Sir John FitzGeoffrey

• Preferred Name: Sir John FitzGeoffrey^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: 1258 in Shouldham, Norfolk, England at LATI: N2.6544 LONG: E0.4924
  
• Birth: 23 NOV 1208 in Shere, Surrey, England at LATI: N1.2199 LONG: E0.4646 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Lord of Shere
  
• Occupation: Justiciar of IrelandBET 4 NOV 1245 AND 1256 in Ireland with note: Medieval Lands; appointed by king Henry III
  
• Occupation: Sheriff of Yorkshire
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord of Kirtling
  
• Death: 23 NOV 1258 in Farmbridge,,Essex,England at LATI: N1.8523 LONG: E0.6147 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Occupation: Lord of Meath in Ireland
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir Knight
  
• FSID: L2PC-C3Z
  
• Notes:

  
  === Life Sketch ===
  John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland (1205? in Shere, Surrey, England – 23 November 1258) was an English nobleman.
  John Fitz Geoffrey was the son of Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex and Aveline de Clare, daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford and his wife Maud de Saint-Hilaire.
  He was appointed Justiciar of Ireland, serving from 1245 to 1255.
  He was not entitled to succeed his half-brother as Earl of Essex in 1227, the Earldom having devolved from his father's first wife. He was the second husband of Isabel Bigod, daughter of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk and his wife Maud Marshal of Pembroke. They had six children, one being Maud who married William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick.
  
  Children
  Note: The males took the FitzJohn surname ("fitz" means "son of").
  1. John FitzJohn of Shere (died 1275). Married Margary, daughter of Philip Basset of Wycombe (died 1271).
  2. Richard FitzJohn of Shere (died 1297). Lord FitzJohn from 1290. Married as her first husband, Emma (died 1332) no issue.
  3. William FitzJohn of Masworth (died 1270)
  4. Maud FitzJohn (died 16/18 April 1301). Married firstly to Gerard de Furnival, Lord of Hallamshire (died 1261). Married secondly to William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, son of William de Beauchamp of Elmley, Worcestershire and his wife Isabel Mauduit. Had issue.
  5. Isabel. Married Robert de Vipont, Lord of Westmorland (died 1264). Had issue.
  6. Aveline (1229–1274). Married Walter de Burgh, Earl of Ulster (1230–1271). Had issue, including Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster who in turn married Margaret de Burgh, by whom he had ten children.
  7. Joan (died 4 April 1303). Married Theobald le Botiller. Had issue, from whom descend the Butler Earls of Ormond.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitzgeoffrey
  
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  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  
  Isabel, widow of Gilbert de Lacy, married (2nd) before 12 April 1234 JOHN FITZ GEOFFREY, Knt., of Shere, Surrey, Fambridge, Essex, Whaddon, Steeple Claydon, Quarrendon, and Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Redmarley Adam (in Great Witley), Worcestershire, etc., Sheriff of Yorkshire, 1234-6, Justiciar of Ireland, Justice of the Forest south of Trent, younger son of Geoffrey Fitz Peter, Knt., Earl of Essex, Justiciar of England, by his 2nd wife, Aveline, daughter of Roger de Clare, Earl of Clare [see ESSEX 2 for his ancestry]. He was born about 1205.
  They had two sons,
  1. John, Knt. [Lord Fitz John] and
  2. Richard, Knt. [Lord Fitz John],
  and four daughters,
  3. Maud,
  4. Isabel,
  5. Aveline, and
  6. Joan.
  In 1227 he sued the Abbot of Missenden for 22 acres of meadow in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in which the abbot had ingress only through Ralph de Chenduit to whom William [de Mandeville], Earl of Essex (brother of the said John), demised the meadow for a term. He was granted the manor of Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire about 1230 by Henry d'Oilly' his possession of the manor was confirmed by the king in 1232 following the death of Henry d'Oilly. In 1233 he was summoned to respond to Henry de Kemeseck regarding the right of presentation to the church of East Tilbury, Essex. John replied that that the church belonged to the hospital which his father, Geoffrey Fitz Peter, had built upon land purchased from Clement de Monasterio, who held it of the church. Clement was present and said that Geoffrey had taken the land from him by force. It was admitted that the land on which the hospital was built pertained to the church, which in its turn pertained to the ancestral fief of the earls at Pleshey. Consequently John lost his case. Sometime in the period, 1233-6, his half-sister, Maud de Mandeville, Countess of Essex and Hereford, quitclaimed to him 100s. which he owed her annually for Cherhill, Wiltshire. In 1234 she granted him the manor of Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire, he rendering to her the service due to the chief lord of the fee, as well as the service of a twentieth of a knight. In 1237 he was sent to the Council of Lyons to protest against the papal tribute. In 1240 the king granted him the manor of Ringwood, Hampshire, it being described as "of the lands of the Bretons." The king granted him the manor of Whaddon, Buckinghamshire in 1242, which Hugh d'Aubeney, Earl of Arundel, had surrendered to the king of the lands of the Normans. The same year the marriage of the sons and heirs of John de Vipont was granted to him for a fine of 200 marks. In 1243 Roger de Clere conveyed the manor of Twineham Benfield (in Twineham), Sussex to him. In 1253 the king granted him the cantred of the Isles of Thomon in Ireland. In 1254, at his instance, the king gave a charter to his nephew, Richard de la Rokele, for free warren in Richard's demesne lands in the counties of Kent, Wiltshire, and Essex, together with weekly markets and annual fairs at his manors of Wokenden, Essex and Marke Lavington, Wiltshire.
  
  Note: The males took the FitzJohn surname ("fitz" mean "son of").
  
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  John fitz Geoffrey, Lord of Shere
  M, #4611, d. 23 November 1258
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  John fitz Geoffrey, Lord of Shere was the son of Geoffrey fitz Piers, 3rd Earl of
  
  History of John FitzGeoffrey (1207-1258)
  John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland (1205? in Shere, Surrey, England – 23 November 1258) was an English nobleman.
  
