189118338. Earl Geoffrey Fitz Piers & 189118339. Beatrice de Say & 47280412. William de Munchensi & 19909644. Aveline de Clare
~1145, William de Monte Canisio born in England, s/o 94560824.
Hubert de Munchensi & 94560825. Agnes Fitz John.
12/19/1154, Henry II succeeded King Stephen of England.
~1161, Geoffrey born in Northampton, England, s/o 378236676.
Piers de Lutegareshale & 378236677. Maud de Mandeville.
1166, William’s father died; his brother Ralph succeeding. (S)
FMG. [William ‘filius Huberti de Muntchensi’ held 1 knight´s fee from the
bishop of Ely in Cambridgeshire.]
~1170, Aveline born in Kent, England, d/o 79958112. Roger de
Clare & 79958113. Maud de St. Hillary.
~1170, Beatrice born in England, d/o §William de Say of
Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, and Saham, Norfolk.
12/1179, William de Munchensi received possession of
Gooderstone.
[–––Geoffrey & Beatrice–––]
By 1180, Geoffrey married Beatrice.
4/5/1181 at Chinon, Geoffrey fitz Piers attested a royal
charter to the abbey of St. Martin at Marmontier, near Tours.
9/1183 at Gorham, Maine, Geoffrey fitz Peter attested a royal
charter confirmation to Henry de Marisco.
10/1183 at Lyons-la-Foret, Geoffrey fitz Peter attested a royal
charter in favour of Croxden abbey, Staffordshire.
1184, Geoffrey, sheriff of Northamptonshire, accounted £4 10s
for the Ferm of Kniver.
1184, Beatrice’s father died.
1/25/1185 at Melkesham. A fine levied which divided the
inheritance of the two daughters of William de Say, viz. Beatrice, wife of
Geofry fitz Piers, and Matilda, wife of Hugh de Bochland. The settlement was
made in the King’s presence.
1185, Geoffrey fitz Piers held pleas at Northampton; and
Forest-Pleas in Sussex, Surrey, … [12 counties.]
By 1185, William de Munchensi knighted.
1185, William recorded in a deed with his mother Agnes, older
brother Ralph [a knight], and younger brother Hubert [a clerk.] (S) Complete
Peerage.
[–––William & Aveline–––]
By 1186, William married Aveline.
1186, Geoffrey fitz Piers held Forest-Pleas in Northamptonshire,
Derbyshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Hampshire.
9/14/1186 at Marlborough, Geoffrey fitz Piers attested a royal
charter in favour of the Carthusian priory of Whitham, Somersetshire.
1187, Geoffry Fitz-Piers the Chief-Justice of the Forest,
holding pleas in Cornwall, …
2/11/1188 at the Great Council at Geddington, Northamptonshire,
Geoffry fitz Piers attested a royal charter to Bungay Nunnery, Suffolk.
6/14/1188 at Gaitinton, Geoffry fitz Piers present for a fine
between the abbot of Lilleshall and William de Boterell, and Ysabella his wife.
9/1188 at Rouen, Normandy, Geoffrey fitz Piers attested a royal
charter to the abbey of St. Mary, Cormeilles.
By 1189, William de Munchensi succeeded his brother Ralph.
1189, Sir William de Monte-Caniso, knight, gave 100 marks to
have seisin of the manor of Winfarthing. (S) Essay – History of the County of
Norfolk, Blomefield, 1805, P185.
1189, Geoffry fitz Piers held Pleas and Conventions in multiple
counties.
9/3/1189, Richard I succeeded King Henry II of England.
1189, Beatrice’s cousin William de Mandeville, earl of Essex,
died without heirs. Beatrice and her uncle Geoffrey de Say were the heirs.
12/1189,
King Richard named Geoffrey fitz Peter as 1 of 4 justices to whom he committed
the charge of the kingdom. (S) Report and Transactions, V18, 1886, P352. [The
others: William Brewer, William Marshall, Hugh Bardolf.]
1190, Geoffrey founded the Shouldham priory. He paid a 3000 mark fine to take possession of Beatrice’s lands.
1190, Geoffrey founded the Shouldham priory. He paid a 3000 mark fine to take possession of Beatrice’s lands.
