandeville surname.
  
  Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex.
  William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex.
  Henry, Dean of Wolverhampton.
  Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.
  
  Children of Aveline
  John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland.
  Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.
  Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.
  Geoffrey's first two sons died without issue. Apparently the earldomwas associated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, for theearldom was inherited by the husband of their sister Maud, instead oftheir half-brother John.
  
  Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter%2C_1st_Earl_of_Essex"
  
  === !The Oxford Illistrated History of the B ===
  !The Oxford Illistrated History of the British Monarchy by Cannon and Griffith. !4th Earl of Essex !Chart by Archibald F. Bennet !NAME: Family Book; The Noble Lineage of the Delaware-West Family of VA; 1958;119; Nelson Family History Center 1152 N Forest Mesa, AZ 85203; Geoffrey Fitz Piers Baron de Mandeville.
  
  === !GEOFFREY FITZPIERS OR BARON DE MANDEVIL ===
  !GEOFFREY FITZPIERS OR BARON DE MANDEVILLE AND JUSTICIARY OF ENGLAND
  
  === Wikipedia Biography ===
  Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex (d 1166) was an English nobleman, the second son of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex and Rohese de Vere, Countess of Essex.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_de_Mandeville,_2nd_Earl_of_Essex
  
  Geoffrey Fitz Peter, Earl of Essex (c. 1162-1213) was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic is sometimes rendered Fitz Piers, for he was the son of Piers de Lutegareshale, forester of Ludgershall.
  
  Life
  He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simon Fitz Peter was at various times High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for the last five years of Henry II's reign.
  
  Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter and eventual co-heiress of William de Say II. This William was the elder son of William de Say I and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex. This connection with the Mandeville family was later to prove unexpectedly important. In 1184 Geoffrey's father-in-law died, and he received a share of the de Say inheritance by right of his wife, co-heiress to her father. He also eventually gained the title of earl of Essex by right of his wife, becoming the 4th earl.
  
  When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the five judges of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh de Puiset, Bishop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of the regents during the king's absence. Late in 1189, Geoffrey's wife's cousin William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving no direct heirs. His wife's inheritance was disputed between Geoffrey and Beatrice's uncle, Geoffrey de Say, but Geoffrey Fitz Peter used his political influence to eventually obtain the Mandeville lands (although not the earldom, which was left open) for himself.
  
  He served as Constable of the Tower of London from 1198 to 1205.
  
  He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1198 to 1201 and again in 1203 and as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire from 1200 to 1205.[1] On 11 July 1198, King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar, which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. On his coronation day the new king ennobled Geoffrey as Earl of Essex.
  
  King John granted Berkhamsted Castle to Geoffrey; the castle had previously been granted as a jointure palace to Queen Isabel prior to the annulment of the royal marriage. Geoffrey founded two hospitals in Berkhamsted, one dedicated to St John the Baptist and one to St John the Evangelist; the latter is still commemorated in the town with the name St John's Well Lane.[2]
  
  After the accession of King John, Geoffrey continued in his capacity as the king's principal minister until his death on 14 October 1213.[3]
  
  Marriage and issue
  Spouses
  m1. Beatrice de Say, daughter of William de Say and heiress of the Mandeville Earls of Essex.
  m2. Aveline de Clare, daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford.
  
  Children of Beatrice
  Note that his sons by this marriage took the de Mandeville surname.
  Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex.
  William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex.
  Henry Fitz Geoffrey, Dean of Wolverhampton.
  Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.
  
  Children of Aveline
  John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland.
  Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.
  Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.
  
  Geoffrey's first two sons died without issue. The earldom had been associated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, and the earldom was next granted to the son of their sister Maud and her husband Henry De Bohun instead of their half-brother John.
  
  [Source: Wikipedia, "Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex", retrieved 1 July 2018, dvmansur; see link in Sources.]
  
  === Justiciar of England, 1198-1213. Sheriff ===
  Justiciar of England, 1198-1213. Sheriff of Northampton, Essex and Hertford. Earl of Essex.
  
  === !(1) Named in Visitation of Cornwall, Vi ===
  !(1) Named in Visitation of Cornwall, Vivian ed., 1887, p.105 (2) Royal Ancestors (3) 4th Earl of Essex (4) Also AFN 8XJSD7
  
  ===
  Per Brian Tompsett's Directory of Royal ===
  
  Per Brian Tompsett's Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, he acceded in
  1199. See The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp.122-125.
  
  === Geoffrey Fitz Piers, Earl of Essex (c. 1 ===
  Geoffrey Fitz Piers, Earl of Essex (c. 1162-1213) was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John. He was the son of Piers de Lutegareshale (born 1134, Cherhill, Wiltshire, died 14 Jan 1179, Pleshy, Essex), a forester of Ludgershall & Maud de Manderville (1138, Rycott, Oxford, England).
  
  Life
  He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simon Fitz Piers was at various times High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for the last five years of Henry II's reign.
  
  Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter and eventual co-heiress of William de Say II. This William was the elder son of William de Say I and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex. This connection with the Mandeville family was later to prove unexpectedly important. In 1184 Geoffrey's father-in-law died, and he received a share of the de Say inheritance by right of his wife, co-heiress to her father. He also eventually gained the title of earl of Essex by right of his wife, becoming the 4th earl.
  
  When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the five judges of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh de Puiset, Bishop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of the regents during the king's absence. Late in 1189, Geoffrey's wife's cousin William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving no direct heirs. His wife's inheritance was disputed between Geoffrey and Beatrice's uncle, Geoffrey de Say, but Geoffrey Fitz Piers used his political influence to eventually obtain the Mandeville lands (although not the earldom, which was left open) for himself.
  
  He served as Constable of the Tower of London from 1198 to 1205.
  
  He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1198 to 1201 and again in 1203 and as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire from 1200 to 1205.[1] On 11 July 1198, King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar, which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. On his coronation day the new king ennobled Geoffrey as Earl of Essex.
  
  King John granted Berkhamsted Castle to Geoffrey; the castle had previously been granted as a jointure palace to Queen Isabel prior to the annulment of the royal marriage. Geoffrey founded two hospitals in Berkhamsted, one dedicated to St John the Baptist and one to St John the Evangelist; the latter is still commemorated in the town with the name St John's Well Lane.[2]
  
  After the accession of King John, Geoffrey continued in his capacity as the king's principal minister until his death on 14 October 1213.[3]
  
  Marriage and issue
  Spouses
  m1. Beatrice de Say, daughter of William de Say and heiress of the Mandeville Earls of Essex.
  m2. Aveline de Clare, daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford.
  
  Children of Beatrice
  Note that his sons by this marriage took the de Mandeville surname.
  - Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex.
  - William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex.
  - Henry Fitz Geoffrey, Dean of Wolverhampton.
  - Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.
  
  Children of Aveline
  - John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland.
  - Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.
  - Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.
  
  Geoffrey's first two sons died without male issue. The earldom had been associated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, and the earldom was next granted to the son of their sister Maud and her husband Henry De Bohun instead of their half-brother John.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter%2C_1st_Earl_of_Essex
  
  Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex (d 1166) was an English nobleman, the second son of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex and Rohese de Vere, Countess of Essex.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_de_Mandeville,_2nd_Earl_of_Essex
  
  Geoffrey Fitz Peter, Earl of Essex (c. 1162-1213) was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic is sometimes rendered Fitz Piers, for he was the son of Piers de Lutegareshale, forester of Ludgershall.
  
  Life
  He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simon Fitz Peter was at various times High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for the last five years of Henry II's reign.
  
  Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter and eventual co-heiress of William de Say II. This William was the elder son of William de Say I and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex. This connection with the Mandeville family was later to prove unexpectedly important. In 1184 Geoffrey's father-in-law died, and he received a share of the de Say inheritance by right of his wife, co-heiress to her father. He also eventually gained the title of earl of Essex by right of his wife, becoming the 4th earl.
  
