GEOFFREY, Lord John Fitz

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• Name	GEOFFREY, John Fitz
  Prefix	Lord
  Birth	Abt 1206	Shere, Surrey, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Nov 1258	Norfolk, England
  Burial	Aft 23 Nov 1258	Shouldham, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England
  WAC	6 Feb 1937
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  Person ID	I48124	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	FITZ-PIERS, Earl Geoffrey ,   b. 14 Oct 1162, Saffron Walden, Essex, England Saffron Walden, Essex, Englandd. 14 Oct 1213, Essex, England (Age 51 years)
  Mother	CLARE, Eveline de ,   b. 1160, Tunbridge, Kent, England Tunbridge, Kent, Englandd. 4 Jun 1225, Kent, England (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1181	Tunbridge, Kent, England   [1]
  Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 12 Apr 1995, JRIVE.
  Family ID	F15770	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BIGOD, Isabell ,   b. 1222, Thetford, Norfolk, England Thetford, Norfolk, Englandd. 1239, Weobley, Hertsfordshire, England (Age 17 years)
  Marriage	12 Apr 1234
  Family ID	F23225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  From the Medieval Lands: 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 children:

  
  

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  [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. Eveline OR Aveline Clare; Female; Birth: 1160; Spouse: Geoffrey Fitz Piers; Marriage: < 1181> ; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 29 Sep 2004