1/23/1191, Confirmation to Geoffrey fitz Piers and Beatrice,
his wife, and next heirs, of the lands of Earl William de Mandeville. (S)
Ancient Charters – Royal and Private, 1888, P32.
2/16/1192, [John, count of Mortain, had joined with King Philip
of France against his brother King Richard] Letter commanding Hugh, bishop of
Lincoln, to impose excommunication against … William Marshall, Geoffrey fitz
Peter, William Brewer, Hugh Bardulf, … Gerard de Camville, the earl of
Salisbury, … Henry de Vere, … Hugh Bardulf is excepted if he warns William de
Stuteville to hand over Scarborough castle, Yorkshire, and Westmorland without
delay. (S) English Episcopal Acta, Karn, 2006, P211.
9/1193, Geoffrey Fitz-Piers acounted for £35 sterling for £140
of Anjou, late of Simon de Wahull, which were found at Woburn.
1195, Geoffrey owed £4 4s for the market at Lydford, Devon. (S)
Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs.
2/6/1196 at Westminster, Final Concord before Hubert,
archbishop of Canterbury, Godfrey of Winchester, … Geoffrey fitz Piers, …
Justiciars of the Lord the King … between Abbot Hugh … and Theobald Walter,
plaintiff, … (S) Final Concords, 1899, P2.
9/1196, 29 fees of scutage assessed in equal moieties on the
Countess of Hereford [Cecily, William’s aunt] and William de Munchensy. (S)
Complete Peerage.
Bef. 4/19/1197, Beatrice died “in childbed”; buried in
Chicksand priory, later transferred to Shouldham priory. (S) Medieval English
Ancestors, Boyer, 2001, P87.
1197, Geoffrey Fitz Piers the accountant for a whole year’s
‘ferm’ of Kenefare. (S) Antiquities of Shropshire, V3, Eyton, 1856, P162.
1198, William de Munchensi and his maternal aunt Cicely,
countess of Hereford, tendered a fine to have their right in Ludelawe, Wibelay
and Ewias. (S) Antiquities of Shropshire, V5, Eyton, 1857, P243.
7/1198, King Richard appointed Geoffrey as Chief Justiciar for
the deposition of Hubert Walter, archbishop of Canterbury.
1198, Geoffrey, Sheriff of Yorkshire [until 1200] and
Staffordshire [until 1204], and Constable of London & Justiciar of England
[until he died], defeated a Welsh army at castle Maud.
1198-99, Thomas de Erdington deputy-sheriff in Staffordshire
under Geoffrey Fitz Piers.
5/27/1199 at Westminster, Geoffrey at the coronation of King
John where the king made him Earl of Essex.
4/22/1200, Geoffrey Fitz-Piers witnessed a royal confirmation
to William de Stuteville Bramham. (S) Memoirs Illustrative, Royal Arch. Inst.,
1848, P119.
6/1200, King John wrote a letter to Geoffrey, Chief Justiciar,
informing him that Amuari had been made an Earl. (S) Earldoms in Fee: A Study
in Peerage Law and History, Ellis, 1963, P21.
10/20/1200, Geoffrey fitz Peter granted a 50 mark fief. (S)
English Historical Review, V110, 1995, P282.
Bef. 1201, Jeffrey Fitz-piers founded Shouldham priory. (S)
History of the County of Norfolk, Blomefield, 1775, P151.
6/29/1202, Geoffrey Fitz Piers commaned to cause to be
delivered without delay the chattles of Gilbert son of Adam. (S) Magni Rotuli,
Stapleton, 1844, P-CCXXII.
1202, Geoffrey resigned his justiciary post.
1202-03, William de Monte Canisio puts in his
place William de Caldecot' against the Hospitallers touching a plea
of assize, and against Richard de Pauilli touching a plea of assize of novel
disseisin. (S) Earliest Northampton Assize Rolls, Stenton, 1930, P40.
1203, Geoffrey Fitz Piers, the Justiciary, called to warrant at
the Stafforshire Assizes. (S) History of Staffordshire, V10, 1907, P218.
1203, Constancia, widow of Simon de Criketot, sued William de
Munchensy for her dower in the village of Blythford. (S) History and
Antiquities – Suffolk, V2, Suckling, 1847, P163.
Bef. 5/7/1204, William de Munchensy died; his son William
succeeding. [King John
confirmed ‘custodiam terre et heredum Willelmi de Mutkanes to Willelmo com
Arundell’, as well as ‘maritagium Aveline que fuit uxor ipsius Willelmi’. (S)
FMG.]