  When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the five judges of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh de Puiset, Bishop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of the regents during the king's absence. Late in 1189, Geoffrey's wife's cousin William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving no direct heirs. His wife's inheritance was disputed between Geoffrey and Beatrice's uncle, Geoffrey de Say, but Geoffrey Fitz Peter used his political influence to eventually obtain the Mandeville lands (although not the earldom, which was left open) for himself.
  
  He served as Constable of the Tower of London from 1198 to 1205.
  
  He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1198 to 1201 and again in 1203 and as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire from 1200 to 1205.[1] On 11 July 1198, King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar, which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. On his coronation day the new king ennobled Geoffrey as Earl of Essex.
  
  King John granted Berkhamsted Castle to Geoffrey; the castle had previously been granted as a jointure palace to Queen Isabel prior to the annulment of the royal marriage. Geoffrey founded two hospitals in Berkhamsted, one dedicated to St John the Baptist and one to St John the Evangelist; the latter is still commemorated in the town with the name St John's Well Lane.[2]
  
  After the accession of King John, Geoffrey continued in his capacity as the king's principal minister until his death on 14 October 1213.[3]
  
  Marriage and issue
  Spouses
  m1. Beatrice de Say, daughter of William de Say and heiress of the Mandeville Earls of Essex.
  m2. Aveline de Clare, daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford.
  
  Children of Beatrice
  Note that his sons by this marriage took the de Mandeville surname.
  Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex.
  William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex.
  Henry Fitz Geoffrey, Dean of Wolverhampton.
  Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.
  
  Children of Aveline
  John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland.
  Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.
  Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.
  
  Geoffrey's first two sons died without issue. The earldom had been associated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, and the earldom was next granted to the son of their sister Maud and her husband Henry De Bohun instead of their half-brother John.
  
  [Source: Wikipedia, "Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex", retrieved 1 July 2018, dvmansur; see link in Sources.]
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter,_1st_Earl_of_Essex
  
  Earl of Essex , Justiciar of England,1198-1213, Sheriff of Shires of Northampton, Esex and Hertford
  
  Baron de Manderville, also the earldom of Essex was created in 1199 and he was earl of Essex, and lord justice of England.
  
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, (Piers de Lutegareshale), (b.c a. 1162), d. 1213), was a prominent member of the government ofEngland du ring the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic issometimes render ed Fitz Piers.
  
  He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simonw as at various times sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire,and Bedf ordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, assheriff of Northamp tonshire for the last five years of Henry II'sreign.
  
  Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter andeventual c o-heiress of William de Say. He was the son of William deSay, 3rd Bar on de Say, and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey deMandeville, 1st Earl of Ess ex. This connection with the Mandevillefamily was to prove unexpectedly i mportant. In 1184 Geoffrey'sfather-in-law died, and he received a sha re of the de Sayinheritance.
  
  When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the fivejudg es of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh dePuiset, Bi shop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of theregents during t he king's absence. Later that year, Geoffrey's wife'scousin William de Ma ndeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving nodirect heirs. His inheritan ce was disputed between Geoffrey and hisin-laws, but Geoffrey used his po litical influence to eventuallyobtain it for himself.
  
  On July 11, 1198 King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar, which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. Hecon tinued in this capacity after the accession of king John. On hiscoronati on day the new king also recognized Geoffrey as Earl ofEssex.
  
  Marriage and issue
  
  Spouses
  m1. Beatrice de Say.
  m2. Aveline, daughter of Roger de Cla
  
  === https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter,_1st_Earl_of_Essex ===
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter,_1st_Earl_of_Essex
  
  === Earl of Essex , Justiciar of England,119 ===
  Earl of Essex , Justiciar of England,1198-1213, Sheriff of Shires of Northampton, Esex and Hertford
  
  === !BIRTH-DEATH: The Plantagenet Connection ===
  !BIRTH-DEATH: The Plantagenet Connection April, 1994 !DEATH: Diary and autobiography of Edmund Bohun, 1853 Royal Genealogies of Magna Carte Barons Earl of Essex, Justiciar of England
  
  === !Source: James E. Doyle Peerage-Baronag ===
  !Source: James E. Doyle Peerage-Baronage vol. 1 p. 570. !Information: Justice of England in 1199. !Oxon T 1 p. 331; A1 C 20 p.309; Wilts 9 V,5 p.44; Eng.V vol 4 p.669; Vvol.7 p.224; Eng.Pub. AF ns vol.13 vol 34.
  
  === Geoffrey FitzPeter, Earl of Essex (d 121 ===
  Geoffrey FitzPeter, Earl of Essex (d 1213), younger brother of Simon FitzPeter, sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire in the reign of Henry II, marshal in 1165, and justice itinerant in Bedfordshire in 1163, married Beatrice daughter and coheiress of William de Say, eldest son of William de Day, third baron, who married Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville, earl of Essex. In 1184 Geoffrey shared the inheritance of his father-in-law with William de Bocland, the husband of his wife's sister. During the last five years of Henry's reign he was sheriff of Northamptonshire, and acted occasionally as a justice of aseize and judge of the forest-court. He took the cross, but in 1189 paid a fine to Richard I for not going on the crusade. On the departure of the king he was left one of the five judges of the king's court, and baron of the exchequer, and was therefore one of the counsellors of Hugh, bishop of Durham, the chief justiciar. On the death of William de Mandeville, earl of Essex, in this year, his inheritance was claimed by Geoffrey in right of his wife as daughter of the elder son of Beatrice de Say, aunt and heiress of the earl; her claim was disputed by her uncle Geoffrey, who was declared heir by his mother. William Lonchamp, the chancellor, adjudged the inheritance to Geoffrey de Say, on conditition that he paid seven thousand marks, and give him seisin. As he made default, the chancellor transferred the inheritance to Geoffrey Fitzpeter for three thousand marks. The patronage of the priory of Walden in Essex formed part of the Mandeville inheritance; but, while the succession was disputed, the monks on 1 Aug 1190 prevailed on Richard, bishop of London, to change their house into an abbey. When Geoffrey went to Walden he declared that the abbot and monks had defrauded nim of his rights by thus renouncing his patronage; he seized their lands, and otherwise aggrieved them They appealed to the Bishop of London, who excommunicated those who disturbed them, and William Longchamp also took their part, and caused some of their rights to be restored. This greatly angered Geoffrey, who set at naught Longchamp's authority, and continued to aggrieve the monks. Nor did he pay any attention to a papal mandate with they procured on their behalf. About this time his wife Beatrice died in childbed, and was buried in the priory of Chicksand in Bedfordshire, which also formed part of the Mandeville inheritance. Towards the end of his reign Richard exhorted Geoffrey to satisfy the monks, but he delayed to do so, and the dispute went on until in the reign of John he restored part of the lands which he had taken away, and the matter was arranged. Meanwhile, in February 1191, Richard, who had heard many complaints against Longchamp, wrote from Messina to Geoffrey and the other justices bidding them control him if they found it necessary, and informing them that he was sending over Walter, archbishop of Rouen, to guide their actions. Geoffrey took part in the league against the chancellor, served as one of the coadjutors of Archbishop Walter, the new chief justiciar, and was one of the persons excommunicated for the injuries done to Longchamp. When Hubert Walter resigned the chief justiciarship, Richard, on 11 July 1198, appointed Geoffrey as his successor. The new justiciar gathered a large force, marched to the relief of the men of William of Braose, who were besieged by Gwenwynwyn, son the the prince of Powys, in Maud's Castle, and inflicted a severe defeat on the Welsh. Richard was in constant need of money, and Geoffrey, as his minister, carried out the oppressive measures by which his wants were supplied. The religious houses refused to pay the carueage, and their compliance was enforced by the outlawry of the whole body of the clergy. A decree was issued that all grants were to be confirmed by the new seal, and the people were oppressed by the over-sharp administration of justice, and by a visitation of the forests. When Richard died, Geoffrey took a prominent part in securing the succession of John at the council of Northampton. At the king's coronation feast he was girded with the sword of the earldom of Essex, though he had been called earl before, and had exercised certain administrative rights which Roger of Hoveden speaks of as pertaining to the earldom; the chronicler seems to confuse the office of sheriff and the title of earl. He was sheriff of several counties, and among other marks of the king's favour received grants of Berkhamsted and Queenhythe. He was confirmed in his office, and evidently lived on the terms of some familiarity with the king. John is said to have made him the agent of his extortion, and he was reckoned amont the king's evil cousellors; he served his master faithfully, and the work he did for him earned him the hatred of the oppressed people. At the same time John disliked him, for the earl was a lawyer, brought up in the school of Glanville, and though no doubt ready enough to gain wealth for himself or his master by any means within the law, can scarcely have been willing to act in defiance of it. He was one of the witnesses of John's charter of submission to the pope on 15 May 1213, and when the king set sail on his intended expedition to Poitou, was left as his vicegerent in conjuction with the Bishop of Winchester. He was present at the assembly held at St Albans on 4 Aug, and promised on the king's behalf that the laws of Henry I should be observed. He died on 2 Oct. When the king heard of his death he rejoiced, and said with a laugh, 'When he enters hell let him salute Hubert, archbishop of Canterbury, whom no doubt he will find there;' adding that now for the first time he was king and lord of England. Nevertheless the death of his minister left him without any hold on the baronage, and was an important step towards his ruin. By his first wife Geoffrey left three sons, Geoffrey and William, who both succeeded to his earldom, and died without issue, and Henry, a churchman, and a daughter, Maud, who married Henry Bohun, earl of Hereford; and by a second wife, Aveline, a son named John, who inherited his father's manor of Berkhamstead. Geoffrey founded Shouldham Priory in Norfolk, and a hospital of Sutton de la Hone in Kent, and was a benefactor to the hospital of St Thomas of Acre in London. [Dictionary of National Biography VII:192-4]
  
