John FITZGEOFFREY, Sheriff Of Yorkshire

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John was a man of great wealth and position, who was appointed 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, paid a fine to the King of 300 marks for those lands which were his father's and did by inheritance rightly belong to him, and whereof this last Earl William died seized. In the 18th of Henry III, this John was constituted Sheriff of Yorkshire, and in the same reign was admitted one of the Privy Council, and the same year was one of those sent to the Pope to prohibit his attempting anything therein prejudicial to the interests of the King and kingdom. In eight years afterwards John Fitz-Goeffrey was one of the commissioners sent from King Henry III, with Roger Bigod and others, to the Council at Lyons, in order to complain of the great exactions made upon the realm by the Holy See; the next year he was constituted Justice of Ireland, where for his services he received a grant from the crown of the Isles of Thomond.

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Lord Kirtling

John married Isabel BIGOD in 1236. Isabel (daughter of Earl Of Norfolk & Suffolk Hugh BIGOD and Countess Of Norfolk Maud (Matilda) MARSHALL) was born in 1210 in Thetford, Norfolk, England; died in 1269 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joan FITZJOHN died about 26 May 1303.
2. Maud FITZJOHN was born about 1237 in Shere, Surrey, England; died on 16 Apr 1301 in Grey Friars, Worcestershire, England; was buried on 7 May 1301 in Grey Friars, Worcestershire, England.
3. Isabella FITZJOHN was born about 1240; and died.
4. Avelina FITZ JOHN was born about 1248 in Shere, Surrey, England; died about 20 May 1274.

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1 NAME Geoffrey /FitzPiers/ 1 BIRT 2 DATE ABT. 1132 2 PLAC Walden, Essex, England 1 BIRT 2 DATE ABT. 1162 2 PLAC Walden, Essex, England 1 DEAT 2 DATE 14 OCT 1213

Geoffrey married Eveline (Aveline) DE CLARE about 1184 in Gooderstone, Norfolkshire, England. Eveline was born about 1172 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England; died on 4 Jun 1225 in Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 4 Jun 1225. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1 NAME Aveline /De Clare/