243382304. Sir Geoffrey de Say
~1180, Geoffrey born in England, eldest surviving s/o §Geoffrey
de Say.
9/3/1189, Richard I succeeded King Henry II of England.
1197-1198, Geoffrey confirmed his father's grant of the manor
of Rickling, Essex, to his younger half-brother, also named Geoffrey de Say.
1198, Geoffrey and his father, Geoffrey de Say the elder – son
of William de Say, made a grant to the hospital of Drincourt, providing for
prayers for the soul of Alice de Cheyne, mother of the younger Geoffrey.
5/27/1199, John succeeded
King Richard I of England.
Aft. 7/1214, Geoffrey’s
father died.
1214, Geoffrey made a fine of 400 marks to have his father’s
lands.
1215, Geoffrey joined the confederacy of barons against King
John.
6/15/1215 at Runnymead, King John forced to sign the Magna
Carta.
10/17/1215, Geoffrey’s lands were granted to Peter de Craon.
11/20/1215 at Bury St. Edmunds, Geoffrey elected as one of the
25 to guarantee observance of the Magna Carta. (S) History, Gazeteer and Dir.
of Suffolk, 1874, P565.
10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
9/14/1217, Geoffrey’s lands restored.
5/15/1218, Pledges for Robert Marmion taken in court: …
Geoffrey de Say for 20 m. (S) FRsHIII.
1219, Geoffrey went on a pilgrimage to the holy lands.
1221, Geoffrey at the siege of Bytham castle.
10/20/1222, Geoffrey granted a market at Sawbridgeworth,
Hertfordshire. (S) Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs.
1223, Geoffrey went on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella,
Spain.
1224, Geoffrey held 42 knight’s fees in the scutage of
Montgomery.
3/1/1228, The king has committed the manor of Lesnes with
appurtenances to Rose, wife of Richard of Chilham , which they recovered by a
duel against Robert fitz Walter, … she has found the king Geoffrey de Say, John
of Shillingham and William de Lisle as her pledges, namely 20 m. from each
pledge. (S) FRsHIII.
4/3/1228, To the sheriff of Kent, concerning taking a moiety of
Patrixbourne, which is an escheat of the king and which Geoffrey de Say holds
etc., into the king’s hand. (S) FRsHIII.
4/30/1230, From Portsmouth, Geoffrey in the army of King Henry,
invading Brittany in hopes of recovering Normandy. They established their camp
at Nantes, and captured a small castle.
8/19/1230, Geoffrey of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, West
Greenwich, Kent and Sussex died while on service in Poitou, France; buried at
the Hospital of St. Mary, Dover. [King Henry returned his army to England the
following October.]
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P727.
Family notes:
·
Geoffrey de Say [the father] of Edmonton,
Middlesex; and Sawbridgeworth, Herefordshire.
·
1180, Geoffrey de Say and his wife Adeliza made
an agreement with the priory of Wenlock. (S) Court, Household, and Itinerary of
King Henry II, Eyton, 1878, P238.
·
11/14/1189, Beatrice de Say’s cousin William de
Mandeville, earl of Essex, died without heirs.
·
By 12/5/1189, Beatrice and her uncle Geoffrey de
Say were the heirs [‘both of the same stock’], for a fine of 7000 marks.
[Beatrice d/o William de Say of Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire; and Saham,
Norfolk.]
·
11/23/1191, By writ of King Richard, Geoffrey [who
could not pay] turned the barony over to William Longchamp.
·
1212, Geoffry de Say again brought suit for the
barony of Mandeville.
·
7/1214, Geoffrey de Say [the father] seeks a
writ against Geoffrey de Mandeville, claiming the loss of the barony on a
technicality, offered 15,000 marks for the recognition that he had been
disseized ‘voluntarie.’
·
(S) Judges & Common Law, Turner, 2003, P296ff.
(S) HSJ, V10, 2001, P168.
Children of Geoffrey and ?:
i. William de Say (121691152), born ~1205 in England.
9/20/1230, Upon the death of Geoffrey de Say, the king took the
homage of William de Say, his son and heir, for all that Geoffrey held of the
king in chief. (S) FRsHIII. [Writs to the sheriffs of Bedfordshire, Kent,
Middlesex and Herefordshire.]
ii. Geoffrey de Say, born ? in England.
3/20/1235, Inspeximus … Maud de Mandeville, countess of
Hereford and Essex, … Witnesses, William de Say, Geoffrey de Say, … (S) CChRs.
10/14/1246, Geoffrey de Say, brother of William de Say, gave a
bond to Aaron son of Abraham the Jew for £30.