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  Upon the decease of William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex, much dispute arose regarding the inheritance: Beatrix, his aunt and heir, in the first place, preferring her claim, sent Geoffrey de Say, her younger son, to transact the business for the livery thereof, but Geoffrey FitzPiers insisted upon the right of Beatrix, his wife. Nevertheless, Geoffrey de Say, in consideration of 7,000 marks promised to be paid on a certain day, obtained an instrument in right of his mother, under the king's seal, for the whole of the barony, but the said Geoffrey de Say, making default of payment, this Geoffrey FitzPiers, being a man of great wealth and reputation, made representation that the barony was the right of his wife and, promising to pay the money, obtained livery thereof and procured the king's confirmation of his title. One of the earliest acts of this feudal lord was to dispossess the monks of Walden of certain lands which they had derived from his predecessors, a proceeding followed by a long controversy, which, after being referred to the Pope and the King, was finally compromised. Upon the removal of Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, from the office of Justice of England by Richard I, this Geoffrey was appointed to succeed him, and at the coronation of King John, 26 June, 1199, he was girt with the sword as Earl of Essex, and then served at the king's table. Being nominated patron of the monastery at Walden, he appears soon after to have been received with great ceremony by the monks and perfectly reconciled to those holy fathers. In the 7th King John, he had a grant of the castle and honour of Berkhamstead, with the knights' fees thereunto belonging to hold to him and the heirs of his body, by Aveline, his 2nd wife. His lordship m. 1st, Beatrix de Say, by whom he had issue, Geoffrey, William, Henry, all of whom assumed the name of Mandeville, and Maud, m. to Robert de Bohun. He m. 2ndly, Aveline ---, and had an only son, John FitzPiers, Lord of Berkhamstead. His lordship, whom Matthew Paris characterizes as "ruling the reins of government so that after his death the realm was like a ship in a tempest without a pilot," d. 2 October, 1213, and was s. by his eldest son, Geoffrey de Mandeville. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 353, Mandeville, Earls of Essex]
  
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  GEOFFREY FITZ PETER (d. 1213), earl of Essex and chief justiciar of England, was a sheriff, a justice itinerant and a justice of the forest under Henry II. During Richard's absence on crusade he was one of the five justices of the king's court who stood next in authority to the regent, Longchamp. In 1190 Fitz Peter succeeded to the earldom of Essex, in the right of his wife, who was descended from the famous Geoffrey de Mandeville. In attempting to asset his hereditary rights over Walden priory Fitz Peter came into conflict with Longchamp, and revenged himself by joining in the baronial agitation through which the regent was expelled from his office. Though refusing to give him formal investiture of the Essex earldom, Richard appointed him justiciar in succession to Hubert Walter (1198). Fitz Peter continued Walter's policy of encouraging foreign trade and the development of the towns; many of the latter received, during his administration, charters of self-government. He was continued in his office by John, who found him an able instrument of extortion. He profited to no small extent by the spoliation of church
  
  === Weis. 246B-27. Geoffrey Fitz Piers was ===
  Weis. 246B-27. Geoffrey Fitz Piers was second husband of Aveline de Clare and she was his second wife. He was an adult in 1184. He was the Earl of Essex in right of his first wife. He was Justiciar of England 1198-1213. Weis. 97-27, 246B-27. Geoffrey Fitz Piers was the 4th Earl of Essex (in right of his first wife.) He was an adult in 1184 so must have been born by 1163. He was Justiciar of England 1198-1213.
  
  === Got the title of Earl of Essex from his ===
  Got the title of Earl of Essex from his first wife.
  
  === [DAHLENJULY00.GED] 1. see Anc. Roots 97 ===
  [DAHLENJULY00.GED] 1. see Anc. Roots 97-27; also 246B-27. 2. Earl of Essex (In right of his first wife). 3. Justiciar of Ireland 1198-1213.
  
  === Justiciar of England 1198-1213; Sheriff ===
  Justiciar of England 1198-1213; Sheriff of the shires of Northhampton, Essex and Hertford
  === Life Sketch ===
  Geoffrey Fitz Piers, Earl of Essex (c. 1162–1213) was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John. He was the son of Piers de Lutegareshale (born 1134, Cherhill, Wiltshire, died 14 Jan 1179, Pleshy, Essex), a forester of Ludgershall & Maud de Manderville (1138, Rycott, Oxford, England).
  
  Life
  He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simon Fitz Piers was at various times High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for the last five years of Henry II's reign.
  
  Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter and eventual co-heiress of William de Say II. This William was the elder son of William de Say I and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex. This connection with the Mandeville family was later to prove unexpectedly important. In 1184 Geoffrey's father-in-law died, and he received a share of the de Say inheritance by right of his wife, co-heiress to her father. He also eventually gained the title of earl of Essex by right of his wife, becoming the 4th earl.
  
  When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the five judges of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh de Puiset, Bishop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of the regents during the king's absence. Late in 1189, Geoffrey's wife's cousin William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving no direct heirs. His wife's inheritance was disputed between Geoffrey and Beatrice's uncle, Geoffrey de Say, but Geoffrey Fitz Piers used his political influence to eventually obtain the Mandeville lands (although not the earldom, which was left open) for himself.
  
  He served as Constable of the Tower of London from 1198 to 1205.
  
  He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1198 to 1201 and again in 1203 and as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire from 1200 to 1205.[1] On 11 July 1198, King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar, which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. On his coronation day the new king ennobled Geoffrey as Earl of Essex.
  
  King John granted Berkhamsted Castle to Geoffrey; the castle had previously been granted as a jointure palace to Queen Isabel prior to the annulment of the royal marriage. Geoffrey founded two hospitals in Berkhamsted, one dedicated to St John the Baptist and one to St John the Evangelist; the latter is still commemorated in the town with the name St John's Well Lane.[2]
  
  After the accession of King John, Geoffrey continued in his capacity as the king's principal minister until his death on 14 October 1213.[3]
  
  Marriage and issue
  Spouses
  m1. Beatrice de Say, daughter of William de Say and heiress of the Mandeville Earls of Essex.
  m2. Aveline de Clare, daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford.
  
  Children of Beatrice
  Note that his sons by this marriage took the de Mandeville surname.
  - Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex.
  - William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex.
  - Henry Fitz Geoffrey, Dean of Wolverhampton.
  - Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.
  
  Children of Aveline
  - John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland.
  - Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.
  - Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.
  
