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 1208 - 1258 (50 years)
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| Name |
John FitzGeoffrey |
| Title |
Sheriff of Yorkshire, Justiciar of Ireland |
| Birth |
1208 |
of Shere, Surrey, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
23 Nov 1258 |
Farmbridge, Essex, England [1] |
| Person ID |
I8717 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
1st Earl of Essex Geoffrey FitzPiers, b. Bef 1163, Saffron Walden, Essex, England d. 14 Oct 1213, Walden, Essex, , England (Age > 50 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Aveline de Clare, b. 1172, Hereford, Herefordshire, England d. Bef 4 Jun 1225, England (Age < 53 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
Bef 29 May 1205 |
England |
| Family ID |
F3425 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Isabell (Isabella) Bigod, b. Thetford, Norfolk, England d. 23 Nov 1258 |
| Marriage |
Abt 1229 [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Maud FitzGeoffrey, b. Abt 1237, Shere, Surrey, England d. Abt 18 Apr 1301, Grey Friars, Worcestershire, England (Age 64 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Avelina FitzJohn, b. Abt 1232, Shere, Surrey, England d. Abt 20 May 1274 (Age 42 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Joan FitzJohn, b. Abt 1242, of Shere, Surrey, England d. 4 Apr 1303 (Age 61 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Isabel FitzJohn, b. Abt 1230, Shere, Farnbridge, Surrey, England [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F3423 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/history/kells.htm
Geoffrey FitzRobert died in 1211, being held hostage on behalf of his Lord [Marshall] at Hereford Castle in England. As a result some of Geoffrey's lands were seized. Geoffrey is often confused with Geoffrey de Mareis [Marisco] who was Justiciar of Ireland for various terms between 1215 and 1228. The sons of Geoffrey included William and John, who were noted providing charters to the townspeople of Kells. After William died about 1234, he was succeeded in the lands at Kells by his brother, John FitzGeoffrey, who in 1243 is described as lord of Kells. In that year John granted to William Coterel and his heirs the land of Kilmenege (Kilmaganny) in free socage. In the 1247 feodary John held the 1 1/2 knights' fees in Kenles (Kells). In the 1317 partition of the "Share of Hugh le Despenser and Alianora his wife" these fees (of Kells and Dunnamaggan) were held by the heir of John son of Geoffrey. t John FitzGeoffrey had two sons, William FitzJohn and Geoffrey FitzJohn. William, the elder, died at Dublin in custody of the Justiciar, sometime between 1250 and 1256, relinquishing his inheritance to his younger brother Geoffrey FitzJohn. Geoffrey FitzJohn in turn had a son named John who confirmed the gifts to Kells monastery of his ancestors by charter dated 1286. Another charter of his to Kells is dated 1292. John [FitzGeoffrey] died sometime around 1305 for his heir William [FitzJohn] for that year the lands in Kells were held of the heir of John, son of Geoffrey, lord of Kenles, under age and in custody of the Earl of Gloucester (Cal. Just. Rolls, ii, 96). In 1308 William [FitzJohn] is quitted claim to Geoffrey Coterel of his rights in premises in Donimegan (Dunnamaggan), including the water courses and exits of the mill where formerly stood the mill of Nesta de Davy his grandmother (Ormond Deeds), who appears therefore to have been the wife of Geoffrey FitzJohn. In 1317 William, the heir of John, is cited holding the knights fees of Kells in the feodary recorded that year, which included Kenles and Donymegan (Dunnamaggin). The family presumably died out shortly after this, for Kells is soon found in the possession of the le Pores. g to the Ormond Deeds (Vol. 1, Curtis, 1933), John fitz Geoffrey is mentioned as lord of Kells in a grant to William Coterel and his heirs for ever Kilmegene [Kilmoganny] in free socage. This grant included the mountain and wood, extending in length from the cave of Letter, and from Corballyup to the water of Gortneslie; and in breadth from Karreenemo [Garrandynas, part of the town land of Rossenara] up to the water that runs between Kilmegene and Avene [Rossenara, anciently known as Owny];paying a mark of silver yearly. In a note by Curtis he cites Lettercorbally appearing in ancient documents as an alias for Castlehale, now the town land of Rossenara demesne, in the parish of Kilmoganny.
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| Sources |
- [S211] Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr., The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, line 4.
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