  John Fitz Geoffrey was the son of Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/IRELAND.htm#MargeryLacydiedbefore1256 as of 6/16/2016
  
  GILBERT de Lacy of Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire (-[12 Aug/25 Dec] 1230, bur Lanton, Wales). The Chronicl
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#Avelinedied1274MWalterBurghUlster as of 6/17/2016
  
  JOHN FitzGeoffrey of Shere, Surrey (-1258). He was not entitled to suc
  
  === Source: Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. ===
  Source: Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. 5, page 240. Antiquities: Gilbert de Lacy, occurs December 1222.
  
  === Sources: 1. The Ancestry and descendants ===
  Sources: 1. The Ancestry and descendants of Kenelm Winslow from England to New England. Compiled by Joanna (Thiboutot) Merrell. Escondido, CA : 1987; 2. Bye, Arthur Edwin. Magna Charta King John and the Barons. [n.p. n.d.]
  
  === Took mother's name. Knight Templar. ===
  Took mother's name. Knight Templar.
  
  === Gilbert de Lacy, d. 1230, of Ewyas Lacy, ===
  Gilbert de Lacy, d. 1230, of Ewyas Lacy, Trim, and of Weobley, co.Hereford, son and heir apparent of Walter de Lacy d. 1241, Lord ofMeath. [Magna Charta Sureties]
  
  Gilbert de Lacy, dvp between 12 Aug and 25 Dec 1230, son and heir(apparent) of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath, etc. by his wife Margaret deBraose. [Magna Charta Sureties]
  
  ===
  Per Brian Tompsett's Directory of Royal ===
  
  Per Brian Tompsett's Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, he acceded
  November 4, 1245, Shere, Surrey. The House of Clifford, p51. The Complete
  Peerage vol.V,p.437 & p.433.
  
  === *John Fitzgeoffrey Lord Kirtling Justica ===
  *John Fitzgeoffrey Lord Kirtling Justicar of England
  born about 1215 Shere, Surrey, England
  died 23 November 1258
  
  father:
  *Geoffrey Fitzpiers de Mandeville Earl of Essex
  born about 1162 Walden, Essex, England
  christened Cherhill, Wiltshire, England
  died 14 October 1213
  
  mother:
  *Eveline (Aveline) de Clare
  born about 1172 Hereford, Herefordshire, England
  died about 4 June 1225 England
  
  siblings:
  *Hawise Fitzgeoffrey born about 1210 Shere, Surrey, England died 8 August 1247 England
  Cicely Fitzgeoffrey born about 1206 Shere, Surrey, England died 1253 England
  
  spouse:
  *Isabel Bigod
  born about 1220? Thetford, Norfolk, England
  died 1239 (?has children born in 1248?)
  
  children:
  *Maud Fitzgeoffrey born about 1237 Shere, Surrey, England
  died 16 April 1301 Grey Friars, Worcestershire, England
  buried 7 May 1301 Grey Friars, Worcestershire, England
  *Isabel Fitzgeoffrey born about 1233 Shere, Surrey, England
  (maybe different mother?)
  John Fitzjohn born about 1240 Shere, Surrey, England died 6 November 1275
  Joan Fitzjohn born about 1250 Shere, Surrey, England died 4 April 1303
  *Aveline Fitzjohn born about 1248 Shere, Surrey, England died 20 May 1274
  Richard Fitzjohn born about 1244 Shere, Surrey, England buried 7 May 1301
  
  biographical and/or anecdotal:
  
  notes or source:
  LDS
  ancestry.com
  
  === Brought charges in Parliment against Ay ===
  Brought charges in Parliment against Aymerde Lusignan for murder. King Henry would not serve justice on Aymer, his half-brother. Most of the Lords sided with John and he was one of Lords demanding reforms of Henry III.
  
  === Geoffrey Fitz Piers, Earl of Essex, by h ===
  Geoffrey Fitz Piers, Earl of Essex, by his wife Aveline de Clare (sister of Richard). [Magna Charta Sureties]
  Ancestral File Number: 91SJ-17
  
  === !BIRTH-DEATH: The Plantagenet Connection ===
  !BIRTH-DEATH: The Plantagenet Connection April, 1994 Sheriff of Yorkshire, Justice of Ireland !DEATH: Royal Ancestors of Magna Carta Barons, by Carr Collin Magna Charta, by John Werts Sheriff of Yorkshire, Lord of Berkhamsted & Kirtling
  
  === !GILBERT DE LACY, d. 1230, of Ewyas Haro ===
  !GILBERT DE LACY, d. 1230, of Ewyas Harold, co. Hereford and of Trim and Weobley, m. ISABEL BIGOD (70-29, 71-29), dau. of Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, by his wife, Maud Marshall. [Weis "60 Colonists" line 177A-8, p. 151.]
  
  === Isabel's maritagium included lands in Gr ===
  Isabel's maritagium included lands in Great Connell, Kildare, Ireland. Gilbert was held hostage for his father in August of 1215, and died shortly before Christmas Day, 1230. Their principal residence was Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, and their secondary was Gilbert's father's home in Trim where he died.
  
  === according to Carr P. Collins, "Royal Anc ===
  according to Carr P. Collins, "Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons" (Dallas: 1959), p. 162. Gilbert was the son of Ewyas Lacy (most likely this is Walter de Lacy), Count Hereford, Trim and Weoberley, and Lord of Meath, and died during his father's lifetime,
  
  === Of Ewas Lacy, County Hereford and of Tr ===
  Of Ewas Lacy, County Hereford and of Trim and Weoberley. S on and heir of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath of Trim. Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (70:29), (71:29), (72:29), (17 7A:8), (246C:28).
  
  === THE COMPLETE PEERAGE OF ENGLAND (Second ===
  THE COMPLETE PEERAGE OF ENGLAND (Second Edition); by George Edward COKAYNE; Volume V, Page 437; and Volume IX, Pages 589 - 590. IRELAND UNDER THE NORMANS; by ORPEN; Volume III, Pages 286 - 287.
  
  === He was Lord in Ireland. ===
  He was Lord in Ireland.
  