  Geoffrey's first two sons died without male issue. The earldom had been associated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, and the earldom was next granted to the son of their sister Maud and her husband Henry De Bohun instead of their half-brother John.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter%2C_1st_Earl_of_Essex
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#Avelinedied1274MWalterBurghUlster as of 6/17/2016
  
  GEOFFREY FitzPiers (-14 Oct 1213, bur Shouldham Priory). Having acquir
  
  === !(1) Named in Visitation of Cornwall, Vi ===
  !(1) Named in Visitation of Cornwall, Vivian ed., 1887, p.105 (2) Royal Ancestors (3) 4th Earl of Essex (4) Also AFN 8XJSD7
  
  === https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter,_1st_Earl_of_Essex ===
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter,_1st_Earl_of_Essex
  
  === Wikipedia Biography ===
  Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex (d 1166) was an English nobleman, the second son of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex and Rohese de Vere, Countess of Essex.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_de_Mandeville,_2nd_Earl_of_Essex
  
  Geoffrey Fitz Peter, Earl of Essex (c. 1162–1213) was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic is sometimes rendered Fitz Piers, for he was the son of Piers de Lutegareshale, forester of Ludgershall.
  
  Life
  He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simon Fitz Peter was at various times High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for the last five years of Henry II's reign.
  
  Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter and eventual co-heiress of William de Say II. This William was the elder son of William de Say I and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex. This connection with the Mandeville family was later to prove unexpectedly important. In 1184 Geoffrey's father-in-law died, and he received a share of the de Say inheritance by right of his wife, co-heiress to her father. He also eventually gained the title of earl of Essex by right of his wife, becoming the 4th earl.
  
  When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the five judges of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh de Puiset, Bishop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of the regents during the king's absence. Late in 1189, Geoffrey's wife's cousin William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving no direct heirs. His wife's inheritance was disputed between Geoffrey and Beatrice's uncle, Geoffrey de Say, but Geoffrey Fitz Peter used his political influence to eventually obtain the Mandeville lands (although not the earldom, which was left open) for himself.
  
  He served as Constable of the Tower of London from 1198 to 1205.
  
  He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1198 to 1201 and again in 1203 and as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire from 1200 to 1205.[1] On 11 July 1198, King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar, which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. On his coronation day the new king ennobled Geoffrey as Earl of Essex.
  
  King John granted Berkhamsted Castle to Geoffrey; the castle had previously been granted as a jointure palace to Queen Isabel prior to the annulment of the royal marriage. Geoffrey founded two hospitals in Berkhamsted, one dedicated to St John the Baptist and one to St John the Evangelist; the latter is still commemorated in the town with the name St John's Well Lane.[2]
  
  After the accession of King John, Geoffrey continued in his capacity as the king's principal minister until his death on 14 October 1213.[3]
  
  Marriage and issue
  Spouses
  m1. Beatrice de Say, daughter of William de Say and heiress of the Mandeville Earls of Essex.
  m2. Aveline de Clare, daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford.
  
  Children of Beatrice
  Note that his sons by this marriage took the de Mandeville surname.
  Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex.
  William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex.
  Henry Fitz Geoffrey, Dean of Wolverhampton.
  Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.
  
  Children of Aveline
  John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland.
  Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.
  Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.
  
  Geoffrey's first two sons died without issue. The earldom had been associated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, and the earldom was next granted to the son of their sister Maud and her husband Henry De Bohun instead of their half-brother John.
  
  [Source: Wikipedia, "Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex", retrieved 1 July 2018, dvmansur; see link in Sources.]
  
  === Weis. 246B-27. Geoffrey Fitz Piers was ===
  Weis. 246B-27. Geoffrey Fitz Piers was second husband of Aveline de Clare and she was his second wife. He was an adult in 1184. He was the Earl of Essex in right of his first wife. He was Justiciar of England 1198-1213. Weis. 97-27, 246B-27. Geoffrey Fitz Piers was the 4th Earl of Essex (in right of his first wife.) He was an adult in 1184 so must have been born by 1163. He was Justiciar of England 1198-1213.
  
  === Geoffrey Fitz Piers, Earl of Essex (c. 1 ===
  Geoffrey Fitz Piers, Earl of Essex (c. 1162–1213) was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John. He was the son of Piers de Lutegareshale (born 1134, Cherhill, Wiltshire, died 14 Jan 1179, Pleshy, Essex), a forester of Ludgershall & Maud de Manderville (1138, Rycott, Oxford, England).
  
  Life
  He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simon Fitz Piers was at various times High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for the last five years of Henry II's reign.
  
  Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter and eventual co-heiress of William de Say II. This William was the elder son of William de Say I and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex. This connection with the Mandeville family was later to prove unexpectedly important. In 1184 Geoffrey's father-in-law died, and he received a share of the de Say inheritance by right of his wife, co-heiress to her father. He also eventually gained the title of earl of Essex by right of his wife, becoming the 4th earl.
  
  When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the five judges of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh de Puiset, Bishop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of the regents during the king's absence. Late in 1189, Geoffrey's wife's cousin William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving no direct heirs. His wife's inheritance was disputed between Geoffrey and Beatrice's uncle, Geoffrey de Say, but Geoffrey Fitz Piers used his political influence to eventually obtain the Mandeville lands (although not the earldom, which was left open) for himself.
  
  He served as Constable of the Tower of London from 1198 to 1205.
  
  He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1198 to 1201 and again in 1203 and as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire from 1200 to 1205.[1] On 11 July 1198, King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar, which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. On his coronation day the new king ennobled Geoffrey as Earl of Essex.
  
  King John granted Berkhamsted Castle to Geoffrey; the castle had previously been granted as a jointure palace to Queen Isabel prior to the annulment of the royal marriage. Geoffrey founded two hospitals in Berkhamsted, one dedicated to St John the Baptist and one to St John the Evangelist; the latter is still commemorated in the town with the name St John's Well Lane.[2]
  
  After the accession of King John, Geoffrey continued in his capacity as the king's principal minister until his death on 14 October 1213.[3]
  
  Marriage and issue
  Spouses
  m1. Beatrice de Say, daughter of William de Say and heiress of the Mandeville Earls of Essex.
  m2. Aveline de Clare, daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford.
  
  Children of Beatrice
  Note that his sons by this marriage took the de Mandeville surname.
  - Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex.
  - William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex.
  - Henry Fitz Geoffrey, Dean of Wolverhampton.
  - Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.
  
  Children of Aveline
  - John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland.
  - Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.
  - Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.
  
  Geoffrey's first two sons died without male issue. The earldom had been associated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, and the earldom was next granted to the son of their sister Maud and her husband Henry De Bohun instead of their half-brother John.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter%2C_1st_Earl_of_Essex
  
  Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex (d 1166) was an English nobleman, the second son of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex and Rohese de Vere, Countess of Essex.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_de_Mandeville,_2nd_Earl_of_Essex
  
  Geoffrey Fitz Peter, Earl of Essex (c. 1162–1213) was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic is sometimes rendered Fitz Piers, for he was the son of Piers de Lutegareshale, forester of Ludgershall.
  
  Life
  He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simon Fitz Peter was at various times High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for the last five years of Henry II's reign.
  
  Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter and eventual co-heiress of William de Say II. This William was the elder son of William de Say I and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex. This connection with the Mandeville family was later to prove unexpectedly important. In 1184 Geoffrey's father-in-law died, and he received a share of the de Say inheritance by right of his wife, co-heiress to her father. He also eventually gained the title of earl of Essex by right of his wife, becoming the 4th earl.
  
  When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the five judges of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh de Puiset, Bishop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of the regents during the king's absence. Late in 1189, Geoffrey's wife's cousin William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving no direct heirs. His wife's inheritance was disputed between Geoffrey and Beatrice's uncle, Geoffrey de Say, but Geoffrey Fitz Peter used his political influence to eventually obtain the Mandeville lands (although not the earldom, which was left open) for himself.
  
  He served as Constable of the Tower of London from 1198 to 1205.
  
  He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1198 to 1201 and again in 1203 and as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire from 1200 to 1205.[1] On 11 July 1198, King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar, which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. On his coronation day the new king ennobled Geoffrey as Earl of Essex.
  
