Geoffrey de Clinton

• Preferred Name: Geoffrey de Clinton^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 1175 in Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, England at LATI: N1.9271 LONG: E0.7614
  
• FSID: LH1H-1MV
  
• Birth: 1121 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England at LATI: N2.35 LONG: E1.5811
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Agnes de Beaumont, married Geoffrey de Clinton, Chamberlain to the King and son of Geoffrey de Clinton, the founder of Kenilworth Castle and Priory.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_de_Beaumont,_2nd_Earl_of_Warwick
  
  === Royal Ancestry Biography ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “GUNDRED DE WARENNE, married (1st) before 1130 ROGER, 2nd Earl of Warwick, son and heir of Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick, by Margaret, daughter of Geoffrey, Count of Perche. He was probably a minor in 1119. They had three sons, William [3rd Earl of Warwick] Waleran [4th Earl of Warwick], and Henry, and three daughters, Gundred (wife of Hugh le Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Roger de Glanville), Margaret, and Agnes (wife of Geoffrey de Clinton the younger). He joined his parents, Henry and Margaret, in an undated grant of property to Warwick St. Mary. He succeeded to the earldom in 1123, before Easter, presumably when he came of age. He completed the foundation of the collegiate church of St. Mary and All Saints, Warwick c.1123. He attested charters of King Henry I, the two latest in 1131. After the accession of King Stephen, he was at the Easter court in 1136 at Westminster. He witnessed the king's charter of liberties at Oxford in April 1136. Following the Battle of Lincoln in 1141, he joined the Empress Maud of his own free will. He served with her at the Siege of Winchester in 1141, but early in 1142 he was with King Stephen at Stamford. At an unknown date he allowed Warwick Castle to be garrisoned by Stephen's troops. In 1153 he was with the king when he heard that the garrison had been tricked by Henry's knights and the Castle surrendered. He founded the Templars' House and St. Michael's Hospital, both in Warwick, and completed the foundation of Warwick Priory. ROGER, 2nd Earl of Warwick, died in 1153. In the Pipe Roll of 5 Henry II [1158-9], his widow, Gundred, had remission granted of the scutage upon 20 knights' fees which she no doubt held in dower. She married (2nd) (as his 2nd wife) WILLIAM DE LANCASTER (also known as WILLIAM FITZ GILBERT), of Kendal, Westmorland, Lamplugh, Muncaster, and Workington, Cumberland, Garstang, Ulverston, Warton, and Wyresdale, Lancashire, etc., son and heir of Gilbert, by his wife, Godith. In the period, 1150-5, Roger de Mowbray granted him all his land of Lonsdale, Kendal, and Horton in Ribblesdale. In the period, 1153-60, he was granted lands in Gastang, Ulverston, and Warton, Lancashire by William, Count of Boulogne and Mortain. In the period, 1153-6, he and his wife, Gundred, and his son and heir, William, granted the canons of St. Mary de Pré, Leicester the manor and church of Cockerham, Lancashire. In the period, 1156-60, he added common of pasture throughout his fee in Lonsdale and Amoundemess. His wife, Gundred, Countess of Warwick, was living in 1166. WILLIAM DE LANCASTER died before Michaelmas 1170, when Richard de Morville proferred 200 marks for a writ to sue for lands which he claimed in marriage with Avice his wife, daughter of the said William.
  Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 1 (1822-30): 414 (Mellent-Newburgh ped.). Archaeologia 21 (1827): 199-200. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(3) (1830): 1326 (charter of Henry, Earl of Warwick, his wife, Margaret, and their son, Roger), 1326-1327 (various charters of Roger, Earl of Warwick, two of which are witnessed by his wife, Countess Gundred, and his brothers, Geoffrey and Henry). Bund Inqs. Post Mortem for the County of Worcester 1 (1894): vii-ix (Warwick ped.). Farrer Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey 1(2) (Chetham Soc. n.s. 39) (1898): 178-179, 305-308. Farrer Lancashire Pipe Rolls & Early Lancashire Charters (1902): 18-19, 75, 297, 305, 307-308, 361, 389-391 (charter of Roger de Mowbray to William son of Gilbert de Lancaster dated 1150-5), 391-392 (charter of William de Lancaster I dated 1153-6), 392-394 (charter of William de Lancaster I dated 1156-60). Ragg Charters of St. Peter's Hospital, York (Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiq. & Arch. Soc. n.s. 9) (1909): 237-239 (Ketel [Fitz Eldred] styled "uncle" in charter of William de Lancaster and his son, William, to the brethren of St. Peter of York). Cambridge Law Jour. 10 (1948): 84-103 (author identifies Gundred, wife of Hugh le Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, and Roger de Glanville, as "probably the daughter of Roger, Earl of Warwick."). Clay Early Yorkshire Charters 8 (1949): 7-12. C.P. 12(2) (1959): 361-362 (sub Warwick). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 93. Bull Institute Hist. Research 55 (1982): 113-124. Caenegem English Lawsuits from William I to Richard I 1 (Selden Soc. 106) (1990): 205 (charter of Roger, Earl of Warwick, dated 1122-5). Midland Hist. 20 (1996): 1-23. Haskins Soc. Jour. 13 (2004): 50 (Geoffrey de Newburgh witnessed several charters of Roger, Earl of Warwick, as "Geoffrey, the earl's brother."). Fonge Cartulary of St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Warwick (2004): 11-12 (charter of Henry, Consul [i.e. Earl] of Warwick, his wife Margaret, and their son, Roger dated 1115-19), 12-13 (confirmation charter of Roger, Earl of Warwick dated 1119-53), 13-14 (charter of Roger, Earl of Warwick dated 1119-23), 15-16 (charter of Roger, Earl of Warwick dated 1119-53), 19-20 (charter of Roger, Earl of Warwick dated 1119-53), 20-22 (charter of Roger, Earl of Warwick dated 1123-53), 22-23 (charter of Roger, Consul [i.e. Earl of Warwick dated ?1123). Power Norman Frontier in the 12th & Early 13th Cents. (2004): 511-512 (Neubourg ped.). Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 297 (chart), 314 (Beaumont ped.), 315 (Warenne ped.).”
  