  === Gilbert de Lacy, d. 1230, of Ewyas Lacy, ===
  Gilbert de Lacy, d. 1230, of Ewyas Lacy, Trim, and of Weobley, co. Hereford, son and heir apparent of Walter de Lacy d. 1241, Lord of Meath. [Magna Charta Sureties]
  
  Gilbert de Lacy, dvp between 12 Aug and 25 Dec 1230, son and heir (apparent) of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath, etc. by his wife Margaret de Braose. [Magna Charta Sureties]
  
  === !SOURCES: Royal Ancestors of Some Ameri ===
  !SOURCES: Royal Ancestors of Some American Families; by Call, chart 11328
  
  === pg 75, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonis ===
  pg 75, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists etc" by Frederick Lewis Weiss,6th Edition pg 76, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists etc" by Frederick Lewis Weiss,6th Edition
  
  === Ancestral Roots, Weis, 7th edition, 1992 ===
  Ancestral Roots, Weis, 7th edition, 1992, Lines 177A-8, 70-29, 71-29.
  
  === Biographies ===
  John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland (1205? in Shere, Surrey, England – 23 November 1258) was an English nobleman.
  John Fitz Geoffrey was the son of Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex and Aveline de Clare, daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford and his wife Maud de Saint-Hilaire.
  
  He was appointed Justiciar of Ireland, serving from 1245 to 1255. He was not entitled to succeed his half-brother as Earl of Essex in 1227, the Earldom having devolved from his father's first wife.
  
  He was the second husband of Isabel Bigod, daughter of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk and his wife Maud Marshal of Pembroke. They had six children, one being Maud who married William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick. Note: The males took the FitzJohn surname ("fitz" means "son of").
  1. John FitzJohn of Shere (?–1275). Married Margary, daughter of Philip Basset of Wycombe (?–1271).
  2. Richard FitzJohn of Shere (?–1297). Lord FitzJohn 1290. Married as her first husband, Emma (?-1332).
  3. Maud FitzJohn (? – 16/18 April 1301). Married firstly to Gerard de Furnival, Lord of Hallamshire (?–1261). Married secondly to William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, son of William de Beauchamp of Elmley, Worcestershire and his wife Isabel Mauduit. Had issue.
  4. Isabel. Married Robert de Vipont, Lord of Westmorland (?–1264). Had issue.
  5. Aveline (1229–1274). Married Walter de Burgh, Earl of Ulster (1230–1271). Had issue, including Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster who in turn married Margaret de Burgh, by whom he had ten children.
  6. Joan (? – 4 April 1303). Married Theobald le Botiller. Had issue, from whom descend the Butler Earls of Ormond.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitzgeoffrey
  
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  From the Medieval Lands Project:
  JOHN FitzGeoffrey of Shere, Surrey (-1258). He was not entitled to succeed his half-brother as Earl of Essex in 1227, the earldom having devolved from his father's first wife. Justiciar of Ireland. "John Fitz Geoffrey" was appointed justiciary of Ireland by King Henry III by charter dated 4 Nov 1245[789]. m as her second husband, ISABEL, widow of GILBERT de Lacy of Ewyas Lacy, daughter of [HUGH Bigod Earl of Norfolk & his wife Matilda Marshal of Pembroke]. The sources which report the parentage of the wife of Gilbert de Lacy are conflicting. A manuscript which narrates the descents of the founders of Lanthony Abbey records that “Gilbertus de Lacy” married “Isabellæ Mareschal”[790], presumably confusing her with Isabel daughter of William Marshal Earl of Pembroke who married firstly Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester and Hereford and secondly Richard Earl of Cornwall. The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire names "Isabella soror Johannis" as daughter of ”Rogerus sive Radulphus Bigod, secundus filius Hugonis le Bigod com. Norfolke et Suffolke…” and his wife “Bertam de Fornivale”, adding that she married firstly "Gilberto de Lacy" and secondly "Johanni Fitz-Geffrey"[791]. This must also be incorrect, as any children of Ralph Bigod could not have been born before the late 1220s at the earliest, which is inconsistent with the timing of Isabel’s first marriage. If Isabel was a member of the Bigod family, she must have been the daughter of Hugh and Matilda Marshal of Pembroke. This is the solution adopted by the Complete Peerage[792], although the primary source on which this is based has not yet been identified. John FitzGeoffrey & his wife had [six] seven children: (John FitzJohn, Richard FitzJohn, William FitzJohn, Matilda, Aveline, Joan and Isabelle).
  [Source: Medieval Lands, "JOHN FitzGeoffrey", Retrieved 17 July 2017, dvmansur; see link in Sources.]
  
  === John Fitz-John, who had a military summ ===
  John Fitz-John, who had a military summons to march against the Welch in the 42nd of Henry III, 1258, and died same year, leaving 2 sons and 4 daughters, Maud, who married William de Beauchamp (from whom you descend), Isabel, Aveline and Joane. These sons, John, d. 1276, and Richard, d. 1297, both died sine prole and the barony of Fitz-John became extinct, while the lands devolved upon his heirs, the descendants of the four sisters. Source: Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith
  
  === Lord of Berkhampstead, Sheriff of Yorks ===
  Lord of Berkhampstead, Sheriff of Yorkshire, in 1234, Lord Justice of Ireland, in 1246, son of Geoffrey FitzPiers, Earl of Essex, by Aveline his 2nd wife. See Burke, pg. 208. John, being next male heir of that family on the death of William FitzPiers, Earl of Essex, in 1227, paid a fine to the king of 300 marks for those lands which were his father's and did by hereditary right belong to him, whereof this last Earl William died seised. In the 18th year of Henry III., this John was constituted Sheriff of Yorkshire; and in the 21st year of the same reign, upon the treaty then made between the king and the barons, whereby, in consideration of the great charter and charters of the forests being confirmed, a thirtieth part of all men's moveables were given to the king, this feudal lord was admitted one of the privy council held at London, he was one of those at the time sent to the Pope's legate, to prohibit his attempting anything therein prejudicial to the interests of the king and kingdom. In eight years afterwards, John Fitz Geoffrey was one of the commissioners sent from King Henry (with Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, and others) to the council at Lyons, in order to complain of the great extractions made upon the realm by the holy see; and the next year, 1246, was constituted Justice of Ireland, where, for his services, he received a grant from the crown of the Isles of Thomond. John was the feudal lord of Berkhampstead and Kirtling manors, and of Shere, Fambridge and other estates. He died in November 1258. They had the following children:
  
  === Source: (1) Frederick Lewis Weis & Walte ===
  Source: (1) Frederick Lewis Weis & Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., Ancestral Roots of certain American colonists..., (Edition 7, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1992), 177A-8; [2] Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 5th Ed., Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1999], 4-3.
  