  King John granted Berkhamsted Castle to Geoffrey; the castle had previously been granted as a jointure palace to Queen Isabel prior to the annulment of the royal marriage. Geoffrey founded two hospitals in Berkhamsted, one dedicated to St John the Baptist and one to St John the Evangelist; the latter is still commemorated in the town with the name St John's Well Lane.[2]
  
  After the accession of King John, Geoffrey continued in his capacity as the king's principal minister until his death on 14 October 1213.[3]
  
  Marriage and issue
  Spouses
  m1. Beatrice de Say, daughter of William de Say and heiress of the Mandeville Earls of Essex.
  m2. Aveline de Clare, daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford.
  
  Children of Beatrice
  Note that his sons by this marriage took the de Mandeville surname.
  Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex.
  William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex.
  Henry Fitz Geoffrey, Dean of Wolverhampton.
  Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.
  
  Children of Aveline
  John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland.
  Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.
  Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.
  
  Geoffrey's first two sons died without issue. The earldom had been associated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, and the earldom was next granted to the son of their sister Maud and her husband Henry De Bohun instead of their half-brother John.
  
  [Source: Wikipedia, "Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex", retrieved 1 July 2018, dvmansur; see link in Sources.]
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter,_1st_Earl_of_Essex
  
  Earl of Essex , Justiciar of England,1198-1213, Sheriff of Shires of Northampton, Esex and Hertford
  
  Baron de Manderville, also the earldom of Essex was created in 1199 and he was earl of Essex, and lord justice of England.
  
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, (Piers de Lutegareshale), (b.c a. 1162), d. 1213), was a prominent member of the government ofEngland du ring the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic issometimes render ed Fitz Piers.
  
  He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simonw as at various times sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire,and Bedf ordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, assheriff of Northamp tonshire for the last five years of Henry II'sreign.
  
  Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter andeventual c o-heiress of William de Say. He was the son of William deSay, 3rd Bar on de Say, and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey deMandeville, 1st Earl of Ess ex. This connection with the Mandevillefamily was to prove unexpectedly i mportant. In 1184 Geoffrey'sfather-in-law died, and he received a sha re of the de Sayinheritance.
  
  When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the fivejudg es of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh dePuiset, Bi shop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of theregents during t he king's absence. Later that year, Geoffrey's wife'scousin William de Ma ndeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving nodirect heirs. His inheritan ce was disputed between Geoffrey and hisin-laws, but Geoffrey used his po litical influence to eventuallyobtain it for himself.
  
  On July 11, 1198 King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar, which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. Hecon tinued in this capacity after the accession of king John. On hiscoronati on day the new king also recognized Geoffrey as Earl ofEssex.
  
  Marriage and issue
  
  Spouses
  m1. Beatrice de Say.
  m2. Aveline, daughter of Roger de Cla
  
  === From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ===
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, (Piers de Lutegareshale), (b.c a. 1162), d. 1213), was a prominent member of the government ofEngland du ring the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic issometimes render ed Fitz Piers.
  
  He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simonw as at various times sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire,and Bedf ordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, assheriff of Northamp tonshire for the last five years of Henry II'sreign.
  
  Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter andeventual c o-heiress of William de Say. He was the son of William deSay, 3rd Bar on de Say, and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey deMandeville, 1st Earl of Ess ex. This connection with the Mandevillefamily was to prove unexpectedly i mportant. In 1184 Geoffrey'sfather-in-law died, and he received a sha re of the de Sayinheritance.
  
  When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the fivejudg es of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh dePuiset, Bi shop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of theregents during t he king's absence. Later that year, Geoffrey's wife'scousin William de Ma ndeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving nodirect heirs. His inheritan ce was disputed between Geoffrey and hisin-laws, but Geoffrey used his po litical influence to eventuallyobtain it for himself.
  
  On July 11, 1198 King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar, which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. Hecon tinued in this capacity after the accession of king John. On hiscoronati on day the new king also recognized Geoffrey as Earl ofEssex.
  
  Marriage and issue
  
  Spouses
  m1. Beatrice de Say.
  m2. Aveline, daughter of Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford.
  
  Children of Beatrice
  Note that his sons by this marriage took the de Mandeville surname.
  
  Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex.
  William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex.
  Henry, Dean of Wolverhampton.
  Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.
  
  Children of Aveline
  John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland.
  Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.
  Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.
  Geoffrey's first two sons died without issue. Apparently the earldomwas a ssociated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, for theearldom was inh erited by the husband of their sister Maud, instead oftheir half-broth er John.
  
  [michaelrneuman.ged]
  
  Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, (Piers de Lutegareshale), (b.c a. 1162), d. 1213), was a prominent member of the government ofEngland du ring the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic issometimes render ed Fitz Piers.
  
  He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simonw as at various times sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire,and Bedf ordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, assheriff of Northamp tonshire for the last five years of Henry II'sreign.
  
  Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter andeventual c o-heiress of William de Say. He was the son of William deSay, 3rd Bar on de Say, and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey deMandeville, 1st Earl of Ess ex. This connection with the Mandevillefamily was to prove unexpectedly i mportant. In 1184 Geoffrey'sfather-in-law died, and he received a sha re of the de Sayinheritance.
  
  When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the fivejudg es of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh dePuiset, Bi shop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of theregents during t he king's absence. Later that year, Geoffrey's wife'scousin William de Ma ndeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving nodirect heirs. His inheritan ce was disputed between Geoffrey and hisin-laws, but Geoffrey used his po litical influence to eventuallyobtain it for himself.
  
  On July 11, 1198 King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar, which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. Hecon tinued in this capacity after the accession of king John. On hiscoronati on day the new king also recognized Geoffrey as Earl ofEssex.
  
  Marriage and issue
  
  Spouses
  m1. Beatrice de Say.
  m2. Aveline, daughter of Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford.
  
  Children of Beatrice
  Note that his sons by this marriage took the de Mandeville surname.
  
  Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex.
  William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex.
  Henry, Dean of Wolverhampton.
  Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.
  
  Children of Aveline
  John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland.
  Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.
  Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.
  Geoffrey's first two sons died without issue. Apparently the earldomwas a ssociated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, for theearldom was inh erited by the husband of their sister Maud, instead oftheir half-broth er John.
  
  Retrieved from"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter%2C_1st_Earl_of_Essex"
  
  Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, (Piers de Lutegareshale), (b.ca. 1162), d. 1213), was a prominent member of the government ofEngland during the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic issometimes rendered Fitz Piers.
  
  He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of servicein mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simonwas at various times sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, andBedfordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, as sheriff ofNorthamptonshire for the last five years of Henry II's reign.
  
  Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter andeventual co-heiress of William de Say. He was the son of William deSay, 3rd Baron de Say, and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville,1st Earl of Essex. This connection with the Mandeville family was toprove unexpectedly important. In 1184 Geoffrey's father-in-law died,and he received a share of the de Say inheritance.
  
  When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the fivejudges of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh dePuiset, Bishop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of theregents during the king's absence. Later that year, Geoffrey's wife'scousin William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving nodirect heirs. His inheritance was disputed between Geoffrey and hisin-laws, but Geoffrey used his political influence to eventuallyobtain it for himself.
  
  On July 11, 1198 King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar,which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister.He continued in this capacity after the accession of king John. On hiscoronation day the new king also recognized Geoffrey as Earl of Essex.
  
  Marriage and issue
  
  Spouses
  m1. Beatrice de Say.
  m2. Aveline, daughter of Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford.
  
  Children of Beatrice
  Note that his sons by this marriage took the de Mandeville surname.
  
  Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex.
  William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex.
  Henry, Dean of Wolverhampton.
  Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.
  
  Children of Aveline
  John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland.
  Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.
  Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.
  Geoffrey's first two sons died without issue. Apparently the earldomwas associated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, for theearldom was inherited by the husband of their sister Maud, instead oftheir half-brother John.
  
  Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter%2C_1st_Earl_of_Essex"
  
  ===
  Per Brian Tompsett's Directory of Royal ===
  
  Per Brian Tompsett's Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, he acceded in
  1199. See The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp.122-125.
  