5/15/1204, Geoffrey, earl of Essex, granted a market at
Folkestone, Kent. (S) Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs.
1204, Geoffrey fitz-Piers, sheriff of Northampton, by writ to
receive £40 to discharge the king’s expenses at Brug. (S) Shropshire, Anderson,
1864, P16.
[–––Geoffrey & Aveline–––]
Bef. 5/29/1205, Aveline married 2nd Geoffrey FitzPiers, Earl of
Essex.
1205, Aveline, countess of Essex, wife of the justiciar, gave
300 marks for the wardship of John de Wahull and his land.
7/24/1205, Richard de Belhus to deliver Aveline’s daughter to
her to be the wife of John de Wahull [died 1216.].
1205, The King confirmed to Geoffrey Fitz-Piers, earl of Essex,
55 acres of meadow … vill of Alconbury, Hunts.
10/21/1205 at Reading, The King to the Sheriff of Lancastre, …
witness by Geoffrey fitz Piers. (S) Lancanshire Inquests, Farrer, 1903, P1.
2/13/1206 at York, Geoffrey Fitz Piers witnessed a royal pardon
to Hugh de Gournay.
1206, Geoffrey granted the whole of the manor of Berkhampstead
with the castle, for his heirs by Aveline, rendering 100£ yearly.
10/1/1207 at Winchester, Geoffrey Fitz-Piers witnessed a grant to Hugh de Gournay.
7/16/1208 at Beckley, Geoffrey Fitz-Piers witnessed a writ in
favour of Hugh de Gournay.
1209, Geoffrey participated in the Welsh campaign with Ranulph
de Blundeville, s/o Hugh de Meschines.
6/6/1210, King John launched successful attacks in Ireland with
700 ships. Geoffrey’s retinue had 10 knights [of his 98 fees held.] (S) Studies
in Taxation, Mitchell, 1914, P97.
1211, Geoffrey Fitz-Piers gave 30 marks and 2 sound and
whole Norway goshawks that …
1213, Geoffrey, Justiciar, and the bishop of Winchester left to
govern England when King John invaded Poitou.
10/14/1213, Geoffrey died; buried at Shouldham priory, Essex.
(S) The Colour of London: Historic, Personal, & Local, Loftie, 1907, P120.
[King John, who hated and feared Geoffrey, proclaimed “By the Lord’s feet I am
now for the first time King and Lord of England.”]
10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
1224, Aveline died.
(S) Lay Subsidy Roll, A.D. 1603, for the County of Worcester,
Amphlett, 1901, P-XII. (S) Dictionary of National Biography, Stephen, 1894,
P209. (S) Court, Household and Itinerary of King Henry II, Eyton, 1878. (S)
Record of the House of Gournay, Gurney, 1845, P243-4. (S) Royal Charters and
Letters Patent, 1897, P14-16. (S) Honors and Knights’ Fees, Farrer, 1925.
Family notes:
·
Bef. 5/7/1207, Cecily, countess of Hereford,
died childless. Her heir was William de Munchensi, grandson of her sister Agnes
[a coheir of Pain fitz John] who had married Hubert de Munchensi. (S)
Collections for a History of Staffordshire, V1, 1880, P236. [This William soon
died, his next brother, Warin, a minor, in the wardship of the Earl of
Arundel.]
Children of Geoffrey and Beatrice:
i. Maud FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville (94559169), born 1180 in
Warwickshire, England.
ii. Earl Geoffrey de Mandeville, born ? in England.
1213, Geoffrey succeeded his father as Earl of Essex.
iii. Earl William de Mandeville, born ? in England.
William succeeded his brother as Earl of Essex.
1227, William died. [His sister Maud succeeded him.]
Child of William and Aveline:
i. William de Munchensi, born ? in England.
1204, William succeeded his father.
1207, Cecily, countess of Hereford, died childless. Her heir
was William de Munchensi, grandson of her sister Agnes [a coheir of Pain fitz
John] who had married Hubert de Munchensi. [This William soon died, his next
brother, Warin, a minor, in the wardship of the Earl of Arundel.] (S)
Collections for a History of Staffordshire, V1, 1880, P236.