  === CONFLICT: Ancestral Roots of Sixty Col ===
  CONFLICT: Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to N ew England between 1623 and 1650 , Frederick Lewis Weis, Ge nealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992 (ALSO listed as Sir G eoffre y FITZ JOHN) MISC: Adult by 1227 OCCUPATION: Justiciar of Ireland, 1245/56; sheriff of York shireMISC: John was a man of grea t wealth and position, wh o was appointed Justice of England, and at the coronation o f King Jo hn, June 26, 1199, was girt with the sword, as Ea rl of Essex, and then served at the King's t able). John Fi tz-Goeffrey, on the death of his half-brother William in 12 27, paid a fine to t he King of 300 marks for those lands w hich were his father's and did by inheritance rightly b elo ng to him, and whereof this last Earl William died seized . In the 18th of Henry III, thi s John was constituted Sher iff of Yorkshire, and in the same reign was admitted one o f the Pr ivy Council, and the same year was one of those se nt to the Pope to prohibit his attempting a nything therei n prejudicial to the interests of the King and kingdom. I n eight years afterwar ds John Fitz-Goeffrey was one of th e commissioners sent from King Henry III, with Roger Big o d and others, to the Council at Lyons, in order to compla in of the great exactions made upo n the realm by the Hol y See; the next year he was constituted Justice of Ireland , where for h is services he received a grant from the crow n of the Isles of Thomond.[TIMS FILE.FTW] College of Arms shows John FitzJohn as the son of John Fitz geffery and the father of Maud Fit zJohn. This appears t o be wrong - he did not exist! Ed Munn repoted that John F itzgeffery w as the father of Maud FitzJohn, contrary to th e Coll of Arms. He also said the John FitzGeff ery marrie d Isabel Bigod, b circa 1210, daughter of Hugh Bogod and Ma ud Marshal after 1230 . Yet Maud was not born until 1244 . Finally he reported John FitzGeffery as the son of Geof f rey FitzPiers and Avelina de Clare and born circa 1215 an d died 23 Nov 12 58. !BIRTH:TIMS FILE.FTW _PAREN: Y, TIMS FILE.FTW _PAREN: Y !DEATH:Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis (Th e), additions by Walter Lee Sheppar d J r , 5th Edition, 19 99 _PAREN, Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis (T he), additions by Walter Lee Sheppar d J r , 5th Edition, 1 999 _PAREN, 4-3 !DEATH:TIMS FILE.FTW _PAREN: Y, TIMS FILE.FTW _PAREN: Y !GENERAL:Americans Of Royal Descent _PAREN: Y, Americans Of Royal Descent _PAREN: Y, Browning, Charles H., Genealogical Publishing Co ., 1969 !GENERAL:Ancestral Roots Of Sixty Colonists Who Came To Ne w England Between 1623 And 1650 _PAREN: Y, Ancestral Roots Of Sixty Colonists Who Came To N ew England Between 1623 And 1650 _PAREN: Y, Weis, Frederick Lewis, Genealogical Publishing C o. Inc., 1992 !GENERAL:Chapman Family History _PAREN: Y, Chapman Family History _PAREN: Y, Chapman, Beauchamp William, (a Private Publishin g) 1987
  
  === Chief Justice of Ireland. Baron Fitz-Joh ===
  Chief Justice of Ireland. Baron Fitz-John. Lord of Berkhamstead.
  
  === John was a man of great wealth and posi ===
  John was a man of great wealth and position, who was appoin ted Justice of England, and at the coronation of King John , June 26, 1199, was girt with the sword, as Earl of Essex , and then served at the King's table). John Fitz-Goeffrey , on the death of his half-brother William in 1227, pai d a fine to the King of 300 marks for those lands which wer e his father's and did by inheritance rightly belong to him , and whereof this last Earl William died seized. In the 18 th of Henry III, this John was constituted Sheriff of Yorks hire, and in the same reign was admitted one of the Privy C ouncil, and the same year was one of those sent to the Pop e to prohibit his attempting anything therein prejudicial t o the interests of the King and kingdom. In eight years aft erwards John Fitz-Goeffrey was one of the commissioners sen t from King Henry III, with Roger Bigod and others, to th e Council at Lyons, in order to complain of the great exact ions made upon the realm by the Holy See; the next year h e was constituted Justice of Ireland, where for his service s he received a grant from the crown of the Isles of Thomon d.
  
  === John was an adult by 1227 and served as ===
  John was an adult by 1227 and served as Justiciar of Ireland (1245-56). He is "of Barkhampstead and Kirtling." His dau. with Isabel, Joan Fitz John (b. ca. 05-26-1303) m. ca. 1268 Theobald Butler (le Boteler)(he b. ca. 1242, d. 09-26-1285), son of Theobald le Boteler (d. 1248) and Margery, dau. of Richard de Burgh. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (72:29), (75:29), (82:29), (177B:9), (246C:28). Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Butler, p.449). From "Ancestors of Paul Bailey MCBRIDE" on the www: Justiciar of Ireland 1245-1256. Sheriff of Yorkshire. Son of Geoffrey FitzPiers 4th Earl of Essex Earl of Essex (1165-1213) and Aveline de CLARE (1172-1225) b. ABT 1208, of Shere & Shalford, Surrey; Fambridge, Essex; Whaddon, Steeple Claydon, Quarrendon, & Aylesbury, Buckingham; Cherhill & Winterslow, Wilts; Potterspury & Moulton, Northampton; Moreton Hampstead, Devons, Eng. d. 23 Nov 1258 Married first Isabel BIGOD (1210-) Children: 1.Avelina FitzJohn (1238-1274) m(1) Walter de BURGH 2nd Earl of Ulster (1230-1271) 2.Maud FitzJohn (1244-1301) m. William de BEAUCHAMP 9th Earl of Warwick (1237-1298) 3.Isabel FitzJohn (1240-) m. Robert VIPOUNT Lord of Appleby, Westmorland (1220-1264) 4.Joan FITZJOHN (-1303) References: [AR7],[CP],[MCS4],[MCS],[RD500],[ConverseA], [PlantagenetA],[BurkeP]
  
  === Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (72:29), ( ===
  Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (72:29), (75:29), (82:29), (17 7B:9), (246C:28). Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Butler, p.449). From "Ancestors of Paul Bailey MCBRIDE" on the www: Justici ar of Ireland 1245-1256. Sheriff of Yorkshire. Son of Geoff rey FitzPiers 4th Earl of Essex Earl of Essex (1165-1213) a nd Aveline de CLARE (1172-1225) b. ABT 1208, of Sher e & Shalford, Surrey; Fambridge, Essex; Whaddon, Steeple Cl aydon, Quarrendon, & Aylesbury, Buckingham; Cherhill & Wint erslow, Wilts; Potterspury & Moulton, Northampton; Moreto n Hampstead, Devons, Eng. d. 23 Nov 1258 Married first Isab el BIGOD (1210-) Children: 1.Avelina FitzJohn (1238-1274) m (1) Walter de BURGH 2nd Earl of Ulster (1230-1271) 2.Ma ud FitzJohn (1244-1301) m. William de BEAUCHAMP 9th Earl o f Warwick (1237-1298) 3.Isabel FitzJohn (1240-) m. Robert V IPOUNT Lord of Appleby, Westmorland (1220-1264) 4.Joa n FITZJOHN (-1303) References: [AR7],[CP],[MCS4],[MCS],[RD5 00],[ConverseA], [PlantagenetA],[BurkeP]
  
  === THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
  THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.72, 74, 137; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.27, 45; MAGNA CHARTA SURETEES, P.3; PUBLICATION B884 P.182; PUBLICATION A1G20, P.275; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === !SOURCE: "Magna Charta," Part VIII, by J ===
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  === The History of the Barons of Drumahaire ===
  The History of the Barons of Drumahaire, Co Leitrim, Connaught, Ireland The Barony of Drumahaire covers 117,087 acres and lies along the north bank of Lough Allen in North Leitrim. It spans the middle of Co Leitrim bordered on the west by Co Sligo and on the east by Co's Fermanagh and Cavan. It is in the Poor Law Union of Manorhamilton, with a small section in the PLU of Carrick-on-the-Shannon. It is in the Dioceses of both Kildare and Armagh, the Probate District of Ballina and covers the civil parishes of Cloonclare, Cloonlogher, Drumlease, Drumreilly, Inishmagrath, Killanummery and Killarga. The McTernan townland of Sheskin is in the civil parish of Killarga and the Catholic parish of Killargue. Drumahaire means "ridge of the two air demons". The Barony of Drumagheire as it was known in olden days was part of the great Liberty of Meath (which extended far beyond its present borders of the modern county) granted by Henry II to Hugh de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln and Ulster. Henry, King of England has granted to Hugh de Lacy for his service the land of Meath with its appurtenances by the service of 599 Knights to hold to him and his heirs as Murcard Ha Mulacklyn held it or any other before him. And for increase to the gift all fees which he has or shall acquire about Dublin, while he is the King's Baliff (Governor), to do service to the King at his city of Dublin. Hugh's great great grandfather, Walter de Lacy, had attended William the Conqueror in the invasion of England almost 120 years before. Walter's grandson, also Hugh, invaded Wales in the early years of Henry I's reign. The de Lacy's, therefore, are a prime example of a family for whom the art of war is the only legitmate pursuit of profit for anyone with noble ambitions. This was the knub of the chivalric code that emerged in the French heartland between the Somme and the Meuse from 900 onwards. It was not enough to live well. Any successful merchant or money lender might do that. One had to live nobly and one thing on which all the chroniclers are agreed is that the noble caste of knights knew how to fight. Hugh de Lacy, however, incurred the King's wrath for in 1181 he married the King of Connaught's daughter, without Henry II's consent, and was stripped of the governorship of Dublin. Four years later, he was murdered by one, Malvo Miadaca, "a mean person", in revenge for the severity with which he treated the workman who had built his castle in Meath. Hugh was succeeded by two sons, the eldest Walter, and Hugh. Hugh was constituted Constable of Ireland and obtained the Earldom of Ulster from King John for betraying John de Courcy, the ancestor of the present Baron Kingsale. But Hugh himself fell foul of that insacible King and was banished from the country. Walter obtained a grant of Meath and its Manors from King John. Walter married Margaret, daughter of William de Braose, Lord of "the Kingdom of Limerick" in the reign of Henry II, 1307--1327. William had also inherited great tracts of land from his grandmother, the daughter of the Earl of Hereford. In 1209, King John sought hostages from his nobility, England having been placed under Papal interdict and the King fearing that Pope Innocent III might release the Barons of their oaths of loyality to the Crown. When John's commissioners arrived, Lady Maud peremptorily told them that she would not entrust any of her sons to a King who had murdered his own nephew, Prince Arthur of Britanny. Wereupon, the Braoses fled to Ireland. Another story has it that John punished de Braose for his cruelty in killing 3,000 Welsh. Matthew of Westminister relates another story: The first of the De Lacy name who appears in English history is Walter de Lacy (sometimes spelt Lascy or Lasci). Little is known of his origin except that he came from Lasey, or Lassy, in the Canton of Conde'-sur-Moireau, Vire, Normandy. Walter accompanied William the Conqueror into England in 1066 and acquired large estates on the Welsh border, the principal bei ng Ewyas Lacy, Staunton, Lacy, and Ludlow. Probably, the grant of these lands entitled him to a Feudal Barony in England, though he retained the name of his Norman Seignory - at any rate, we find his descendents recognized as barons in England. Walter's death is variously given as 1084, 1085 and 1089. Walter's brother, or cousin, Hbert also came over with William the Conqueror and possessed of the new Royal Barony of Pomefrct and many other Manors in Yorkshire. A descendent of Hbert's, John de Lacy, Constable of Chester, was appointed jointly with Richard de Bec, custodian of Dublin Castle, and John's grandson afterwards became Earl of London. Walter de Lacy had three sons: Robert or Roger, Hugh and Walter, and a daughter, Emma or Emmeline. Robert or Roger succeeded his father as second Baron de Lacy, in Normandy, but after his rebellion against William II Rufus (1087-1100) ( in which his was joined by his cousin Robert de Lacy, Lord of Pontefract), his lands were seized by the Crown in 1091, and granted to his brother Hugh who became third Baron, and died sometime before 1121. The next brother, Walter was Abbot of St. Peter's Abbey, Gloucester, and died unmarried in 1129. The fourth Baron was Gilbert, the son of Emma and nephew of Hugh, the third Baron. The name of Emma's husband is not known but Gilbert assumed the De Lacy name and succeeded to the Barony, an early example of acquistion fure uxoris: or perhaps rather the correct interpretation is that the possession of the feudal lands, in days when tenure was all important, entitled the holder to the feudal rank of Baron. Gilbert was succeeded by his son Hugh as fifth Baron de Lacy. The English lands of his father seem to have been for a time in the King's hands, but they were recovered before 1163, and in 1165 Hugh had possession of more than 58 Knights with Richard de Clare in the first Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169. Hugh seems to have had a sister, Rosea, whom he married to Gilbert de Nugent, first Baron of De lvin, which is now represented by the Earl of Westmeath. Hugh died in 1186 and by his first wife, Roheis, or Rose de Monemue (Monmouth), he had four sons, only two of which are noted. They were: Walter, who succeeded him in the Barony of De Lacy and in the Seignory of Connaught and Meath. Walter married Margaret, daughter of William de Braose, a realitive of Strongbow and had a son Gilbert who died in his lifetime. Gilbert left two daughters who divided his lands upon his death. They were: Margaret, obtaining chiefly the lands in Westmeath Matilida, the lands that now form the modern counties of Leitrim, Meath, Dublin and lands in Connaught. Hugh, created Earl of Ulster in 1295 by King John. The Lordship of Connaught, like that of Meath, was considerably greater than the present province of the same name. Sir Robert Preston was created Viscount of Gormanston in 1478, making it the oldest Irish Viscountcy. He was Lord Deputy of Ireland in the reign of Edward IV when the King's son, Richard, Duke of York - who was murdered in the Tower of London by Richard III - held the sinecure post of Lord Leiutenant. The Gormanstons suffered somewhat in the 16th century for their adhesion to the Catholic cause and temporarily lost their lands to Lord Deputy Skiffington, now represented by Viscount Massereen and Ferrard. The Gormanstons survived the plantations of Elizabeth and James I, but espoused the forlorn cause of James II who was dethroned in 1689. The seventh Viscount Gormanston was indicted for high treason and outlawed in 1691, although he had died the month before the publication of the ban. Ninty-nine years later, the family were restored in blood and thrive to this day. Gilbert de Lacy, whose daughter and heir, Margery, married John de Verdun. (alias le Botler, or Butler, a collateral branch of the Butler family who are now Marquesses of Crmond and Viscounts Mountgarre;) As the grand daughter and co-heir of Walter de Lacy, Lord Palatine of Meath, Margery took the Baron y of Drumagheire into the de Verdun family and was succeeded in 1275 by her son, Theobald. He was summoned to Parliament in 1295 as Baron Verdun and was one of the Lords that set their seals to a letter sent to Pope Boniface VII, asserting the right of Edward I to supremacy of the kingdom of Scotland. He died in 1309 and was succeeded by his second son and namesake. Theobald junior married twice, Maud, daughter of Edmund, Lord Mortimer of Wigmore, and Elizabeth, daughter of John de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, and died in 1316, having four daughters as his heirs. Joan, the eldest married Thomas de Furnival, 3rd Baron Furnival, and brought extensive estates in Ireland and Straffordshire, but their son, William, who died in 1383, was the last in their male line and the estates passed to thier daughter Joan, wife of Sir John Talbot, the great English commander in France, of whom Shakespeare speaks in Henry V. Sir John Talbot was created Earl of Shrewsbury in 1442 and Earl of Waterford in 1446, but the Irish estates passed into the hands of the Crown in 1536 during Henry VIII's reign after an Act of Resumption, esentially an Act stripping absentee Irish landowners of their lands and titles. The Barony of Drumaghiere and other lands were granted by Charles I in 1636 to Nicholas Preston, 6th Viscount Gormanston. The Prestons sprang from a properous family of Lancashire merchants, some of whom, early in the 14th century, settled in Ireland and acquired lands there. Roger of Preston, father of Robert became a Justice of the King's Bench (Ireland) in 1326. Robert was to become Chief Justice, Keeper of the Great Seal, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The marriage into the Baronial de Bermingham family was an illustrious one. That family had come over to Ireland with Richard Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, during the first Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. Margaret was descended from Thomas Multon of Egremont, Cumberland, whose mother was Eleanor, daughter of Richard de Burgh, secon

• m. ABT 1229
• m. ABT 1234 in Shere, Gilford Burough, Surrey, England

1. Matilda FitzJohn, b. 1237 in Shere, Surrey, England     d. 18 APR 1301 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
2. Joan FitzJohn, b. 1242 in Shere, Surrey, England     d. 4 APR 1303 in Arklow Castle, Wicklow, Ireland
3. Isabel FitzJohn, b. ABT 1237 in Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom     d. 16 APR 1301 in St Mary Magdalene's Abbey, Shap, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom
4. Aveline FitzJohn of Ulster, b. 1229 in Shere, Surrey, England     d. 20 MAY 1274 in Dunmow Priory, Essex, England

1. Maud FitzJohn, b. ABT 1237     d. 16 APR 1301

1. Title: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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2. Title: John FitzGeoffrey, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV28-L93B : 1 April 2023), John FitzGeoffrey, ; Burial, Shouldham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England, Shouldham Priory; citing record ID 69772937, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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3. Title: British History Online/Victoria County History
   Author: British History Online/Victoria County History, Name: http://www.british-history.ac.uk;, Page number: 'St. Mary Colechurch 105/23', Historical gazetteer of London beforethe Great Fire: Cheapsid
   Note: British History Online/Victoria County History(http://www.british-history.ac.uk).
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4. Title: Wikipedia, "John Fitzgeoffrey"
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   Note: Biography.
   Page: Info for John and family.
   