  === After the Norman Conquest Kenilworth rem ===
  After the Norman Conquest Kenilworth remained with the crown until 1129 when King Henry I gave it to his Chamberlain, a Norman named Geoffrey de Clinton. Clinton was Treasurer and Chief Justice of England and he established a castle worthy of his office. The original structure was probably of the Mott and Bailey type, and the only remaining part of it is a small excavated section of a ditch that would have protected the castle. If you visit the site, the ditch is near the Keep. Geoffrey de Clinton gave much of Kenilworth to an Augustinian monastic order to build the Abbey of St Mary. However, Clinton retained the land on which his fortress would be founded. It was Clinton who made Kenilworth Castle great. The deep outer moat and the large keep called Caesar's Tower (built 1170-1180) are evidence of the castle's strength and importance. At this time, the Keep was part of the outer curtain wall enclosing the Bailey and you can still see the evidence of an entrance at its south east corner (look for the portcullis groove). Any buildings within the Bailey would have been of wood construction. http://www.celcat.com/kworth/castle.html
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.22, 29; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.108; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === !#21> Complete Peerage-v12pt2-p360fn(g), ===
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1. Henry Clinton, b. ABT 1160 in England     d. ABT 1216 in England

1. Title: Geofffrey de Clinton Son of Geoffrey de Clinton, Benefactor of Abbey of Kenilworth, British History Online, Abbey of Kenilworth
   Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol2/pp86-89;
   
2. Title: Lord Geoffrey de Clinton II - FMG
   Author: GEOFFREY de Clinton (-after 1166). “Gaufridus de Clintona" confirmed donations to Kenilworth priory, Warwickshire, for the soul of "patris mei Gaufridi camerarii…ipsius ecclesie fundator", by undated charter[1607]. "Gaufridus de Clintone" confirmed the donation of land "in…Chersintona" made to Eynsham abbey by "Willelmus de Clintone patruus meus" by charter dated to [before 1152] witnessed by "Agnes uxor mea, Willelmus de Plan, Osbertus de Clint[one]…"[1608]. Henry II King of England confirmed the property of Savigny abbey, including the donation by "Gaufridi camerarii de Clinton et Gaufridi filii eius" of "molendinum de Breneia", by charter dated to [1156/58][1609]. Henry II King of England confirmed the property of Savigny abbey, including the donation by "Gaufridi camerarii de Clinton et Gaufridi filii eius" of "molendinum de Breneia", by charter dated to [1156/58][1610]. “Gaufridus camerarius de Clintona” founded Bretford nunnery in Warwickshire by undated charter, witness
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntac.htm#_Toc21079010;
   
3. Title: Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick
   Author: Agnes de Beaumont, married Geoffrey de Clinton, Chamberlain to the King and son of Geoffrey de Clinton, the founder of Kenilworth Castle and Priory.
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_de_Beaumont,_2nd_Earl_of_Warwick;