  === SOURCE:Vis Corn 1620, Courtenay Ped, p 1 ===
  SOURCE:Vis Corn 1620, Courtenay Ped, p 105.
  
  === !The Oxford Illistrated History of the B ===
  !The Oxford Illistrated History of the British Monarchy by Cannon and Griffith. !4th Earl of Essex !Chart by Archibald F. Bennet !NAME: Family Book; The Noble Lineage of the Delaware-West Family of VA; 1958;119; Nelson Family History Center 1152 N Forest Mesa, AZ 85203; Geoffrey Fitz Piers Baron de Mandeville.
  
  === He was Baron Fitz Piers, Lord of Ludersh ===
  He was Baron Fitz Piers, Lord of Ludershal, Sheriff of Northampton, Essex, Hertford, Stafford, York, Westmoreland, Buckingham, Bedford, Hants, and Salop. Geoffrey Fitz Piers was also Justice of the Royal Forest in 1185. He took the Cross abt 1188. Was Chief Justicar of England in 1198. Was Constable of the Tower of London 1198-1213 and created Earl of Essex in 1199. Served as Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports in 1206 and was Joint Guardian of England in 1213.
  
  === !GEOFFREY FITZPIERS OR BARON DE MANDEVIL ===
  !GEOFFREY FITZPIERS OR BARON DE MANDEVILLE AND JUSTICIARY OF ENGLAND
  
  === Baron de Manderville, also the earldom o ===
  Baron de Manderville, also the earldom of Essex was created in 1199 and he was earl of Essex, and lord justice of England.
  
  === Sources: Norr; A. Roots 72, 246B, 246C; ===
  Sources: Norr; A. Roots 72, 246B, 246C; AF; Kraentzler 1134;Smallwood. K: Geoffrey Fitz-Piers de Mandeville, Earl of Essex. Of Shere, Surrey. Born about 1162. Died 2 Oct. 1213. Roots: Geoffrey Fitz Piers, Earl of Essex (right of 1st wife, Beatricede Say), Justiciar of England, 1198-1213. Adult 1184, died 14 Oct. 1213. Norr: Godfrey FitzPiers, born about 1150, widower of Beatrice de Say. SOURCES: 1. Weis, Frederick Lewis. _Ancestral Roots of Certain AmericanColonists_. Seventh Edition. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company,Inc., 1992; lines 97-27: Henry de Bohun, b. 1176, sheriff of Kent, 5thEarl of Hereford, 1200; Hereditary Constable of England; Magna ChartaSurety, 1215; d. on a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, 1 June 1220; md MaudFitz- Geoffrey de Mandeville, d. 27 Aug 1236, and after Henry's death,Countess of Essex; dau of Geoffrey FitzPiers, d. 1213, 4th Earl of Essex,and his (1) wife Beatrice de Say, dau of William de Say. She md (2) Rogerde Daunteseye, d. aft. 1238, div. 1232. (CP IV 669 chart, V 116-117,135, 437, VI 457-459). 2. Weis, Frederick Lewis. _The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215_. Fourth Edition. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.,1993; Line 160-3: Geoffrey FitzPiers (son of Maud de Mandeville and her(1) husband, Piers de Lutegareshale), d 14 Oct 1213, Earl of Essex,Justiciar of England 1198-1213, sheriff of the shires of Northampton, Essex,and Hertford; md (1) bef 25 Jan 1184/5, Beatrix de Say, d bef 19 Aug1197, dau of William de Say; md (2) Avelina de Clare, d bef 4 June 1225, sister of Richard de Clare, Magna Charta Surety, widow of Williamde Munchansey of Swanscombe, Kent, d bef 7 May 1204, and dau of Rogerde Clare and Maud de St. Hilary. (CP V 122)
  
  === Earl of Essex , Justiciar of England,119 ===
  Earl of Essex , Justiciar of England,1198-1213, Sheriff of Shires of Northampton, Esex and Hertford
  
  === Justiciar of England 1198-1213; Sheriff ===
  Justiciar of England 1198-1213; Sheriff of the shires of Northhampton, Essex and Hertford
  
  === Justiciar of England, 1198-1213. Sheriff ===
  Justiciar of England, 1198-1213. Sheriff of Northampton, Essex and Hertford. Earl of Essex.
  
  === [DAHLENJULY00.GED] 1. see Anc. Roots 97 ===
  [DAHLENJULY00.GED] 1. see Anc. Roots 97-27; also 246B-27. 2. Earl of Essex (In right of his first wife). 3. Justiciar of Ireland 1198-1213.
  
  === Got the title of Earl of Essex from his ===
  Got the title of Earl of Essex from his first wife.
  
  === !BIRTH-DEATH: The Plantagenet Connection ===
  !BIRTH-DEATH: The Plantagenet Connection April, 1994 !DEATH: Diary and autobiography of Edmund Bohun, 1853 Royal Genealogies of Magna Carte Barons Earl of Essex, Justiciar of England
  
  === Geoffrey FitzPeter, Earl of Essex (d 121 ===
  Geoffrey FitzPeter, Earl of Essex (d 1213), younger brother of Simon FitzPeter, sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire in the reign of Henry II, marshal in 1165, and justice itinerant in Bedfordshire in 1163, married Beatrice daughter and coheiress of William de Say, eldest son of William de Day, third baron, who married Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville, earl of Essex. In 1184 Geoffrey shared the inheritance of his father-in-law with William de Bocland, the husband of his wife's sister. During the last five years of Henry's reign he was sheriff of Northamptonshire, and acted occasionally as a justice of aseize and judge of the forest-court. He took the cross, but in 1189 paid a fine to Richard I for not going on the crusade. On the departure of the king he was left one of the five judges of the king's court, and baron of the exchequer, and was therefore one of the counsellors of Hugh, bishop of Durham, the chief justiciar. On the death of William de Mandeville, earl of Essex, in this year, his inheritance was claimed by Geoffrey in right of his wife as daughter of the elder son of Beatrice de Say, aunt and heiress of the earl; her claim was disputed by her uncle Geoffrey, who was declared heir by his mother. William Lonchamp, the chancellor, adjudged the inheritance to Geoffrey de Say, on conditition that he paid seven thousand marks, and give him seisin. As he made default, the chancellor transferred the inheritance to Geoffrey Fitzpeter for three thousand marks. The patronage of the priory of Walden in Essex formed part of the Mandeville inheritance; but, while the succession was disputed, the monks on 1 Aug 1190 prevailed on Richard, bishop of London, to change their house into an abbey. When Geoffrey went to Walden he declared that the abbot and monks had defrauded nim of his rights by thus renouncing his patronage; he seized their lands, and otherwise aggrieved them They appealed to the Bishop of London, who excommunicated those who disturbed them, and William Longchamp also took their part, and caused some of their rights to be restored. This greatly angered Geoffrey, who set at naught Longchamp's authority, and continued to aggrieve the monks. Nor did he pay any attention to a papal mandate with they procured on their behalf. About this time his wife Beatrice died in childbed, and was buried in the priory of Chicksand in Bedfordshire, which also formed part of the Mandeville inheritance. Towards the end of his reign Richard exhorted Geoffrey to satisfy the monks, but he delayed to do so, and the dispute went on until in the reign of John he restored part of the lands which he had taken away, and the matter was arranged. Meanwhile, in February 1191, Richard, who had heard many complaints against Longchamp, wrote from Messina to Geoffrey and the other justices bidding them control him if they found it necessary, and informing them that he was sending over Walter, archbishop of Rouen, to guide their actions. Geoffrey took part in the league against the chancellor, served as one of the coadjutors of Archbishop Walter, the new chief justiciar, and was one of the persons excommunicated for the injuries done to Longchamp. When Hubert Walter resigned the chief justiciarship, Richard, on 11 July 1198, appointed Geoffrey as his successor. The new justiciar gathered a large force, marched to the relief of the men of William of Braose, who were besieged by Gwenwynwyn, son the the prince of Powys, in Maud's Castle, and inflicted a severe defeat on the Welsh. Richard was in constant need of money, and Geoffrey, as his minister, carried out the oppressive measures by which his wants were supplied. The religious houses refused to pay the carueage, and their compliance was enforced by the outlawry of the whole body of the clergy. A decree was issued that all grants were to be confirmed by the new seal, and the people were oppressed by the over-sharp administration of justice, and by a visitation of the forests. When Richard died, Geoffrey took a prominent part in securing the succession of John at the council of Northampton. At the king's coronation feast he was girded with the sword of the earldom of Essex, though he had been called earl before, and had exercised certain administrative rights which Roger of Hoveden speaks of as pertaining to the earldom; the chronicler seems to confuse the office of sheriff and the title of earl. He was sheriff of several counties, and among other marks of the king's favour received grants of Berkhamsted and Queenhythe. He was confirmed in his office, and evidently lived on the terms of some familiarity with the king. John is said to have made him the agent of his extortion, and he was reckoned amont the king's evil cousellors; he served his master faithfully, and the work he did for him earned him the hatred of the oppressed people. At the same time John disliked him, for the earl was a lawyer, brought up in the school of Glanville, and though no doubt ready enough to gain wealth for himself or his master by any means within the law, can scarcely have been willing to act in defiance of it. He was one of the witnesses of John's charter of submission to the pope on 15 May 1213, and when the king set sail on his intended expedition to Poitou, was left as his vicegerent in conjuction with the Bishop of Winchester. He was present at the assembly held at St Albans on 4 Aug, and promised on the king's behalf that the laws of Henry I should be observed. He died on 2 Oct. When the king heard of his death he rejoiced, and said with a laugh, 'When he enters hell let him salute Hubert, archbishop of Canterbury, whom no doubt he will find there;' adding that now for the first time he was king and lord of England. Nevertheless the death of his minister left him without any hold on the baronage, and was an important step towards his ruin. By his first wife Geoffrey left three sons, Geoffrey and William, who both succeeded to his earldom, and died without issue, and Henry, a churchman, and a daughter, Maud, who married Henry Bohun, earl of Hereford; and by a second wife, Aveline, a son named John, who inherited his father's manor of Berkhamstead. Geoffrey founded Shouldham Priory in Norfolk, and a hospital of Sutton de la Hone in Kent, and was a benefactor to the hospital of St Thomas of Acre in London. [Dictionary of National Biography VII:192-4]
  