5. Title: Medieval Lands, "John FitzGeoffrey"
   Author: fmc.ag
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#JohnFitzGeoffreydied1258;
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   Page: Info for John and his family.
   
6. Title: Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
   Author: media.type.Electronic, Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, Tompsett, Brian, http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/, August 9, 2000
   Note: birth: ; Shere, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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7. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain Americian Colonists
   Author: Ancestral Roots of Certain Americian Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr, Page number: 246c-28
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8. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Matilda la Zouche
   Author: Attached 29 April 2016 by TPatin Modified • History 6 May 2016 by TPatin Reason This Source Is Attached • Edit British Isles - England, Untitled Nobility P-S, p. 105:
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3T-Z.htm#MatildaZoucheMRobertHoland;
   Note: EUSTACE FitzJohn (before 1100-1157). A charter of King Henry I dated 1133 is witnessed by Payn FitzJohn, Eustache and William his brothers. "…Eustachius filius Johannis…" witnessed the charter of Ramsey abbey dated to [1133/37] which records that "Walterus de Bolebeche…Heylenius uxor sua et Hugo filius suus" donated "terram de Waltone." "Walter de Gaunt" founded Bridlington priory, with the assent of Henry I King of England, by undated charter, witnessed by "…Eustace FitzJohn…" An undated charter records the foundation of Alnwick Abbey, Northumberland by ”Eustachius filius Johannis,” for the soul of “Ivonis de Vescy” and the health of “Willielmi de Vescy filii mei.” “Eustachius filius Johannis…et uxor mea Agneta” founded Watton priory by charter dated to [1150]. m firstly Beatrice de Vescy, daughter of Yves de Vescy Lord of Alnwick and Malton, Yorkshire & his wife [Alda Tyson]. m firstly Eustace FitzJohn (before 1100-1157). A manuscript concerning the founders of Watton priory records the marriage of "Eustachius filius Johannis" and "filia et hærede Ivonis de Vescey," adding that she died giving birth to their son William. An undated charter recording the foundation of Alnwick Abbey, Northumberland recites a donation by "Willielmi de Vescy, filii Eustachii, filii Johannis," for the souls of "patris mei Eustachii et matris meæ Beatricis." m secondly as her first husband, Agnès, daughter of William FitzNeel Constable of Chester, Baron of Halton & his wife ---. "Eustachius filius Johannis…et uxor mea Agneta" founded Watton priory by charter dated to [1150]. "Agnes filia Willelmi constabularii Cestrie" confirmed an exchange of property made by "dominus Eustachius vir meus" with the nuns of Watton, for the souls of "Ricardi filii mei et Galfridi," by charter dated to [1150/57], witnessed by "…Rogerus filius Willelmi constabularii…". Agnes married secondly (after 1157) Robert FitzCount.
   Page: British Isles - England, Earls 1138-1143 , p. 112: JOHN FitzGeoffrey of Shere, Surrey (-1258). He was not entitled to succeed his half-brother as Earl of Essex in 1227, the earldom having devolved from his father's first wife. Justiciar of Ireland. "John Fitz Geoffrey" was appointed justiciary of Ireland by King Henry III by charter dated 4 Nov 1245[772]. m as her second husband, ISABEL, widow of GILBERT de Lacy of Ewyas Lacy, daughter of [HUGH Bigod Earl of Norfolk & his wife Matilda Marshal of Pembroke]. The sources which report the parentage of the wife of Gilbert de Lacy are conflicting. A manuscript which narrates the descents of the founders of Lanthony Abbey records that “Gilbertus de Lacy” married “Isabellæ Mareschal”[773], presumably confusing her with Isabel daughter of William Marshal Earl of Pembroke who married firstly Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester and Hereford and secondly Richard Earl of Cornwall. The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire names "Isabella soror Johannis" as daughter of ”Rogerus sive Radulphus Bigod, secundus filius Hugonis le Bigod com. Norfolke et Suffolke…” and his wife “Bertam de Fornivale”, adding that she married firstly "Gilberto de Lacy" and secondly "Johanni Fitz-Geffrey"[774]. This must also be incorrect, as any children of Ralph Bigod could not have been born before the late 1220s at the earliest, which is inconsistent with the timing of Isabel’s first marriage. If Isabel was a member of the Bigod family, she must have been the daughter of Hugh and Matilda Marshal of Pembroke. This is the solution adopted by the Complete Peerage[775], although the primary source on which this is based has not yet been identified.
   
9. Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage
   Author: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley {1999}, Page number: 2240, 2944
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10. Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215
    Author: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Ed {1999}, Page number: 4-3, 8-3, 15-3, 17c-3
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11. Title: Peerage, The
    Author: Darryl Lundy, The Peerage, a genealogical survey of teh Peerage of Britian as well as the royal families of Europe (http://thepeerage.com : accessed 12 Nov 2018), Walter de Lacy.
    Note: Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath married Margaret de Braose.2 He died before 24 February 1240/41.1Child of Walter de Lacy, Lord of MeathPernel de Lacy+3Children of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath and Margaret de BraoseEgidia de Lacy+Gilbert de Lacy+1 b. c 1202, d. bt 12 Aug 1230 - 25 Dec 1230Citations[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XII/2, page 248. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.[S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.[S37] BP2003 See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
    
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    Publication: Name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_de_Lacy,_Lord_of_Meath;
    