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  Upon the decease of William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex, much dispute arose regarding the inheritance: Beatrix, his aunt and heir, in the first place, preferring her claim, sent Geoffrey de Say, her younger son, to transact the business for the livery thereof, but Geoffrey FitzPiers insisted upon the right of Beatrix, his wife. Nevertheless, Geoffrey de Say, in consideration of 7,000 marks promised to be paid on a certain day, obtained an instrument in right of his mother, under the king's seal, for the whole of the barony, but the said Geoffrey de Say, making default of payment, this Geoffrey FitzPiers, being a man of great wealth and reputation, made representation that the barony was the right of his wife and, promising to pay the money, obtained livery thereof and procured the king's confirmation of his title. One of the earliest acts of this feudal lord was to dispossess the monks of Walden of certain lands which they had derived from his predecessors, a proceeding followed by a long controversy, which, after being referred to the Pope and the King, was finally compromised. Upon the removal of Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, from the office of Justice of England by Richard I, this Geoffrey was appointed to succeed him, and at the coronation of King John, 26 June, 1199, he was girt with the sword as Earl of Essex, and then served at the king's table. Being nominated patron of the monastery at Walden, he appears soon after to have been received with great ceremony by the monks and perfectly reconciled to those holy fathers. In the 7th King John, he had a grant of the castle and honour of Berkhamstead, with the knights' fees thereunto belonging to hold to him and the heirs of his body, by Aveline, his 2nd wife. His lordship m. 1st, Beatrix de Say, by whom he had issue, Geoffrey, William, Henry, all of whom assumed the name of Mandeville, and Maud, m. to Robert de Bohun. He m. 2ndly, Aveline ---, and had an only son, John FitzPiers, Lord of Berkhamstead. His lordship, whom Matthew Paris characterizes as "ruling the reins of government so that after his death the realm was like a ship in a tempest without a pilot," d. 2 October, 1213, and was s. by his eldest son, Geoffrey de Mandeville. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 353, Mandeville, Earls of Essex]
  
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  GEOFFREY FITZ PETER (d. 1213), earl of Essex and chief justiciar of England, was a sheriff, a justice itinerant and a justice of the forest under Henry II. During Richard's absence on crusade he was one of the five justices of the king's court who stood next in authority to the regent, Longchamp. In 1190 Fitz Peter succeeded to the earldom of Essex, in the right of his wife, who was descended from the famous Geoffrey de Mandeville. In attempting to asset his hereditary rights over Walden priory Fitz Peter came into conflict with Longchamp, and revenged himself by joining in the baronial agitation through which the regent was expelled from his office. Though refusing to give him formal investiture of the Essex earldom, Richard appointed him justiciar in succession to Hubert Walter (1198). Fitz Peter continued Walter's policy of encouraging foreign trade and the development of the towns; many of the latter received, during his administration, charters of self-government. He was continued in his office by John, who found him an able instrument of extortion. He profited to no small extent by the spoliation of church
  
  === !Source: James E. Doyle Peerage-Baronag ===
  !Source: James E. Doyle Peerage-Baronage vol. 1 p. 570. !Information: Justice of England in 1199. !Oxon T 1 p. 331; A1 C 20 p.309; Wilts 9 V,5 p.44; Eng.V vol 4 p.669; Vvol.7 p.224; Eng.Pub. AF ns vol.13 vol 34.

• m. ABT 1192 in Essex, England
• m. 29 MAY 1205

1. Sir John FitzGeoffrey, b. 23 NOV 1208 in Shere, Surrey, England     d. 23 NOV 1258 in Farmbridge,,Essex,England
2. Cicely FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, b. 1198 in Gooderstone, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom     d. 1253 in England, United Kingdom
3. Hawise FitzGeoffrey, b. ABT 1207 in Streatley, Berkshire, England     d. 8 AUG 1247 in Tormohun, Devon, England

• m. ABT 1175

1. William de Mandeville 6th Earl of Essex, b. ABT 1187 in of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England     d. 8 JAN 1227 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England
2. Maud fitz Piers, b. 1185 in Mandeville, Warwickshire, England     d. 27 AUG 1236 in Essex, England
3. Maude de Mandeville, b. 1177 in Mandeville, Warwickshire, England     d. 27 AUG 1236 in Quendon, Essex, England

1. Sir John FitzGeoffrey, b. 23 NOV 1208 in Shere, Surrey, England     d. 23 NOV 1258 in Farmbridge,,Essex,England

1. Title: Geoffrey FitzPiers in the Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 3, pg. 127 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 3, pg. 127
   Note: Geoffrey FitzPiers in the Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 3, pg. 127 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Geoffrey FitzPiers in the Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 3, pg. 127 [See document in the Memories section]
   
2. Title: Geoffrey FitzPiers in the Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 19, pg. 192-194 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 19, pg. 192-194
   Note: Geoffrey FitzPiers in the Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 19, pg. 192-194 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Geoffrey FitzPiers in the Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 19, pg. 192-194 [See document in the Memories section]
   
3. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy -Geoffrey Fitz Piers
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#GeoffreyFitzPiersEssexdied1213;
   Note: GEOFFREY FitzPiers (-14 Oct 1213, bur Shouldham Priory). Having acquired part of the Mandeville inheritance from 1190, de iure uxoris, he was created Earl of Essex 27 May 1199. “Gaufridus filius Petri comes Essex” donated the chapel of St Peter, Drayton to York Cathedral by undated charter[747]. The Red Book of the Exchequer, listing scutage payments in [1194/95], records "Galfridus filius Petri" paying "iv xx xviii [=98?] l vi s viii d" in Essex, Herefordshire[748]. The Continuator of Florence of Worcester records that King John gave "comitatum Estsexiæ" to "Galfrido filio Petri" the day of his coronation "VI Kal Jul" 1199[749]. "Gaufridus filius Petri comes Essex" donated property to Winchester St Swithin, for the anniversaries of "…Petri de Lutegareshale patris mei…et Mathildis matris mee…et sponsarum mearum Beatricis et Aveline et liberorum meorum" by undated charter[750]. The Annals of Waverley record the death in 1213 of “Gaufridus filius Petri comes de Essexe et justitiarius totius Angliæ”[751]. The History of the foundation of Walden abbey records the death in 1214 of “Galfridus filius Petri, comes Essexiæ” and his burial “apud Soldham”[752]. m firstly (before 25 Jan 1185) BEATRICE de Say, daughter and co-heiress of WILLIAM de Say of Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire & his wife --- (-before 19 Apr 1197, bur Chicksand Priory). The History of the foundation of Walden abbey names “Beatricem” as daughter of “Willielmus de Say”, son of “Beatrix de Mandavilla domina de Say, soror Galfridi primi, fundatoris, et amita Willielmi” and adds that she married “domino Galfrido filio Petri”[753]. Through her paternal grandmother, Beatrice de Mandeville, Beatrice was heir to William de Mandeville Earl of Essex. She died in childbirth, presumably giving birth either to her youngest son Henry or to her daughter Matilda. "Gaufridus filius Petri comes Essex" donated property to Winchester St Swithin, for the anniversaries of "…Petri de Lutegareshale patris mei…et Mathildis matris mee…et sponsarum mearum Beatricis et Aveline et liberorum meorum" by undated charter[754]. m secondly (before 29 May 1205) as her second husband, AVELINE de Clare, widow of WILLIAM de Munchensy, daughter of ROGER de Clare Earl of Hertford & his wife Matilda de Saint-Hilaire (-(-[22 Nov 1220/4 Jun 1225). Her parentage and first marriage are indicated by the order dated 23 Dec 1213 under which her son "Guarinus de Munchainesy" paid a fine for "hereditarie" with "W. com Arundell avunculus ipsius Warini" acting as guarantor[755], William Earl of Arundel being the son of the second husband of Warin’s paternal grandmother. "Gaufridus filius Petri comes Essex" donated property to Winchester St Swithin, for the annniversaries of "…Petri de Lutegareshale patris mei…et Mathildis matris mee…et sponsarum mearum Beatricis et Aveline et liberorum meorum" by undated charter[756]. Earl Geoffrey & his first wife, Beatrice de Say had four children: a) GEOFFREY de Mandeville (-London 23 Feb 1216, bur Trinity Prior within Aldgate). b) WILLIAM de Mandeville (-8 Jan 1227, bur Shouldham Priory). c) HENRY FitzGeoffrey (-[5 Aug 1205/before 1227]). d) MATILDA (-27 Aug 1236). Earl Geoffrey & his second wife, Aveline de Clare, had two children: e) JOHN FitzGeoffrey of Shere, Surrey (-1258). f) CECILY (-1253). m SAVARY de Bohun of Midhurst, son of FRANCO de Bohun & his wife Rohais --- (-before 11 Apr 1246)).
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4. Title: Geni: Geoffrey FitzPiers
   Author: Geni
   Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Geoffrey-FitzPiers-Earl-of-Essex/6000000003146938428;
   Note: Information for Geoffrey FitzPiers, Earl of Essex
   
5. Title: Geoffrey FitzPiers, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-LFYP : 4 June 2020), Geoffrey FitzPiers, 1213; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-LFYP;
   
6. Title: Geoffrey FitzPiers in Burke's The Roll of Battle Abbey, pg. 75 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Burke's The Roll of Battle Abbey, pg. 75
   Note: Geoffrey FitzPiers in Burke's The Roll of Battle Abbey, pg. 75 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Geoffrey FitzPiers in Burke's The Roll of Battle Abbey, pg. 75 [See document in the Memories section]
   
7. Title: Geoffrey FitzPiers in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 353 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 353
   Note: Geoffrey FitzPiers in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 353 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Geoffrey FitzPiers in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 353 [See document in the Memories section]
   
8. Title: Some entries concerning Geoffrey FitzPiers and his family in British History Online ~www.british-history.ac.uk [See document in the Memories section]
   Publication: Name: http://www.british-history.ac.uk;
   Note: Some entries concerning Geoffrey FitzPiers and his family in British History Online ~www.british-history.ac.uk [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Some entries concerning Geoffrey FitzPiers and his family in British History Online ~www.british-history.ac.uk [See document in the Memories section]
   
9. Title: Geoffrey FitzPiers in the Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2, pgs. 226-230 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2, pgs. 226-230
   Note: Geoffrey FitzPiers in the Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2, pgs. 226-230 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Geoffrey FitzPiers in the Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2, pgs. 226-230 [See document in the Memories section]
   
10. Title: Geoffrey FitzPiers in Dugdale’s The Baronage of England, pg. 705-705 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Dugdale’s The Baronage of England, pg. 705-705
    Note: Geoffrey FitzPiers in Dugdale’s The Baronage of England, pg. 705-705 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Geoffrey FitzPiers in Dugdale’s The Baronage of England, pg. 705-705 [See document in the Memories section]
    
11. Title: Geoffrey FitzPiers, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-LFYP : 4 June 2020), Geoffrey FitzPiers, 1213; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-LFYP;
    
12. Title: Wikipedia, "Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex"
    Author: "Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire". Retrieved 20 May 2011. Cobb, John Wolstenholme (1988) [originally published by Nichols & Sons, 1855 & 1883]. Two Lectures on the History and Antiquities of Berkhamsted. Biling & Sons. pp. 14, 72. ISBN 978-1-871372-03-8. Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 70 References Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 19
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter,_1st_Earl_of_Essex;
    Note: Geoffrey Fitz Peter, Earl of Essex (c. 1162–1213) was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic is sometimes rendered Fitz Piers, for he was the son of Piers de Lutegareshale (born 1134, Cherhill, Wiltshire, died 14 Jan 1179, Pleshy, Essex), a forester of Ludgershall & Maud de Manderville (1138, Rycott, Oxford, England). Life He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simon Fitz Piers was at various times High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for the last five years of Henry II's reign. Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter and eventual co-heiress of William de Say II. This William was the elder son of William de Say I and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex. This connection with the Mandeville family was later to prove unexpectedly important. In 1184 Geoffrey's father-in-law died, and he received a share of the de Say inheritance by right of his wife, co-heiress to her father. He also eventually gained the title of earl of Essex by right of his wife, becoming the 4th earl. When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the five judges of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh de Puiset, Bishop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of the regents during the king's absence. Late in 1189, Geoffrey's wife's cousin William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving no direct heirs. His wife's inheritance was disputed between Geoffrey and Beatrice's uncle, Geoffrey de Say, but Geoffrey Fitz Piers used his political influence to eventually obtain the Mandeville lands (although not the earldom, which was left open) for himself. He served as Constable of the Tower of London from 1198 to 1205. He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1198 to 1201 and again in 1203 and as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire from 1200 to 1205.[1] On 11 July 1198, King Richard appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar, which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. On his coronation day (3 September 1198) the new king ennobled Geoffrey as Earl of Essex. King John granted Berkhamsted Castle to Geoffrey; the castle had previously been granted as a jointure palace to Queen Isabel prior to the annulment of the royal marriage. Geoffrey founded two hospitals in Berkhamsted, one dedicated to St John the Baptist and one to St John the Evangelist; the latter is still commemorated in the town with the name St John's Well Lane.[2] After the accession of King John, Geoffrey continued in his capacity as the king's principal minister until his death on 14 October 1213.[3] Marriage and issue Spouses m1. Beatrice de Say, daughter of William de Say and heiress of the Mandeville Earls of Essex. m2. Aveline de Clare, daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford. Children of Beatrice Note that his sons by this marriage took the de Mandeville surname. Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex. William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex. Henry Fitz Geoffrey, Dean of Wolverhampton. Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford. Children of Aveline John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland. Cecily Fitzgeoffrey. Hawise Fitzgeoffrey. Geoffrey's first two sons died without male issue. The earldom had been associated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, and the earldom was next granted to the son of their sister Maud and her husband Henry De Bohun instead of their half-brother John.
    
13. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/1981/records/88265;