13. Title: The Medieval Lands Project, " GILBERT de Lacy of Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire"
    Author: fmg.ac
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/IRELAND.htm#GilbertLacydied1230;
    Note: GILBERT de Lacy of Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire (-[12 Aug/25 Dec] 1230, bur Lanton, Wales). The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire records that "Gilbertus de Lacy" had a son "Hugonem" who had "filium Walterum", who in turn had "filium Gilbertum de Lacy"[892]. A manuscript which narrates the descents of the founders of Lanthony Abbey names “Gilbertus de Lacy” as son of “Walterus de Lacy” and his wife[893]. An undated charter of Henry III King of England confirmed a donation by ”Walterus de Lacy” to the Hospital of Ludlow, Shropshire, for the souls of “Margeriæ uxoris meæ…Gilberti de Lacy filii mei”[894]. The Annals of Tewkesbury record the death in 1230 of “Gilebertus de Lacy filius et hæres Walteri de Lacy” and his burial “apud Lantone in Wallia”[895]. The Annals of Worcester record the death in 1230 of “Gilbertus de Lacy”[896]. m as her first husband, ISABEL, daughter of [HUGH Bigod Earl of Norfolk & his wife Maud Marshal of Pembroke] ([after 1207]-). The sources which report the parentage of the wife of Gilbert de Lacy are conflicting. A manuscript which narrates the descents of the founders of Lanthony Abbey records that “Gilbertus de Lacy” married “Isabellæ Mareschal”[897], presumably confusing her with Isabel daughter of William Marshal Earl of Pembroke who married firstly Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester and Hereford and secondly Richard Earl of Cornwall. The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire names "Isabella soror Johannis" as daughter of ”Rogerus sive Radulphus Bigod, secundus filius Hugonis le Bigod com. Norfolke et Suffolke…” and his wife “Bertam de Fornivale”, adding that she married firstly "Gilberto de Lacy" and secondly "Johanni Fitz-Geffrey"[898]. This must also be incorrect, as any children of Ralph Bigod could not have been born before the late 1220s at the earliest, which is inconsistent with the timing of Isabel´s first marriage. If Isabel was a member of the Bigod family, she must have been the daughter of Hugh and Maud Marshal of Pembroke. This is the solution adopted by the Complete Peerage[899], although the primary source on which this is based has not yet been identified. She married secondly Sir John FitzGeoffrey. Gilbert & his wife had three children: a) WALTER de Lacy (-[15 May 1238/1241]). The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire names "Walterus de Lacy" as the son "Gilberto de Lacy" and his wife, adding that he died young[900]. His paternal grandfather recognised Walter as his heir 15 May 1238[901]. b) MARGERY de Lacy (-before 1256). The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire names "Margeria et Matilda" as the daughters and co-heiresses of "Gilberto de Lacy" and his wife, adding that Margery married "Johanni de Verdon" (and lists three generations of their descendants)[902]. A manuscript which narrates the descents of the founders of Lanthony Abbey names “Margeria, uxor Johannis de Verdon” as daughter and heiress of “Gilbertus de Lacy”, son of “Walterus de Lacy”, and also lists their descendants[903]. A charter dated 14 May 1244 restored to "John de Verdun and Margaret his wife, granddaughter and one of the heirs of Walter de Lascy, and to Peter de Geneve and Matilda his wife, granddaughter and another of Walter´s heirs, all the lands in Meath whereof Walter was seised at his death"[904]. m (before 14 May 1244) as his first wife, JOHN de Verdun, son of THEOBALD Butler [Le Botiller] & his second wife Rohese de Verdun of Alton, Staffordshire ([1226]-before 17 Oct 1274). c) MATILDA de Lacy (1230 or before-11 Apr 1304). The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire names "Margeria et Matilda" as the daughters and co-heiresses of "Gilberto de Lacy" and his wife, adding that Matilda married "Gaufrido de Genyvile" (and naming her son and grandchildren)[905]. A manuscript which narrates the descents of the founders of Lanthony Abbey names “Matildis” as second daughter and heiress of “Gilbertus de Lacy”, son of “Walterus de Lacy”, adding that she married “Galfridi de Geneville”, and also lists their descendants[906]. A charter dated 19 Feb 1244 relates to the inheritance of "W. de Lacy in…comitatu [Hereford]" by "Matillidi uxori Petri de Geneva, neptem et unicam heredem predicti Waltheri" and "sorori ipsius Matillidis"[907]. A charter dated 14 May 1244 restored to "John de Verdun and Margaret his wife, granddaughter and one of the heirs of Walter de Lascy, and to Peter de Geneve and Matilda his wife, granddaughter and another of Walter´s heirs, all the lands in Meath whereof Walter was seised at his death"[908]. Her first marriage is confirmed by Matthew of Paris who names "Matildam elegantem filiam Walteri de Lasey in Hybernia" as wife of "Petrus de Geneure natione Provincialis…" when recording her husband's death in 1249[909]. Henry III King of England granted "Geoffroy de Joinville et Mahaut de Lacy sa femme" rights in the land of Meath held by "Gautier de Lacy, grand-père de Mahaut" by charter dated 8 Aug 1252[910]. “Gaufridus de Genvyle dominus de Vaucolour miles et Matildis de Lacy filia Gileberti Lacy uxor eius” donated property to Dore Abbey by undated charter, witnessed by “Johanne de Vaucolour milite…”[911]. An order dated 16 Jan 1283 records "recognizance by Geofferey de Geneville, Matilda his wife and Peter their eldest son" to "William de Valence" for the commission of lands of “Maurice FitzGerald in Ireland, deceased” and for the marriage of “Gerald son and heir of the said Maurice, under age, and in custody of the said William”[912]. "Geoffroy seigner de Vaucouleurs" divided his territories with “Gautier son fils aîné”, with the consent of “Mahaut sa femme et de ses autres enfants...Simon, Nicolas, Pierre, Guillaume et Jeanne comtesse de Salmes”, by charter dated 1294[913]. m firstly (before 19 Feb 1244) PIERRE de Genève, son of HUMBERT Comte de Genève & his wife --- (-1249). m secondly (1252 before 8 Aug) GEOFFROY de Joinville Seigneur de Vaucouleurs, son of SIMON Seigneur de Joinville & his second wife Beatrix d'Auxonne [Bourgogne-Comté] (-Trim 21 Oct 1314).
    
14. Title: Book - Publications - The Family of Lacy
    
15. Title: Book - Thoresby Society " Lacy of Cromwellbottom"